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Next weekend, 23–24 August, the international triathlon IRONMAN Tallinn 2025 will cause temporary traffic restrictions and changes in both Tallinn and Harju County. In Tallinn, these changes will mainly affect Haabersti and Põhja-Tallinn districts, with parking and traffic restrictions as well as adjustments to public transport timetables.

The Tallinn Electoral Committee will accept applications for candidacy in the City Council and district councils from 20 August to 9 September.

The City of Tallinn and Tehnopol Science and Business Park’s joint smart city solutions competition, Tallinnovation, has reached a new milestone this year. While in previous years the contest has only offered testing opportunities within Tallinn, this time three Estonian companies will also get to pilot their solutions abroad – in the German city of Heidelberg.

Starting 2 September 2025, public paid parking services in Tallinn will be provided by OÜ EuroPark Estonia, replacing the current operator AS Ühisteenused. The change of service provider is technical in nature and will not affect parking rules or prices.

From 1 September, City of Tallinn will introduce a new bus route, No. 8A, running between Mähe aedlinn and Viru keskus to provide Mähe and Pirita residents with an alternative connection to the city centre. The decision follows feedback on previous changes to route No. 8.

As part of preparations for the deployment of new battery trolleybuses in 2026, AS Tallinna Linnatransport is continuing upgrades to the city’s trolleybus infrastructure. On Monday, 11 August, the third stage of medium- and low-voltage cable reconstruction works will begin in Mustamäe, lasting until November.

AS Tallinna Linnatransport (TLT) will build a parallel tram track branch at the airport to allow more frequent tram services and improve operations at the terminal stop. Construction will start on 18 August and finish in December.

The Tallinn City Government has approved the full use of the purchase option under the contract concluded by AS Tallinna Linnatransport, under which 30 additional battery trolleybuses will be acquired next year.

Starting today, 1 August, the maintenance of street lighting and electrical installations in Tallinn will be provided by AS Tallinna Linnatransport (TLT). For residents, the change in service provider brings no changes to the service itself, except for new contact details for reporting faults.

Starting 1 August, the Hundi tee Park & Ride car park in Viimsi municipality will join Tallinn’s Park and Ride network, offering residents the option to park their vehicles securely and continue to the city centre by free public transport.