Linnahall ( et, Tallinna Linnahall, 'Tallinn City Hall') (originally the V. I. Lenin Palace of Culture and Sports) is a multi-purpose venue in

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. It is situated in the harbor, just beyond the walls of the Old Town, and was completed in 1980. The venue also features a heliport and a small seaport.

Venue

The

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were hosted in

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in 1980. As inland Moscow had no suitable venue at which to stage the sailing event, this task fell to

, the capital of the then

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. Apart from the main venue for the sailing event,

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, a number of other sports and entertainment facilities were erected, among them the V. I. Lenin Palace of Culture and Sport. designed by architects

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and Riina Altmäe. The skating rink closed in 2009, followed by the concert hall in 2010. The city searched for investors from 2009 to 2015, and in 2015 the city council decided to renovate Linnahall, although the project did not come to fruition. From June to July 2019, the location served as a stand-in for a

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opera house during the filming of the feature film '' Tenet''. It is not to be confused with the primary administrative building of the historical municipal government (Raad) of

, often referred to as the

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Heliport

Linnahall Heliport , is a heliport at the Linnahall in

. It was used by

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for its flights to

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. It is the only publicly used heliport in Estonia.

Gallery

File:Linnahall from the city.jpg, Linnahall from the city File:Linnahall looking towards Tallinn.jpg, Linnahall looking towards Tallinn File:Fast ferries docked at Linnahall.jpg, Fast ferries docked at Linnahall File:Linnahall from the west.jpg, Linnahall viewed from the west

References

External links

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