In this vlog we head into the old town to hire some bikes from city bike hire then head off out of the centre of town and along Pirita Tee taking in the scenery (albeit cloudy scenery!) We cycle up to Maarjamäe Palace where there are plenty of spaces to lock your bike up.

After months of lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic we are both more excited than ever to have the opportunity to go inside a museum again.

The Palace park has 3 main attraction buildings:

* Maarjamäe Palace (The History Museum)
* The Film Museum (includes a Cosplay section)
* The Stables (history of pop music)

Restaurant Maarjamäe is also located in the palace (although it was still closed when we visited due to the pandemic).

Then we head back into the Old Town for a chocolate treat at Pierre Chocolaterie! This was a little hidden gem that we found when we walked through Masters' Courtyard, one of the many arches within the Old Town.

A bit of History on the Palace for those of you interested…

Maarjamäe Palace, built in 1874, now belongs to the Estonian History Museum. It has a very colourful history! In 1811, the area was known as Streitberg, when a merchant bought the plot of land and had a sugar factory built there. Later in 1861 it was turned into the first steam mill in Tallinn, when a fire broke out in 1869 the building was destroyed and operations ceased.

By the 1820’s Tallinn had become a famous beach resort so in 1873 Russian Count Anatoli Orlov-Davydov from St. Petersburg bought the plot of land and had the palace built. He used it as his summer manor which he named Marienburg in honour of his wife Maria. The Estonian version of the name is Maarjamäe. During his ownership of the palace the steps went right down to the beach entrance and they would enjoy visits from the Russian Tsar and his family (the Romanovs). In the wake of the 1917 revolution, the Orlov-Davydov family emigrated from Russia and the summer manor was leased.

On 5 January 1933, the most elegant restaurant-hotel in town was opened at Maarjamäe Palace, the Riviera-Palais. Riviera-Palais was closed in 1937 when the summer manor was purchased by the government, which established the Military Aviation School of the Republic of Estonia in the former summer manor. The aviation school stopped operating at Maarjamäe when the Republic of Estonia became occupied.

In 1940, Maarjamäe was taken into the hands of the Soviet Army. When the army left the buildings, the palace was left full of apartments and communal kitchens. On the ground floor, there was a small grocery shop, which used the former fireplace hall as its stock room. This large territory that was once neat and tidy, became derelict and started to go to ruins.

At the end of 1987, a permanent exhibition was opened in the palace, which was now named the History and Revolution Museum of the Estonian SSR, featuring Estonian history from the mid-19th century to the modern era. That was the last permanent exhibition opened in Estonia where it was still compulsory to obey the direct orders from the ideologists of the Estonian Communist Party’s Central Committee of the time.

After the Republic of Estonia regained independence, the entire permanent exhibition was immediately updated.

The renovated stable of Maarjamäe palace is an exhibition and educational environment of the Estonian History Museum. Visitors can visit the exhibition by the Estonian Theatre and Music Museum – Vabaduse kõla! Eesti levimuusika lugu (The sound of freedom! The story of Estonian pop music), which tells the story of pop music from 1901–2001 through the most popular Estonian people, bands, composers, and events of that era.

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Be sure to tune into our next video as we take you on a tour of the 13th Century UNESCO World Heritage site of Tallinn Old Town. The best preserved medieval city in Northern Europe boasting Gothic Spires, winding cobblestone streets and enchanting architecture!

Travel vlog 20 | Tallinn, Estonia | Country #4 | Filmed May 2020

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