Lovely. I never get enough of walking on the streets of Tallinn old town. I'm not sure if you know it but Helsinki exists because of Tallinn. It was a successful almost 400 year old Hansa trade city when Finland was a part of the Swedish empire. The king of Sweden Gustav Vasa wanted to have a competitor for Tallinn in the Swedish empire and founded Helsinki to the opposite shore of the Gulf of Finland in 1550.
... interstingly, Helsinki's urban architecture strikes being strongly influenced by Soviet like style, whereas REVAL (Tallin) could luckily prserve its Hanse-based flair.... wonderful!
@oh2mp We feel the same, it was such a nice surprise to stay in Tallinn. No, that we didn't know! Interesting History, lots to learn about the history of these areas. Thanks for the Information Sean and Emily
@@camouflage962 not actually soviet but more from the czar era. You remember, Finland was an autonomous grand duchy of the Russian empire 1809-1917. Are you Finnish btw? The original Helsinki was about 6 km northeast from the current location of the downtown. It has burned and there's nothing left of it. The center was moved to its current place in 1600s and the oldest stone house preserved is from 1757. All the wooden houses have burned or replaced.
Normally I skip your city tours (I'm here for the rides). I watched this one just because of the opening clip and the "old town" got better and better. 👍
Thanks for giving it a go 😎 Part of motorcycle travel for us is being able to get to places that one would not normally visit (although Tallin is very accessible), unlike the typical city tour we don't hang around to long so it's usually just the highlights of a place before getting back on the bike and finding the next place. Anyway glad you enjoyed it and maybe catch you again in the next city tour 😉
I visited Tallinn when cycling though Estonia on a cycling trip last year - it's now one of my all-time favourite cities! I really fell in love with the place - and the surrounding area with its beaches and forests are stunning as well. Really enjoyed watching your video and reliving some of my memories!
We had heard that it was nice but didn't expect it to be this good!! It really is an impressive place and I think we will be back here for sure sometime in the future to explore the surrounding area a bit more. Sounds like you had an incredible Cycling tour! -our friend Nick Sanders is currently riding around the world on an E bike and he is enjoying that. Thanks very much for your encouraging positive comments and we are really happy that these videos are bringing back memories for you =) Cheers Sean and Emily seanandemilytravels.com/
@@SeanandEmily No worries! Definitely go up to Pirita beach if you do go back - the whole area, including the forest, the botanical gardens and the TV tower - is stunning. It's also really nice to cycle through with lots of cycle lanes and kids on e-scooters everywhere - it feels much more civilised than England 😆
Hi John, Yeah we totally recommend Tallinn! It's an ideal stop before or after the Ferry to Finland. hehe glad you enjoyed it, hopefully we showed enough to showcase Tallinn but not too much that there's no surprises 🙂. Thanks for watching! Sean and Emily seanandemilytravels.com/
What a lovely city, so vibrant and picturesque, the drone camera really shown off the coloured buildings. Tallinn has lots of interesting history too, thank you for sharing. 😊
Hi, Yeah Tallinn turned out to be a real Gem! Such a beautiful city and the perfect place to stay before or after the ferry to or from Finland. We would actually go back here as I'm sure there is more we could have seen. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for your comment. Sean and Emily seanandemilytravels.com/
If you or anyone else has already checked out Helsinki and Tallinn, I would highly highly recommend checking out Stockholm as well. The ferries connect all three cities daily. The long island packed sea route to Stockholm especially is an incredible sight.@@SeanandEmily
nice video Tallinn it’s super beautiful😍 we have a video from Helsinki to Tallinn but unfortunately we didn’t see the famous towel😢 but the next time sure we do thank you for sharing also😆
Hi Amaury & Pernilla, thanks for your comment and we are glad you enjoyed the Video! We hope you have enjoyed the playlist and maybe you recognized some of the other places on our journey. Thanks for watching Sean and Emily
Good morning Johan! it really was a nice town so happy that we got to see it and share it. Thanks for watching 😊. Sean and Emily seanandemilytravels.com/
Hi, It really is a beautiful city! You will have a great time there, we would like to go back someday for sure! Hope you have a great time! Sean and Emily
Hi John! Thanks for watching and we appreciate your comment 🙂 I wonder did the city look much different 20 years ago? we always are interested in how cities looked years ago. The people are still friendly and the food still excellent so it's good to know the important things haven't changed 🙂. Nice to have you along for the journey Sean and Emily seanandemilytravels.com/
@@SeanandEmily morning guys. The old town seems to be the same, I remember the tombstone passage. Old town centre hasn't changed. Don't remember the new part's buildings being as tall or dense. Ride safe.
