# OLD TOWN including TOOMPEA HILL 7 
Almost untouched by war and inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1997, Tallinn's Old Town, in its unity, is considered one of the most beautiful and best-preserved in Europe.
City District 🌍 World Heritage Site: since 1997
# Patkuli Belvedere 6 
This always-busy viewing platform on Toompea Hill offers the best view over Tallinn.
# Kumu Art Museum 6
Opened in 2006, this spectacular seven-story circular, modern glass building displays the leading Estonian artist from the 18th century to the present day and various temporary exhibitions.
This is our selection of the five best paintings of the Kumu Art Museum in Tallinn:
1) Jewess, Konrad Mägi (1915-16)
2) Sorrow, Johannes Greenberg (1947)
3) Portrait of Elvi Dailit, Konrad Mägi (1916-17)
4) Woman with Masks, Johannes Greenberg (1931)
5) Motiv of the Lake Saadjärve Landscape, Konrad Mägi (1923)
Museum Gallery Space: ca. 5,000 m2 [21,527 ft2] | Galleries: 37 | Artworks on Display: ca. 2,000 | Established: 2006 | Visitors (2013): 128,712
# Kadriorg Art Museum and Park 5 
This scenic urban park is home to an elegant baroque palace which was built by Czar Peter the Great for his wife, Catherine. On the first floor of the palace, you can visit a – not particularly impressive – small foreign art collection.
# Alexander Nevski Cathedral 5
This richly decorated Orthodox Cathedral with its many black, onion-shaped domes was built in 1900 on top of Toompea Hill.
# CATHEDRAL OF SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN AND ITS TOWER (Toomkirik) 5
Standing at the center of Toompea Hill this medieval cathedral is filled with spectacular, wood-carved artwork and elaborate coats of arms. Climb the 69 m-high baroque bell tower to enjoy one of the best views in Tallinn.
Lutheran Cathedral | Viewpoint 🌍 World Heritage Site: since 1997
# CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS and Museum (Niguliste kirik ja muuseum)5
This former 13th-century church houses Tallinn's biggest art treasure, the initial fragment (0.75 m, 24.6 ft) of the original thirty meters (98.4 ft) wide late 15th-century painting "The Dance of Death" by the Lübeck master Bernt Notke. The famous painting depicts the transience of life, the skeletal figures of Death taking along the mighty as well as the feeble ones.
Church and Museum 🌍 World Heritage Site: since 1997
# WALLS OF TALLINN (Nunnatorn ja linnamüüri platvorm) 5
With 1.9 km defensive walls together with twenty towers, Tallinn boasts one of Europe’s best-preserved medieval fortifications.
Ramparts with 20 Towers 🌍 World Heritage Site: since 1997
