Tallinn Christmas Market ( et, Tallinna Jõuluturg) is a Christmas market held every year in

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 ' ...

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. The modern market was founded in 2001 by

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, and is open from

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until

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. The latter also marks the end of the Christmas season according to the

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. The market brings tourists from all over the world to Tallinn. This is traditionally held on the old Town Hall Square. Christmas cabins and stands sell handcrafts, hot wine and souvenirs to about 200,000 visitors every year.

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is the oldest capital city in Northern Europe and has one of the best preserved medieval town centres in the world. The first

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at Tallinn’s Town Hall Square was erected in 1441 by the Brotherhood of Blackheads; this was the first public Christmas Tree ever put on display in Europe. The Brotherhood of the Blackheads, as a guild for unmarried merchants, first erected the tree for the holiday period in their brotherhood house. On the last night of celebrations the tree was taken to the Town Hall square where the members of the brotherhood danced around it before setting it on fire.

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Things to do at the Tallinn Christmas Market
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