Kassisaba

This Kassisaba tour takes you to Tallinn’s most idyllic 19th-century wooden district, hidden right next to the Old Town and once home to figures of culture and society. Within an area of just 0.46 km², Kassisaba holds astonishing variety — a place where time seems to stand still and rush forward at once, leaving a surprise behind every corner.

Walking through Kassisaba you’ll see how dignified 18th-century tenement houses stand side by side with Lender houses, Soviet-era apartment blocks and — quite unexpectedly — brick buildings rising in the middle of the wooden quarter. Kassisaba is home to a football stadium, the Wismari hospital, the Westholm school, the British Embassy, the centre of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church and the Red Cross. The district has been home to both Marie Under and Artur Kapp. It is a neighbourhood where every corner can surprise you with a new and exciting view, binding old and new Tallinn into a single whole.