Lovely city. Had a quick stop there once, with my BMW Motorrad. I have to go back for a more thorough visit. Now I’m curious about the condition of the Latvian road’s you are soon to show us. I’ll never forget them. 😆
Hi Tom, Yeah Tallinn really impressed us and I feel it's a place we could go back to as we were there for only a short time. Well mostly Latvia's roads were okay -although as you will see soon there are lots of unpaved tracks to enjoy =) Sean and Emily seanandemilytravels.com/
Thanks Eugene, glad yo hear you are enjoying the videos. A lot of 1 piece helmets probably have enough room to magnet them on directly however flip up lids have less space so we use a lavalier mic and tuck it into the cheek pad. We recommend the following mic to use with the DJI mics: seanandemilytravels.com/equipment Sean and Emily
Thank you! I was in Tallinn in 1981. I came with a cycling team from Kazakhstan. There is a velodrome in Pirita. I became the USSR champion among juniors. I was 16 years old.
Wow that is so cool!! What an amazing experience for a 16 year old, that must be such a fond memory 😎. Thanks so much for sharing your story and it’s awesome that you are watching from Kazakhstan - hopefully one day we will visit your country 😊👍🏻. Kind regards Sean and Emily
Beautiful video! Thank you. We are visiting Europe after helping a new school open in Lviv. Slava Ukraine! We're in Krakow, also amazing. We will stay in Tallinn for February, hopefully longer after my Digital Nomad Visa application interview on Feb 1st....
Hi, thanks ever so much. Really nice to hear you enjoyed the video. That’s a very kind of you and well done for supporting the school 👍🏻. Krakow is an amazing place, if you get the chance a visit to the salt mine is great. Oh yeah we heard about Estonia doing Nomad visas next year -hope that goes well for you it’s a fabulous city. Thanks for watching and all the best with your Nomad visa 😎👍🏻 Sean and Emily
Yeah I think it is for sure, it was that long after we left that the temperatures dropped. Must look beautiful in the snow too. Thanks for watching and we hope you are enjoying the channel. Sean and Emily seanandemilytravels.com
Food prices are constantly changing and something that can be researched personally before you arrive. Our content is evergreen … Glad you enjoyed the episode!
In the 15th century, the Hanseatic League consisted of 160 European cities, including: London, Krakow or Stockholm, which cities were certainly not built by the Hansa, because the Hansa was only a trade union, not a political entity.
I disagree there's tons of things to do. I've been there numerous times and I'll be back there again in January. Grab a Tallinn card and avail of discounted food, free transport and free entry into numerous museums and exhibitions
We are glad you like it so much to keep going back to the same place, it’s a lovey city for sure. For us we left feeling we had seen the main sights yet would certainly love to return if passing by again.
Wow this looks so much fun.
About is much fun as Estonia itself 😂
Hi Roman, yeah Tallinn is a great city! Would love to go back there again.
What a fascinating place.
An absolute Gem of a place!!!
Lovely. I never get enough of walking on the streets of Tallinn old town. I'm not sure if you know it but Helsinki exists because of Tallinn. It was a successful almost 400 year old Hansa trade city when Finland was a part of the Swedish empire. The king of Sweden Gustav Vasa wanted to have a competitor for Tallinn in the Swedish empire and founded Helsinki to the opposite shore of the Gulf of Finland in 1550.
... interstingly, Helsinki's urban architecture strikes being strongly influenced by Soviet like style, whereas REVAL (Tallin) could luckily prserve its Hanse-based flair.... wonderful!
@oh2mp We feel the same, it was such a nice surprise to stay in Tallinn. No, that we didn't know! Interesting History, lots to learn about the history of these areas.
Thanks for the Information
Sean and Emily
@@camouflage962 not actually soviet but more from the czar era. You remember, Finland was an autonomous grand duchy of the Russian empire 1809-1917. Are you Finnish btw?
