Your Tallinn hit list: the top 5 events – week 47

17 November – 23 November 2025

Not sure where to be this week? Every week, in partnership with Gamma, we present a hand-picked selection of the five most compelling events taking place in and around Tallinn – it’s time to plan your week with purpose.

Tallinn Experience Week

Why cram everything into a frantic 48 hours when you could glide into a full week of dancing, exploring and Tallinn-soaking at your own pace? Tallinn Experience Week stretches the fun out properly, lining up workshops, socials and a grab-bag of local adventures – think winter swimming, sauna bliss and easy-going city wanders – so you can mix movement, culture and a dash of Nordic mischief all in one go.

The rhythm is delightfully straightforward: from Monday to Wednesday it’s all about dance classes and nightly socials, each with its own teachers, DJs and flavour. In between, you can plunge into mid-week winter swimming or join a guided walk to get under the skin of the city. Come Thursday, the energy shifts to KultuuriKatel, where the bigger workshops and parties take over – a perfect excuse to soak up Tallinn’s industrial-creative vibe while meeting dancers from across the map.

Whether you’re here to level up your steps, scout out new corners of the capital, or simply sway to good music in very good company, this week has you covered.

Tallinn Christmas Market

Tallinn’s Christmas Market returns to Town Hall Square from 21 November to 28 December 2025, once again turning the heart of the Old Town into a pocket-sized winter wonderland. Open daily from 10:00 to 20:00, the square slips into full festive mode: a glittering Christmas tree, wooden stalls lined up like a fairy-tale village and that unmistakable swirl of mulled wine drifting through the frosty air.

Stroll between stalls selling handmade crafts, local design pieces, alpaca wool essentials and all manner of edible temptations – from still-warm cinnamon rolls to the market’s beloved handmade truffles. The food offering leans deliciously seasonal, and the mulled wine list is famously vast, one of the most varied in Europe. Hot drinks keep flowing until 22:00 (23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays), making the market an exceptionally cosy spot to linger as the lights turn golden.

Weekends add an extra spark with music and dance performances, and the first Sunday of Advent brings the traditional candle-lighting ceremony, a highlight for locals and visitors alike. Santa Claus keeps court in his little house throughout the season, greeting children with his usual twinkly-eyed charm. Whether you’re browsing for gifts, taking a slow winter wander or simply basking in the glow and aromas of the season, the Tallinn Christmas Market offers a gentle, storybook escape from the darkest weeks of the year.

PÖFF – Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

This November, Tallinn turns into the brightest spot on the Northern European film map as the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF 29) takes over screens and stages across the city. Known for its daring programming and unmistakably international pulse, PÖFF gathers filmmakers, actors, critics and curious viewers from every corner of the globe for a full-throttle celebration of storytelling.

Launched in 1996, in the early years of Estonia’s restored independence, the festival has grown from a local passion project into one of the world’s elite A-list film festivals. Officially FIAPF-accredited since 2014, it now sits proudly alongside Cannes, Berlin and Venice – and stands as one of the largest film events in northern Europe.

For 2025, expect a densely packed programme of world and European premieres, arthouse gems, genre experiments, documentaries and shorts that stretch the imagination. Beyond the screenings, PÖFF buzzes with industry talks, masterclasses, workshops and networking events that offer a peek into film’s evolving future.

Whether you’re the type who devours three films a day or someone who just loves the sparkle of a premiere night, PÖFF’s two-week immersion will remind you exactly why cinema still feels like magic.

You can find the full schedule of the film screenings here.

Kraftwerk: Multimedia Tour 2025

Kraftwerk’s Tallinn concert plugs into the band’s 2025 worldwide multimedia tour, marking more than five decades since Autobahn redefined what electronic music could be.

Expect the full Kraftwerk treatment: a kaleidoscope of electronic soundscapes, signature computer animations and performance art that blurs the line between human and machine – the aesthetic the group has perfected since forming in Düsseldorf in 1970 under Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider.

Their influence runs astonishingly deep. Kraftwerk’s sonic blueprint helped shape electro, hip-hop, techno and synth-pop, inspiring everyone from David Bowie and New Order to Daft Punk. Even Estonian pop culture carries flashes of their imprint.

With a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the legacy is undisputed – and the live show remains one of the most transportive experiences in modern music.

Cabaret of Somewhat Unusual Comedy

If you’re craving something delightfully oddball, Cabaret of Somewhat Unusual Comedy serves up exactly that – a free-spirited mix of theatre, humour and character-driven chaos, all anchored by Aime the Storyteller and her ever-growing cast of quirks.

This one-woman whirlwind sees Aime slip between personas with enviable ease: the No-Nonsense Girl Next Door, the impeccably polite Space Alien, Shakespearean Actor George, and a handful of others who arrive brimming with opinions, anxieties and unexpected charm. They may have stepped out of Aime’s poetry, but this is no gentle recital. It’s more like a theatrical kaleidoscope, shifting tone, tempo and temperament before you’ve even settled in your seat.

An Estonian performance artist, writer and visual creator, Aime brings her latest solo adventure to the stage drawing heavily from her poetry collection Coffee Mornings with Angels. The result? A cabaret that’s warm, weird, witty – and impossible not to enjoy.

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