Tallinn

Estonia

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. Located on a bay in northern Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of 452,563 as of 2026, making it the third most-populous city in the Baltics. As of 2024, the population of the Tallinn metropolitan area is estimated at 646,315. Tallinn is the main governmental, financial, industrial, and cultural centre of Estonia.

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Country: Estonia
Population: 394,024
Latitude: 59.43° N
Longitude: 24.73° E

Which way is Tallinn from…

From Paris, Tallinn lies at 42° to the north-east, 1,857 km as the crow flies.

Paris	42° north-east	1,857 km
London	51° north-east	1,782 km
New York	36° north-east	6,649 km
Madrid	34° north-east	2,892 km
Rome	19° north	2,124 km
Montreal	37° north-east	6,200 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	345° north	9,359 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Tallinn and Helsinki face each other across the Gulf of Finland, only 83 km apart, Helsinki to the north (8°). From London, aim north-east, at 51°, 1,782 km away. From New York, don’t follow the flat map, which shows east (73°): the compass says 36°, north-east. And from Tallinn, Stockholm is due west, at 271°, on the same latitude.