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MKTL27 Estonia, The new face of Tallinn Hollywood club:dance till early in the morning © Maro Kouri
Estonia, the new face of Tallinn

Tallinn Art House. Artist Inesa Josing protests for the Estonia‘s Sex Industry, with her exhibition ‘‘Sex Market‘‘

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Tallinn Art House. Artist Inesa Josing protests for the Estonia‘s Sex Industry, with her exhibition ‘‘Sex Market‘‘

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Club ‘Hollywood‘: dance till early in the morning
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Central Tallinn‘s nightlife is endless -mostly for the foreigners but for the women of Estonia who search for the rich foreigner too. Unfortunately, poverty does not end at the suburbs, even if Estonia has one of the highest incomes per capita among the new EU member states. 

British bachelors and other sex tourists unfortunately also find their ‘sex-souvenir‘ at the price of a chocolate (800 crones)! 
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Casinos, cabarets and nightclubs are in demand, from foreign investors, as also from locals - rich and poor -, and of course from tourists
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Estonia, The new face of Tallinn

British bachelors and other sex tourists unfortunately also find their ‘sex-souvenir‘ at the price of a chocolate (800 krones)! Central Tallinn‘s nightlife is endless - mostly for the foreigners but for the women of Estonia who search for the rich foreigner too. Unfortunately, povert does not end at the suburbs, even if Estonia has one of the highest incomes per capita among the new EU member states
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Narva central avenue. An old man waits for the old tram in front of modern newly--constructed shopping malls, offices and apartments.
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German tourist -artist gets inspired by the beatiful snowy night in the medieval town. Tourism increases every year in Tallinn, because of the hospitable, and, cheap life.
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‘Olde Hanse‘ medieval restaurant
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Raekoja plats (Town Hall square) on a snowy night
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Contemporary art flirts fashion. Tallinn‘s nouveaux riche citizens respond to modernism, so they like to spend money on clothing, expensive cars, mobile phones e.t.c
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The proximity to Scandinavian countries, well-known for their innovative telecommunication systems, has a positive result, so that wireless connection is all over central Tallinn. Couples in love, drink their shot in the club surfing on the Internet at the same time! 93% of the population (400,200 as of May 2007 ) uses mobile phones & 55% use the Internet. 
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Because of the Soviet occupation, couples in Estonia were not marrying, even they were obtaining children. Today, the young couples continue this tradition...
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Because of the Soviet occupation, couples in Estonia were not marrying, even when they make children. Today, young couples continue this tradition...
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The KGB were secretly based at the top of the Viru Hotel, during the Soviet occupation, spying on all clients, 24 hours non-stop!
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Due to the Soviet occupation, Estonians do not marry and the percentage of single mothers is higher than 50%.


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Pirita beach,  2 km north-east of Kadriorg. 

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‘Lasnamae‘ is one of the poor suburbs with blocks of worker‘s flats

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KUMU art museum.
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The old medieval town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the modern buildings that are ‘growing up‘ exponentially after Estonia‘s accession to the European Union
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At the port, the old steamship ‘Auralaev‘ hosts a romantic restaurant, open day & night.
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Into the beautiful Kadriorg Park, Kadriorg Palace hosts (part of) the Art Musum. 
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Esthonian man with his girlfriend from St‘ Petersburg admire the view from the top of the medieval town
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Estonia, Tallinn old town. 

Prime minister Andrus Ansip drinks beer with student‘s chief on Independence Day 
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Pirita is this coastal district, 2 km north-east of Kadriorg. The marina was built for the Moscow Olympics of 1980, but for the less capable, boats can be hired on the Pirita river
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‘Moscva‘ is one of the most known cult Estonian cafes.
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Hollywood club:dance till early in the morning
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Mostly Russian women work at night. Greek cafe bar ‘Island‘ is well-known among Tallinn‘s youth, who drink their shots while surfing wireless Internet on their laptops.
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Just before landing at Tallinn‘s airport, panoramic view of the sunshine city.
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Little girl outside her school in Kalamaja. A poor suburb with beautiful wooden houses, where in recent years, nouveaux-riche and celebrity citizens have bought properties to renovate and live in.
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Most of the Russian immigrants are poor and buy their food from the cheap Baltijaam Market. At the same time, young Estonians take advantage of foreign investment and do their shopping in new shopping centres such us ‘Viru‘.
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Fishermen in the snowing Pirita river, 2 km north-east of Kadriorg. The marina was built for the Moscow Olympics of 1980, but for the less capable, boats can be hired on the Pirita river
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