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As with many other places in central and Eastern Europe, much of the 20th century history was cruel and dark….”eerily cold inside”…Don’t know about you but I believe those prisons are literally haunted by ghosts. Seems like you were the only visitor at that time, even more eerie….Beautiful editing…very informative…I forever feel sad when seeing before and after pics/ videos of places that have been destroyed as a consequence of war. Thanks again Matt. ZZ

Very interesting and also very timely with all that is going on there in Eastern Europe right now! Thanks for sharing.

Хорошее видео, это стоит показать всем русским в Балтии.

Great video - both informative and entertaining! Keep it up!

Very good information and video as usual from you Matt, I haven't been to Tallinn , great to see the first time places there thank you , have a lovely day ❤☕🍰😊

You visited Estonia a while back?, the construction of Port Tramline that passes under Linnahall hasn't started on the video lol

How many years ago was this filmed? The whlle of the Tallinn waterfront from Linnahall to Patarei is developed 😅😅

Some things about Linnahall or the V. I. Lenin Palace of Culture and Sports as it was originally called. When the building was built, it was special as it allowed the people to access the sea, all the rest of the coast was fenced up as "port area". The port has shrunk considerably as all the cargo has been moved to a different port, hence why there is so much empty space in the coastal areas still, that are now slowly being developed. Linnahall crossed a railway line that went to the port, that is why there is a "hole" under the building. It primarily acted as a concert hall / auditorium sorts, where also some Estonian Communist Party events were held for example. The main entrance to the concert hall is from the rooftop on the city side. Also from the roof, you have some stairs that lead down to an ice rink, that was located in the frontal bit. The seaside entrance, the glass one, was a some kind of sleezy restaurant/pub in the 1990s, that had some arson attacks and whatnot. There was also a bowling alley inside the building.

A very interesting video. I spent a couple of days in Tallinn in early 2017. The only time I ventured out of Old Town was an evening walk in the snow to the Lenin Palace of Culture and Sport.

Great video Matt 😊 i agree that all the communist history in Estonia is really interesting. Did you go into the KGB Prison cells to have a look around? I did when I went in January and found it it fascinating, but very disturbing. It seems maybe a little bit odd to build flats on top of it, I couldn't imagine wanting to live over a building with such a grisly past, but thats just me 🤔 what do you think? Hope you're well and having a good May so far, too! 😊

In Linnahall (City Hall near the sea) 17:22 was not the ordinary theatre, it was more concert hall - musical hall and the ice rink too. The main entrance was upstairs from the city side.😊

Patarei wasn't closed after collapse of soviet union. Everything you see is from Estonian era when it was finally closed in 2002. It's pretty strange that it is used to display horrors of communism, when in fact it's a prison operational in democratic market economy in 2000s.

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Always love the Communist tours. Good luck on the prison being open. That's quite a place. Too bad you couldn't get in and see the ice skating rink. Good idea landing your helicopter at a different spot. Hopefully that hotel is no longer bugged!

Omg that prison there looks so scrary place ...believe i would not go there visit😃 ..did you pay that 5euros, or you just walked inside that prison? You doing great information....take care Matt 😊❤

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Cool video of the various Soviet Structures. The 1980 Olympic Regatta in Tallinn has construction pictures along with the various stages of completion and views of the structure and people using it's amenities after completion during the Olympics. Some are Black/White and some color. There's a photo album with over 800 photos. Every time I try to share the web address it disappears because of the KZfaq algorithm restriction I guess. But if you do an image search for the 1980 Olympic Regatta in Tallinn you may be able to find what I found😎.

We didn't live in communism we were bizzy building it, never finished though.😂😂

can someone teach ppl what communism is and where it originates because clearly this guy does not along with 99% of others.

That's like someone went to Warsaw with a Nazi obsession.