The original Helsinki was about 6 km northeast from the current location of the downtown. It has burned and there's nothing left of it. The center was moved to its current place in 1600s and the oldest stone house preserved is from 1757. All the wooden houses have burned or replaced.
Normally I skip your city tours (I'm here for the rides). I watched this one just because of the opening clip and the "old town" got better and better. 👍
Thanks for giving it a go 😎 Part of motorcycle travel for us is being able to get to places that one would not normally visit (although Tallin is very accessible), unlike the typical city tour we don't hang around to long so it's usually just the highlights of a place before getting back on the bike and finding the next place. Anyway glad you enjoyed it and maybe catch you again in the next city tour 😉
I visited Tallinn when cycling though Estonia on a cycling trip last year - it's now one of my all-time favourite cities! I really fell in love with the place - and the surrounding area with its beaches and forests are stunning as well. Really enjoyed watching your video and reliving some of my memories!
We had heard that it was nice but didn't expect it to be this good!! It really is an impressive place and I think we will be back here for sure sometime in the future to explore the surrounding area a bit more. Sounds like you had an incredible Cycling tour! -our friend Nick Sanders is currently riding around the world on an E bike and he is enjoying that.
Thanks very much for your encouraging positive comments and we are really happy that these videos are bringing back memories for you =)
Cheers Sean and Emily
seanandemilytravels.com/
@@SeanandEmily No worries! Definitely go up to Pirita beach if you do go back - the whole area, including the forest, the botanical gardens and the TV tower - is stunning. It's also really nice to cycle through with lots of cycle lanes and kids on e-scooters everywhere - it feels much more civilised than England 😆
Looks like a great stop for next years adventures ! You guys are great tour guides haha .
Hi John, Yeah we totally recommend Tallinn! It's an ideal stop before or after the Ferry to Finland. hehe glad you enjoyed it, hopefully we showed enough to showcase Tallinn but not too much that there's no surprises 🙂. Thanks for watching!
Sean and Emily
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What a lovely city, so vibrant and picturesque, the drone camera really shown off the coloured buildings. Tallinn has lots of interesting history too, thank you for sharing. 😊
Hi, Yeah Tallinn turned out to be a real Gem! Such a beautiful city and the perfect place to stay before or after the ferry to or from Finland.
We would actually go back here as I'm sure there is more we could have seen. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for your comment.
Sean and Emily
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If you or anyone else has already checked out Helsinki and Tallinn, I would highly highly recommend checking out Stockholm as well. The ferries connect all three cities daily. The long island packed sea route to Stockholm especially is an incredible sight.@@SeanandEmily
A real jewel!
Hi Bill, Yes it really is 😊
nice video Tallinn it’s super beautiful😍 we have a video from Helsinki to Tallinn but unfortunately we didn’t see the famous towel😢 but the next time sure we do thank you for sharing also😆
Hi Amaury & Pernilla, thanks for your comment and we are glad you enjoyed the Video! We hope you have enjoyed the playlist and maybe you recognized some of the other places on our journey.
Thanks for watching
Sean and Emily
What a nice and colourful town. Fantastic footage. Thank you for sharing your journey 😊
Good morning Johan! it really was a nice town so happy that we got to see it and share it. Thanks for watching 😊.
Sean and Emily
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thank you
You're welcome =) Glad you enjoyed it.
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Beautiful place. I’m going through there next summer and very much looking forward to it 🙂✌🏻
Hi, It really is a beautiful city! You will have a great time there, we would like to go back someday for sure! Hope you have a great time!
Sean and Emily
I was lucky enough to visit Tallinn almost 20 years ago. Abiding memories are the friendliness of the people and the quality of the food.
Hi John! Thanks for watching and we appreciate your comment 🙂 I wonder did the city look much different 20 years ago? we always are interested in how cities looked years ago. The people are still friendly and the food still excellent so it's good to know the important things haven't changed 🙂.
Nice to have you along for the journey
Sean and Emily
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@@SeanandEmily morning guys. The old town seems to be the same, I remember the tombstone passage. Old town centre hasn't changed. Don't remember the new part's buildings being as tall or dense. Ride safe.
@@justmejohn773 that’s cool that it’s stayed the same 😊
Have a great day and the next episode is out tonight 😊
Sean and Emily
Best video ever .
