See

Estonian Maritime Museum

Fat Margaret

The Maritime Museum dates back to 1935 and is housed inside the largest of the Tallinn city wall towers, aptly named "Fat Margaret" (Paks Margareta). Visiting the museum allows one not only to see the potpourri of maritime-themed artifacts, but also the 16th-century cannon tower and experience the view from the cafe on its roof. While the museum is the original location of the Meremuuseum, you absolutely cannot miss their second location in the Seaplane Harbour, where the ships and airplanes are stored (see below). Next to the museum, facing the sea, is the Broken Line (Katkenud liin) monument to the 1994 MS Estonia shipwreck.

Address: Pikk 70
Getting there: Trams 1/2 and bus 3 to Linnhall
Hours: May–Sep: daily 09:00 – 18:00; Oct–Apr: Tue–Sun 10:00 – 18:00
Price: €15, combined ticket with Seaplane Harbour - €30
Website: meremuuseum.ee (opens in a new tab)

Directions Suggest a nearby place

Listing from Wikivoyage: Tallinn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.

Close by

See

St. Olaf's church

Oleviste kirik

Built in the 12th century. Today it is a Baptist church and probably the most visible landmark on the northern end of the Old Town. When Estonia was part of the Soviet Union the tower was used as a radio tower and a surveillance point.

Tower €3

Energy Discovery Centre

for youngsters

Põhja pst 29

Daily 12:00–18:00, public holidays 12:00–17:00

Kultuurikatel (creative hub)

A former industrial site, it now Tallinn's main creative hub, site of many events (see website).

See

KGB Prison cells museum

Now the Interior Ministry and not generally open to the public, this is where the KGB detained and tortured suspected dissidents. A Soviet-era joke says that this was the tallest building in Estonia: even from the basement, you could see Siberia. Interrogations were indeed conducted in the basement and you can see even today how the windows were crudely bricked up with concrete to mute the sound.

Ticket 10 €, concession 8 €