1.0European citieshttps://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/european-citiesBryan Rippinhttps://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/european-cities/author/bryan/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="aY3nFlifPQ"><a href="https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/european-cities/tallinn/">Tallinn</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/european-cities/tallinn/embed/#?secret=aY3nFlifPQ" width="600" height="338" title="«Tallinn» — European cities" data-secret="aY3nFlifPQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/european-cities/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2014/08/tallin1.jpg600450Our recent tour of three Baltic countries and their capitals was like taking a trip backwards into a long, chequered and often tragic history. Estonia’s capital is situated almost opposite Helsinki in the Gulf of Finland and when we were there we saw the regular ferry which links the two cities, as well as a cruiser which had just disgorged its passengers into Tallinn. There is a long time-link with the Scandanavian countries, now seen as benign friends but in the past as invasive occupiers (the very name of the city means Danish fort). On our first morning we wandered