Tallinn

Estonia

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General presentation

Tallinn is one of Northern Europe’s best-preserved medieval cities and was added to UNESCO’s list back in 1997.

As part of the influential Hanseatic League, Tallinn was home to wealthy merchants who left their mark on the city’s architecture. The city’s iconic skyline is dotted with church spires and red-roofed towers.

Number of inhabitants: 426 538

The organization has been useful, first of all, for exchanging knowledge & experience, and getting to know new lighting technologies and strategies.

City of Tallinn

Urban lighting in Tallinn

The main priorities of Tallinn city lighting is safety and citizens feeling of safety. Also using effective luminaires, so far the city has changed half of sodium lamps to LED-s and reduced energy consumption during last 3 years by 20% (info 2024). It is important to avoid light pollution, to highlight the architecture and to give citizens good emotions (Christmas lighting, light festivals).

Tallinn made thematic plans for lighting the old city walls and towers, and parks around the old town.