Bianka Soe

Bianka Soe is an Estonian art historian, curator and cultural producer. She is the editor of the community book Õhus on Kalamaja (Kalamaja in the Air) and writes art criticism and narrative cultural essays on the relationship between art, place and everyday life. She is also the founder and organiser of the Kalamaja Book Club, helping to build community through shared reading and conversation.

When Alma celebrated her 90th birthday in early January, it felt, for a moment, as though all of Kalamaja stopped to mark the occasion. Photo by Bianka Soe.

Alma Sooäär and the Kalamaja shop that refuses to disappear

By Bianka Soe / March 8, 2026 / 11 minutes of reading

In Tallinn’s fashionable Kalamaja district, where old wooden houses now sit alongside trendy cafés and rising property prices, Alma Sooäär still runs her tiny household […]

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