Attractions & museums
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    Kiek in de Kök Fortifications Museum

    Kiek in de Kök Fortification Museum forms a museum complex over 500 metres long that includes four towers: Kiek in de Kök, Maiden's Tower, Tallitorn Tower, and the Gate Tower of the Short Leg (Lühikese jala väravatorn). The fortification museum also includes mysterious underground bastion passages, which house the Carved Stone Museum. The Kiek in de Kök exhibition provides an overview of the warfare of the past. The bastion passages were built in the 17th–18th centuries. The exposition of the bastion passages introduces the history of the defensive structures and the most important military events. The bastion passages and the Carved Stone Museum can be explored with an audio guide, which we ask you to download to your phone beforehand. Note! From 1 November, the Kiek in de Kök tower will be closed for renovation. During the works, the rest of the Kiek in de Kök Fortifications Museum will remain open, including.

    Free with Tallinn Card!

    Note! From 1 November, the Kiek in de Kök tower will be closed for renovation.

    During the works, the rest of the Kiek in de Kök Fortifications Museum will remain open, including:

    • the bastion passages and Carved Stone Museum
    • the Maiden Tower
    • the Stable Tower
    • the Gate Tower
    • the defense passage connecting the towers

    During free Museum Sundays (05.11; 03.12; 07.01; 04.02; 03.03; 07.04) only the bastion passages with the Carved Stone Museum will be open. The Maiden Tower, the Stable Tower and the Gate Tower will be closed.

    The Kiek in de Kök tower with the updated exhibit will be opened in mid-2024 according to the original plan.

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    • Tunnels to visit

      tripadvisor rating 4 of 5
      March 15, 2024 By 12rasak

      It's a good place to visit when going for underground tunnels. Here you can find a good exhibition and how the tunnels evolved during the years. The upper wall museum is not worth visiting.

    • Not Worth the money

      tripadvisor rating 3 of 5
      December 31, 2023 By DKKK_12

      Saw this as a thing to do while in Talinn, the tunnel is interesting but its way over priced at 12 euro each per adult, they said we needed the ticket for the second part but you didnt. The gate was... Read more comments

    • Enlightening experience

      tripadvisor rating 5 of 5
      December 21, 2023 By Relax12882827610

      What an enlightening experience. Learned about the history of Tallinn over many centuries and explored it both underground and overground. Loved the museums in the towers especially the one on the... Read more comments