Tallin is located on the Baltic Sea and is the capital of Estonia. Due to its strategic location and the port there, the city witnessed numerous battles and changed hands throughout history. It belonged to the Danes, The Livonian Brothers of the Sword or Russians. There are a lot of Gothic buildings in the city that have survived until the present day. Tourists can admire many medieval architectonic constructions in the old town (Estonian: Vanalinn), there are tenement houses, temples and towers. There is also the 15th-century town hall in the old town. St. Olaf’s Church, with its 159-meter pointed tower, is one of Tallin’s landmarks.
