Kloostrimetsa (

Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also * ...

for "''Convent Forest''") is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Pirita,

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 '' ...

, the capital of

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, an ...

. It's located north of the

Pirita River The Pirita ( et, Pirita jõgi) is a long river in northern Estonia that drains into Tallinn Bay (part of the Gulf of Finland) in Pirita, Tallinn. The basin area of the Pirita is 799 km2. For the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, the est ...

and is mostly covered by the park forest Kloostrimets (''Cloister Forest'', which name comes from the nearby

Pirita monastery Pirita Convent ( et, Pirita klooster) was a monastery for both monks and nuns dedicated to St. Brigitta, located in the district of Pirita in Tallinn, Estonia. It functioned from 1407 to 1575. It was the largest convent in Livonia, and one o ...

). Kloostrimetsa has a population of 80 ().

Tallinn Botanic Garden Tallinn Botanic Garden ( et, Tallinna Botaanikaaed), is a botanical garden in Tallinn, Estonia. It is located on the right bank of the Pirita River, in the Kloostrimetsa forest in Pirita district. With an area of , it is the largest in Esto ...

Tallinn TV Tower Tallinn TV tower () is a free-standing structure with an observation deck, built to provide better telecommunication services for the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics regatta event (see Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics). It is located near the s ...

Metsakalmistu Metsakalmistu (meaning ''Forest Cemetery'') is a cemetery in the Pirita district of Tallinn. Metsakalmistu was originally planned to be a public medieval cemetery. Eduard Vilde was the first to be buried in 1933. The original area of the cemet ...

cemetery and Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa Circuit are located in Kloostrimetsa.

Gallery

File:Pirita river in Tallinn.JPG,

File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Kloostrimetsa 022.JPG, Kloostrimetsa forest in winter File:Jardín Botánico de Tallinn, Estonia, 2012-08-12, DD 01.JPG, The main building of

. File:Tallinna Metsakalmistu kabel.jpg, Chapel of

cemetery.

References

Subdistricts of Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub