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Nõmme (Käina)
Nõmme (Estonian for 'heath') is one of the eight administrative districts () of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 39,422 () and covers an area of , population density is . The district is largely a middle-class, suburban area, mostly consisting of listed private homes from the 1920s and 1930s and is sometimes referred to as the "Forest Town." History Nõmme was founded by Nikolai von Glehn, the owner of Jälgimäe Manor, in 1873 as a summerhouse district. The development started around the railway station. In 1926 it was granted town rights, but in the beginning of the Soviet occupation in 1940, it was merged with Tallinn and remains as one of the eight districts of Tallinn to date. There are many historical sights in Nõmme, such as Glehn Castle, the sculpture ''Kalevipoeg'' (also known as "Glehn's Devil"), the Victoria Palace cinema, and Nõmme Market. Other important sights include Vanaka Hill, the ski jumping tower, Rahumäe cemetery, and Pääskül ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and administratively lies in the Harju County, Harju ''Counties of Estonia, maakond'' (county). Tallinn is the main governmental, financial, industrial, and cultural centre of Estonia. It is located northwest of the country's second largest city, Tartu, however, only south of Helsinki, Finland; it is also west of Saint Petersburg, Russia, north of Riga, Latvia, and east of Stockholm, Sweden. From the 13th century until the first half of the 20th century, Tallinn was known in most of the world by variants of its other historical Names of Tallinn in different languages, name Reval. “Reval” received Lübeck law, Lübeck city rights in 1248; however, the earliest evidence of human settlement in the area dates back nearly 5,000 years. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiiu
Hiiu is a subdistrict () in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 3,986 (), population density is . Hiiu has a station on the Elron western route. The first narrow gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with Minimum railw ... railway station was built to Hiiu in 1913. Gallery File:Hiiu raudteepeatus.jpg, Hiiu train station File:Vabaduse puiestee 20081.jpg, Vabaduse puiestee, the main road of Nõmme District in Hiiu. File:Hiiu grain elevator.JPG, Grain elevator File:Glehni loss 02.jpg, Glehn Castle File:Mustamäe suusahüppetornid.jpg, Mustamäe ski jumping hill File:Nõmme Ristija Johannese kirik 1.jpg, Nõmme St. John the Forerunner Orthodox Church See also * Hiiu Stadium References Subdistricts of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiiu Railway Station
Hiiu railway station (Estonian language, Estonian: ''Hiiu raudteepeatus''; previous name: ''Nõmme-Väike'') is a railway station in the Nõmme, Nõmme district of Tallinn, Estonia. The station serves the Hiiu sub-district which has approximately 3900 residents. It is located approximately 9 kilometers (5,6 mi) southwest from the Tallinn Baltic Station, Baltic station (Estonian: ''Balti jaam'') which is the main railway station of Tallinn, near the Baltic Sea. The Hiiu railway station is located between Nõmme and Kivimäe railway station, Kivimäe railway stations of Tallinn-Keila railway. The station was opened in 1926. There are two platforms along the two-lane railway, both of which are 146 meters long. Elron (rail transit), Elron's electric trains from Tallinn to Keila, Paldiski, Turba, Estonia, Turba and Kloogaranna, Klooga-Rand stop at Hiiu station. The station belongs to the Zone I, within which traffic is free for Tallinners. There is a possibility to transfer to TLT (Tal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
