Your Tallinn hit list: the top 5 events this week
27 July 2026 – 02 August 2026 Not sure where to be this week? Every week, in partnership with Gamma, we present a hand-picked selection …
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Culture
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How Ando Kiviberg turned the Viljandi Folk Music Festival into an Estonian institution
Musician, former mayor and self-styled “chief” Ando Kiviberg has spent three decades turning a fledgling folk gathering into one of Estonia’s defining cultural events. Ando …
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One river, 12 paintings: Keili Major’s year on the Tanaro
Every month for a year, Keili Major returns to the same spot on the Tanaro river and paints it – using only her fingers. On …
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A salon in the wilderness: Kikumu 2026 – in pictures
Cinema in a century-old manor, contemporary art inside a modernist landmark and music beside the lake: the second Kikumu festival turned Jäneda into a four-day …
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Your Tallinn hit list: the top 5 events this week
20 July 2026 – 26 July 2026 Not sure where to be this week? Every week, in partnership with Gamma, we present a hand-picked selection …
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Toronto designates St Peter’s Estonian church as a heritage property
The City of Toronto has granted legal heritage protection to St Peter’s Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, recognising the mid-century modern building as a landmark of …
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Inside KiKuMu, the Estonian festival taking on algorithms, VIP culture and bad taste
In a forested corner of northern Estonia, Indrek Kasela is building a festival without VIPs, algorithms or corporate gloss, where cinema, art and music are …
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Gallery: Street artists bring dozens of new works to Tartu at the Stencibility festival
The 17th International Street Art Festival Stencibility filled the streets of Tartu, Estonia, with more than 30 new works, turning walls, corners and underpasses into …
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Your Tallinn hit list: the top 5 events this week
06 July 2026 – 12 July 2026 Not sure where to be this week? Every week, in partnership with Gamma, we present a hand-picked selection …
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What is it like to climb into an artist’s mind?
Estonian artist Kristi Kongi’s Chromatic Drift turns the great hall of Kumu, Estonia’s leading art museum in Tallinn, into a luminous and unsettling journey through …
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