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More than 1,540 students from Ukraine have been offered places in Tallinn's municipal schools. Kindergarten places have been offered to nearly 350 applicants, with 110 Ukrainian children already attending kindergarten.

Today, Tallinn announced a public vote to choose the winner from among 19 entries submitted to the Pollinator Highway installation competition entitled ‘Place Buzz’.

All four waste stations in Tallinn are open every day from the beginning of April to provide smoother service. The stations switch to summer operation on 1 April, which also means longer opening hours.

All branches of Tallinn City Museum and the museums of Tallinn Literary Centre will once again open their doors for free museum visits this Sunday, 3 April. From this week, the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds Visitor Centre can also be visited free of charge on Tallinn Museum Sundays.

To create a nine-kilometre-long park area on a limestone cliff bordering Lasnamäe, Kesklinn and Pirita, a call for ideas was carried out among Tallinn residents. The results will be presented today, 31 March, from 5 pm to 7 pm, at Tallinn Song Festival Grounds (Lauluväljaku Klaassaal). The presentation can also be followed online.

A temporary prohibition on motor vehicle traffic on Astangu Street in the Haabersti district to ensure safer migration routes for amphibians, originally planned from 31 March to 14 April, will be postponed to start from 10 April to 30 April. The traffic restriction will be in force from 9 pm to 6 am on the stretch from Kotermaa Street 1 to Astangu Street 19/3. The restriction does not apply to public transport passing through Astangu Street.

Used car tyres resulting from the spring tyre replacement can be disposed of free of charge at a collection point or a waste station.

The COVID-19 counselling and vaccination point on Vabaduse Square remains open until 30 March. Anyone wishing to get vaccinated there can do so today and tomorrow until 9pm.

In order to ensure safer migration routes for amphibians, Tallinn applies a temporary prohibition on motor vehicle traffic on Astangu Street from 31 March to 14 April from 9 pm to 6 am. The restriction involves the section of Astangu Street between Kotermaa Street 1 and Astangu Street 19/3. The traffic restriction does not apply to public transport passing through Astangu Street.

The Tallinn Environment and Public Works Department warns of the risk of slippery conditions in the coming days and urges caution in traffic. Rain, sleet and snow are expected, which, together with sub-zero temperatures, may lead to slippery roads and sidewalks.