Tallinn Day is celebrated as fitting to a UNESCO City of Music - with a wide range of music events and concerts. The programme starts on Friday 13 May with a music morning in Tallinn schools.
Tallinn climbed four spots to become the 62nd most innovative startup friendly city globally and 15th in Europe on the StartupBlink ranking of the world’s startup ecosystems.
The Swedish Crown Princess Victoria, who is on a two-day visit to Helsingborg, visited the urban innovation area during the H22 City Expo festival and selected the pavilions of Tallinn, Linz and Oslo for the visit.
Tallinn Old Town Days, celebrating its fortieth anniversary, will take place on 3-5 June this year. The varied programme offers a total of 400 events taking place over three days in different parts of the Old Town.
During the two-day Old Town City Forum experts on urban planning, entrepreneurs, community members and city leaders are looking for practical ways to lead Tallinn's Old Town towards becoming a better living environment and a more attractive place for spending time.
Next week, 24-30 April, the spring school break offers children and young people in Tallinn the opportunity to take part in a diverse and exciting range of activities, from nature to exercise and from culture to robotics.
The number of foreign tourists in Tallinn is on the rise and more than half of the city residents think that there should be more of them. From the point of view of the future of Tallinn's foreign tourism, it is important to invest in activities that increase the attractiveness of the city as a destination and to maintain a stable economic environment aimed at increasing competitiveness.
In April, Tallinn allocated a total of 375 820 euros to 293 high-achieving athletes and 19,062 euros to 17 local sports projects as part of the grants for non-profit activities in the field of sports.