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Hotel Viru and KGB Museum
There once was a hotel that came to be named the Viru.
The year was 1972, and there were still two decades or so until the fall of Communism and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Any hotel that was appropriate for foreign visitors also had to be appropriate for the KGB...
This museum tells the story of more than just one hotel and the KGB: it is a treasure trove of stories of two different worlds - one which existed mostly on paper, of happy Soviet citizens living in friendship and never wanting for anything, led by a wise, all-powerful group of men in a place where there were never any accidents or catastrophes; and the other real world, which was a very different and a much tougher place to live in.
Please book in advance to visit the museum.
TripAdvisor® Traveler Reviews
tripadvisor rating 4.1 of 5
based on 1284 reviews
Friday, July 25th, 3:30pm guided tour.
tripadvisor rating 5 of 5My wife and I arrived around 15 minutes early, to locate the tour check in desk, located across from the hotels front desk. I booked this tour several months prior, and I believe that most tours... Read more comments
Could be improved
tripadvisor rating 3 of 5This “museum” has interesting content but could use some improvement. The hotel in which it’s housed was used as a KGB listening post, so the entire museum is about what occurred there. The guide was... Read more comments
Book in advance
tripadvisor rating 5 of 5You can't come to Tallinn without visiting the KGB Museum. Definitely book in advance though. We were in Estonia for a week so we knew we would see it but we noticed how quickly it books out... Read more comments
