TOP 5 shopping malls.

Viru Shopping Center

This is quite a big shopping mall located in the center. Easily reachable and there's wide variety of brands and products. Check it out!
Address: Viru Väljak 4/6
Open daily: 09:00 - 21:00
Food department: 09:00 - 22:00

Kristiine Shopping Center
This a large shopping mall just a little bit out of the center. You can take trolley nr 2,3,6 from Vabaduse Sq. stop or nr 4 from Balti Jaam train station. If it's a great weather it's near enough to walk there as well.

Address: Endla 45
Open daily: 10:00 - 21:00
Food department open 08:00 - 23:00

Roccal Mare Shopping Center
This is newly renovated and one of the largest shopping malls in Estonia. It has almost everything you need including Marks & Spencer. It's located out of the center but you can simply take a trolley-bus nr 6. from Vabaduse sq. or no. 7 from Balti Jaam train station.

Address: Paldiski mnt. 102
Open daily: 10:00 - 21:00
Food department open 08:00 - 23:00

Ulemiste Shopping Center
Definitely one of the largest shopping malls in Tallinn. Out of the center, near to Tallinn's airport. Great place for serious shoppers. It's worth the short trip from the center. You can take bus nr 15 from Bus Terminal in Viru Center or Bus nr 2 from A.Laikmaa.

Address: Suur-Söjamäe 4
Open daily: 10:00 - 21:00

Rotermann

This is quite a new shopping center. With it's few stores it's rather small than another massive mall in Tallinn.. but still worth to check. This is the only place in Tallinn where you can find .. Bershka, Stradivarius, Pull & Bear etc.. It's just minutes walk from Old Town.

Address: Rotermanni 5 / Roseni 10
Open: 10:00 - 20:00, Sun 10:00 - 17:00

Top 5 strange food that locals love

Kohupiim (curd cheese, farmers cheese) - is a fresh cheese of East European origin. We eat it for breakfast, as dessert or make a real delicious cakes with it. Try it's small version called "kohuke", you can find big variety of those in every food store and super market.

Verivorst (blood sausage) - this is Estonian national dish.Cook some barley and fry up small cut up pieces of salt pork and then mix that with blood. This mixture then gets poured into the casings. It's not real Christmas for us, Estonians .. unless we eat blood sausage served with cranberry jam..mm.. yummi!

Hapukapsad (sour kraut) - Another delicious Christmas dish that we just love. It's finely shredded cabbage that has been fermented by various lactid acid bacteria.

Sult - ad cheese is not a cheese but a meat jelly made with pieces from the head of a calf or pig inaspic. It is usually eaten cold or at room temperature as a luncheon meat. Compared to other ''Sults'' Estonian ''Sult'' is usually less seasoned and made from higher quality meat. Sometimes carrots or greens are added.

Kartulisalat (potato salad) - that dish is made of boiled potatoes + we usually add other vegetables such as boiled carrots, green peas, gherkins also boiled eggs, apples and fried meat or some wieners. (all the food are hashed and mixed) .. For sour we use mayonnaise mixed with sour cream and some flavors..

TOP 4 places where you can try Estonian cuisine... In Tallinn!

1. Eesti Maja Restoran
- This is friendly and family style restaurant. The menu is filled with Estonian favorites like marinated eel, sauerkraut stew with pork, blood sausage etc.
Where is it: A.Lauteri street 1
Opening hours: 11:00 - 23:00
Check out the website(prices and menu): www.eestimaja.ee

2. LIDO
- Even though LIDO is originally Latvian, we think it serves the food which we quite much as we like to eat as well. Because of it's great quality of food and affordable prices this is definitely one of our favorite. If you feel hungry, this place is worth to visit.
Where is it: At Solaris shopping center, Estonia pst 9
Opening hours: 10:00 - 23:00
Check out the website(prices and menu): http://www.solaris.ee/index.php?id=32&language=eng


3. Vanaema juures
- The restaurant is called '' At Grandmother's place''. This is easily one of the best restaurant in town. It is quite romantic with its' candlelit interior, smiling, but not fake, friendly service and very tasty food but have to mention that prices are not the cheapest ones in town.
Where is it: Rataskaevu 10/12
Opening hours: Mon - Sat 12:00 - 22:00, Sun 12:00 - 18:00
Check out the website(prices and menu): http://www.vonkrahl.ee/et/toit/vanaemajuures


4. Kölukörts
- It's located inside the Estonian Open Air Museum (in Rocca-al-mare). You can have a real traditional Estonian food there. The atmosphere is really nice there and it just feels like you are back in the 19th of century. Worth to visit if you really fancy to see the Open Air Museum as well, otherwise it might be too far from the center.
Where is it: Vabaöhu Muuseumi tee 12
Opening hours: 10:00 - 17:00
Check out the website(prices and menu): www.evm.ee