Tallinn is the
capital city and main
seaport of
Estonia. It is situated on the southern coast of the
Gulf of Finland, in north central Estonia., 80 kilometres south of
Helsinki. Tallinn's population is registered at 399,180 (as of November 2006). In
1154 Tallinn was marked on the world map of the
Arab cartographer
al-Idrisi.
As an important port for trade between Russia and Scandinavia, it became a target for the expansion of the Teutonic Knights and Kingdom of Denmark during the period of Northern Crusades in the beginning of the 13th century when Christianity was forcibly imposed on the local population. Danish rule of Tallinn and Northern Estonia started in 1219. According to Eurostat, the statistical agency of the European Union, of all EU member states' capital cities, Tallinn has the largest number of non-EU nationals: 27.8% of its population are not EU citizens.
Tallinn is the
capital city and main
seaport of
Estonia. It is situated on the southern coast of the
Gulf of Finland, in north central Estonia., 80 kilometres south of
Helsinki. Tallinn's population is registered at 399,180 (as of November 2006). In
1154 Tallinn was marked on the world map of the
Arab cartographer
al-Idrisi.
As an important port for trade between Russia and Scandinavia, it became a target for the expansion of the Teutonic Knights and Kingdom of Denmark during the period of Northern Crusades in the beginning of the 13th century when Christianity was forcibly imposed on the local population. Danish rule of Tallinn and Northern Estonia started in 1219. According to Eurostat, the statistical agency of the European Union, of all EU member states' capital cities, Tallinn has the largest number of non-EU nationals: 27.8% of its population are not EU citizens.