The Atlas Obscura Guide To Estonia

95 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Estonia

Updated October 18, 2025

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The KGB Museum.

Tallinn, Estonia

KGB Museum

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

The staircase is the entrance to the main monastery.

Tallinn, Estonia

Ichthus Art Gallery

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

Rummu Underwater Prison

Rummu, Estonia

Rummu Underwater Prison

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

Linnahall

Tallinn, Estonia

Linnahall

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

Kaali, Estonia

Kaali Meteorite Crater Field

Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.

Rebirth looks good on you, hangar

Tallinn, Estonia

Seaplane Harbour

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

Art within the creative city.

Tallinn, Estonia

Telliskivi Creative City

Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.

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Tallinn, Estonia

KuKu Club

An underground nightclub helped spark a "Singing Revolution."

Kolkja Kala-ja sibularestoran.

Kolkja, Estonia

Kolkja Kala-ja Sibularestora (Kolkja Old Believers Restaurant)

This unique eatery offers a taste of Estonia's "Onion Route."

Tartu, Estonia

Supilinn - The Soup Town

Historic slum of Tartu.

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What started as a scientific expedition has turned into a wild tradition.

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The Estonian Island Where Christmas Trees Become Soda

On Saaremaa, a local distillery turns town-square trees into festive mixers.

by Ronan O'Connell

December 21, 2022

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November 7, 2022

The ship first known as the Viking Sally was once a floating pleasure palace, part of the Baltic’s “cruiseferry culture.”

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The one-time floating pleasure palace left a legacy of murder and maritime disaster in its wake.

by Michael Hunt

October 6, 2022

Diving along the main building.

Diving Into Estonia's Abandoned Underwater Prison

A former Soviet labor camp is now partially flooded, like an island in the middle of a lake.

by Anika Burgess

The coast of Osmussaar, an Estonian island.

Estonia Is Going to Grow Several Inches in a Single Day

When the country switches from Russian to European standards.

by Erik Shilling

The Temple of Apollo, Delphi.

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