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Järve, Tallinn
Järve (Estonian for ''"Lake"'') is a subdistrict () in the district of Kristiine, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 2,969 (). Järve has a railway station on the Elron western route. Gallery File:Järve raudteepeatus.jpg, Järve train station File:Tondi sõjaväelinnaku staabihoone.jpg, Main building of G4S G4S is a British multinational private security company headquartered in London, England. The company was set up in July 2004 when London-based Securicor amalgamated with Danish firm Group 4 Falck. The company offers a range of services, in ... Estonia File:Järve raudteeülesõit.jpg, Railway overpass References Subdistricts of Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and administratively lies in the Harju County, Harju ''Counties of Estonia, maakond'' (county). Tallinn is the main governmental, 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; it is 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 Names of Tallinn in different languages, name Reval. “Reval” received Lübeck law, Lübeck city rights in 1248; however, the earliest evidence of human settlement in the area dates back nearly 5,000 years. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Järve Railway Station
Järve railway station () is a railway station in the Kristiine, Kristiine district of Tallinn, Estonia. The station serves the Järve, Tallinn, Järve sub-district which has approximately 3000 residents. The station is located approximately south from the Tallinn Baltic Station, Baltic station () which is the main railway station of Tallinn, near the Baltic Sea. Järve station is located between the and railway stations of the Tallinn-Keila railway line. The station was opened in 1923, and the station building was completed in 1926. There are two platforms along the two-track railway, both 150 meters long. History Although the Tallinn-Paldiski railway opened already in 1870, a station on this site was not opened before 1923. The station building was completed in 1926. Ticket sale was terminated in the station building in 1998. Operations Elron (rail transit), Elron's electric trains from Tallinn to Keila, , Turba, Estonia, Turba and Kloogaranna stop at Järve station. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustamäe (subdistrict)
Mustamäe (Estonian language, Estonian for ''"Black Hill"'') is a subdistrict () in the district of Mustamäe, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 50,688 (). Gallery File:Männipargi kõlakoda.jpg, Männi park File:EE-TLN-Sõpruse.JPG, Sõpruse puiestee File:SolarisT18ACInTallinn.jpg, Akadeemia street File:Põhja Eesti Regionaalhaigla Tallinn.jpg, Mustamäe hospital File:TUT Main entrance.jpg, Main building of Tallinn University of Technology File:Sõpruse puiestee ja Ehitajate ning Akadeemia tee ringtee.jpg, Sõpruse, Ehitajate and Akadeemia roundabout See also *TTÜ Sports Hall References Subdistricts of Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nõmme (subdistrict)
Nõmme (Estonian for ''"Heath"'') is a subdistrict in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and had a population on 1 January 2014 of 6,389, with a population density of . Nõmme has a station on the Elron western route. The first train station in Nõmme was opened in 1872. Gallery File:Nõmme jaamahoone.jpg, Nõmme train station File:Nõmme turuhoone 3.jpg, Nõmme market building, burned down and rebuilt in 2010 File:Los Angeles? No, Nõmme Center, Tallinn Estonia.jpg, File:Ehitajate tee algul koos Mustamäe suusasillaga.jpg, Ehitajate tee going up to Nõmme hill from Mustamäe Mustamäe (Estonian language, Estonian for 'black hill') is one of the 8 administrative districts () of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The smallest by area (it covers only 8.1 km2), it is at the same time the second largest district by po .... File:N6mme rahu kirik 2007 veebruar.jpg, Nõmme Rahu (''Peace'') Church References Subdistricts of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahumäe
Rahumäe (Estonian for 'peace hill' or 'quiet hill') is a subdistrict () in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 3,075 (), and a population density of . Rahumäe has a railway station on the Elron western route. Rahumäe Cemetery and Tallinn's Jewish cemetery A Jewish cemetery ( ''beit almin'' or ''beit kvarot'') is a cemetery where Jews are buried in keeping with Halakha, Jewish tradition. Cemeteries are referred to in several different ways in Hebrew, including ''beit kevarot'' (house of s ... are located in Rahumäe. Gallery File:Rahumäe jaama hoone.jpg, Rahumäe train station File:Rahumäe raudteepeatus (tänapäev).jpg, Rahumäe railway station File:Rahumäe sõjaväejaama hoone.jpg, Ruins of the former narrow gauge railway station building File:Rahumäe kalmistu.jpg, Entrance of Rahumäe Cemetery File:Juudi kalmistu kabel.jpg, Chapel at the Jewish cemetery File:Järve Keskus 2557.JPG, Jä ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liiva, Tallinn
Liiva (Estonian for ''"Sand"'') is a subdistrict () in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 1,365 (), with a population density of . It has a railway station on the Tallinn - Viljandi railway line operated by Elron (rail transit) AS Eesti Liinirongid, operating as Elron, is a government-owned passenger train operator in Estonia. Prior to 2014, the company operated exclusively the electrified commuter rail system in Harjumaa, and was known until October 2013 as ''Elektri .... Liiva cemetery is situated in Liiva. Gallery File:Liiva railway station building 15May2009.jpg, Liiva railway station File:Liiva raudteejaama veetorn,1917.JPG, Water tower in railway station File:Train in Liiva railway station 15May2009.jpg, References Subdistricts of Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Ülemiste