Thanks George! Really nice to hear that you enjoyed it 😊
Sean and Emily
Lovely city. Had a quick stop there once, with my BMW Motorrad. I have to go back for a more thorough visit.
Now I’m curious about the condition of the Latvian road’s you are soon to show us. I’ll never forget them. 😆
Hi Tom, Yeah Tallinn really impressed us and I feel it's a place we could go back to as we were there for only a short time. Well mostly Latvia's roads were okay -although as you will see soon there are lots of unpaved tracks to enjoy =)
Sean and Emily
seanandemilytravels.com/
Very nice adventure videos. I have a question - Could you give an advice how to mount DJI Mic in the motorcycle helmet, please?
Thanks Eugene, glad yo hear you are enjoying the videos.
A lot of 1 piece helmets probably have enough room to magnet them on directly however flip up lids have less space so we use a lavalier mic and tuck it into the cheek pad. We recommend the following mic to use with the DJI mics:
seanandemilytravels.com/equipment
Sean and Emily
Thank you!
I was in Tallinn in 1981. I came with a cycling team from Kazakhstan. There is a velodrome in Pirita. I became the USSR champion among juniors. I was 16 years old.
Wow that is so cool!! What an amazing experience for a 16 year old, that must be such a fond memory 😎.
Thanks so much for sharing your story and it’s awesome that you are watching from Kazakhstan - hopefully one day we will visit your country 😊👍🏻.
Kind regards
Sean and Emily
Hansestädte, just along the Baltic, comprise(d) Lübeck, Wismar, Rostock, Stralsund, Greifswald, Stettin, Danzig, Königsberg (Kaliningrad), Memel (Klaipeda), Riga, Reval (Tallinn) and Nowgorod.
Great Information! -thanks! So much forgotten history in this area.
YESS. Been waiting for this!!
You should definitely go here! 🙂
Beautiful video! Thank you. We are visiting Europe after helping a new school open in Lviv. Slava Ukraine! We're in Krakow, also amazing. We will stay in Tallinn for February, hopefully longer after my Digital Nomad Visa application interview on Feb 1st....
Hi, thanks ever so much. Really nice to hear you enjoyed the video.
That’s a very kind of you and well done for supporting the school 👍🏻.
Krakow is an amazing place, if you get the chance a visit to the salt mine is great.
Oh yeah we heard about Estonia doing Nomad visas next year -hope that goes well for you it’s a fabulous city.
Thanks for watching and all the best with your Nomad visa 😎👍🏻
Sean and Emily
I guess it's snowing now 🥶
Yeah I think it is for sure, it was that long after we left that the temperatures dropped. Must look beautiful in the snow too.
Thanks for watching and we hope you are enjoying the channel.
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@@SeanandEmily Yeah 👍 it's awesome 😎 I guess it's snowy in Switzerland too.
Yeah, snow tires are on the car and we had the first snow last week (although it doesn’t snow too much where we live in northern Switzerland)
😊👍🏻
Hi, do you think only one day to visit de city is enough?
If you've got other places to see then yeah 1 day is enough as it's not that big. For a more relaxed experience 2 would probably be ideal.
@@SeanandEmily I got it, thank you for the tip!
Great footage but would've been even better If u could share the prices of food.. anyway fantastic ❤❤❤
Food prices are constantly changing and something that can be researched personally before you arrive. Our content is evergreen … Glad you enjoyed the episode!
.... wait, until you see RIGA..... a thrill !
Looking forwards to Editing that one! RIGA had so much to see!
looks like Wismar.... all of which founded and built by the HANSE from Northern Germany
Then we need to go to Wismar too! Interesting history and a wonderfully built town.
Sean and Emily
In the 15th century, the Hanseatic League consisted of 160 European cities, including: London, Krakow or Stockholm, which cities were certainly not built by the Hansa, because the Hansa was only a trade union, not a political entity.
I disagree there's tons of things to do. I've been there numerous times and I'll be back there again in January.
Grab a Tallinn card and avail of discounted food, free transport and free entry into numerous museums and exhibitions
We are glad you like it so much to keep going back to the same place, it’s a lovey city for sure. For us we left feeling we had seen the main sights yet would certainly love to return if passing by again.
Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed Tallinn 🙂
Sean and Emily