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Tiigiveski Ground
Tiigiveski Ground (Estonian language, Estonian: ''Tiigiveski jalgpalliväljak'') was a Association football, football ground in Tallinn, Estonia. Opened in 1913, it was the first football specific ground in Tallinn and the first home for the Estonia national football team and for numerous Tallinn football clubs. History Tiigiveski Football Ground was opened to public in May 1913 and quickly become the most popular sports field in the city. Located in Tiigiveski Park and next to the Härjapea, Härjapea river, the ground hosted the matches of the popular Estonian football clubs JK Tallinna Kalev, Kalev, SK Tallinna Sport, Sport and Tallinna JK, TJK, as well as their international fixtures against Finland, Finnish clubs, such as HIFK Fotboll, HIFK and Kisa-Veikot. Tiigiveski was the venue for the first two Estonia national football team home matches, when they faced Sweden national football team, Sweden and Finland national football team, Finland in 1921. In the autumn of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ''maakond'' (county). Tallinn is the main financial, industrial, and cultural centre of Estonia. It is located northwest of the country's second largest city Tartu, however only south of Helsinki, Finland, also west of Saint Petersburg, Russia, north of Riga, Latvia, and east of Stockholm, Sweden. From the 13th century until the first half of the 20th century, Tallinn was known in most of the world by variants of its other historical name Reval. Tallinn received Lübeck city rights in 1248,, however the earliest evidence of human population in the area dates back nearly 5,000 years. The medieval indigenous population of what is now Tallinn and northern Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