Lake Ülemiste () is the largest of the lakes surrounding Tallinn, Estonia. Ülemiste is the main part of the Tallinn water supply system, which supplies the city with most of its drinking water. The lake is fed mostly by Kurna stream and the Pirita River, through the Vaskjala–Ülemiste canal. Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport is located on the eastern shore of the lake and aircraft regularly take off and land over the lake. The airport maintains the necessary equipment ready to salvage in a short time any aircraft that crashes into the lake, as required by International Civil Aviation Organization regulations. The Tallinn Water Company, AS Tallinna Vesi, has a treatment plant on the north shore of the lake which supplies 90% of the water to the city. The remaining 10% comes from ground water wells, which are maintained as a backup in case the lake becomes contaminated. On 18 March 2010, a DHL Antonov An-26 aircraft made an emergency landing on the ice of the lake, leaking about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitseküla
Kitseküla (Estonian for ''"Goat Village"'') is a subdistrict () of the district of Kesklinn (Midtown) in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 4,053 (). Kitseküla is situated between two railway corridors so there are several stations surrounding it: " Tallinn-Väike" on the Tallinn–Pärnu/Viljandi line; " Lilleküla", " Tondi" and " Järve" on Tallinn–Paldiski/ Turba line and " Kitseküla" on Tallinn– Aegviidu line. All these stations are served by Elron trains. Lilleküla Stadium, the home ground of the Estonia national football team and FC Flora football club, is located in the northwestern corner of Kitseküla, between the diverging railway lines. Gallery File:Tallinn-Väike 11Mar2009 1.jpg, Tallinn-Väike train station File:Tondi trammi- ja elektrirongipeatus.jpg, Tondi train and tram station File:Alecoqarena.jpg, Lilleküla Stadium, the home ground of the Estonia national football team and FC Flora Tallinn FC Flora, commonly known as F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tondi, Tallinn
Tondi is a subdistrict () in the district of Kristiine, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru .... It has a population of 3,862 (). The Tallinn–Paldiski railway passes Tondi on its eastern side. There's a station named " Tondi" on the Elron western route.. Audentes Sports Center is located in Tondi. One of the great landmarks of Tondi is the “Famous Rock of Tondi” which rose to fame when YouTuber “Bald and Bankrupt” travelled by in 2021. Gallery File:Tondi raudteepeatus 2013.jpg, Tondi railway station File:Tondi bridge.jpg, Railway bridge near Tondi station File:Tondi kasarmud (Tallinn).jpg, Former Tondi barracks File:Tondi tänav (Tallinn).jpg, Tondi street File:Dunteni park 01.jpg, Dunten park File:Tondi trammi- ja elekt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elron (rail Transit)
AS Eesti Liinirongid, operating as Elron, is a government-owned passenger train operator in Estonia. Prior to 2014, the company operated exclusively the electrified commuter rail system in Harjumaa, and was known until October 2013 as ''Elektriraudtee'', i.e. "the Electrical Railway". On 1 January 2014, Elron took over all domestic passenger train services in Estonia from Edelaraudtee. History The company was founded as ''Elektriraudtee'' in 1998. While initially operating as a subsidiary of Eesti Raudtee, it was separated entirely within two years. In May 2013, the Estonian government declared that Elron would be the sole domestic passenger operator in Estonia, compelling the Estonian operator Edelaraudtee to reorientate its operations away from the passenger sector. This change was not unchallenged; a legal dispute between Edelaraudtee and the Estonian government broke out over compensation for lost revenue from the operator's forced withdrawal from passenger services. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Language
Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language and the official language of Estonia. It is written in the Latin script and is the first language of the majority of the country's population; it is also an official language of the European Union. Estonian is spoken natively by about 1.1 million people: 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 elsewhere. Classification By Convention (norm), conventions of historical linguistics, Estonian is classified as a part of the Finnic languages, Finnic (a.k.a. Baltic Finnic) branch of the Uralic languages, Uralic (a.k.a. Uralian, or Finno-Ugric languages, Finno-Ugric) language family. Other Finnic languages include Finnish language, Finnish and several endangered languages spoken around the Baltic Sea and in northwestern Russia. Estonian is typically subclassified as a Southern Finnic language, and it is the second-most-spoken language among all the Finnic languages. Alongside Finnish, Hungarian language, Hungarian and Maltese language, Maltese, Estonian is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiine
Kristiine ( Estonian for ' Christina') is one of the 8 administrative districts () of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Kristiine is divided into 3 subdistricts (): * Järve * Lilleküla * Tondi The name of Kristiine originates from the Swedish Queen Christina, under whose rule in 1653 the area was divided into 46 pieces (each of them 9 ha) and sold to businessmen and city officials for 100 riksdaler The Svenska riksdaler () was the name of a Swedish coin first minted in 1604. Between 1777 and 1873, it was the currency of Sweden. The daler, like the dollar,''National Geographic''. June 2002. p. 1. ''Ask Us''. was named after the German Thale .... The whole area was called (Valley of Christina) and later Kristiine hayfield. The elder of the district is Andrei Novikov (as of September 2013). Population Kristiine has a population of 31,739 (). References External links * Districts of Tallinn Christina, Queen of Sweden {{tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
