Also, in its own way, an attraction.
Tallinn is an old Hanseatic city and antique shops fit in well with its crooked, cobbled streets. Even if you are a small fan of antiques, then you need to visit at least a couple of them. If you are a lover of junk, then try to bypass them all. You will not regret. And there are a lot of them. In the center somewhere at every turn. The fact is that Tallinn antique shops and flea markets differ from their counterparts both in the post-Soviet space and in Europe. They are distinguished from the post-Soviet ones by the absence or a very small number of artifacts from the times of the USSR. Perhaps only in the flea market near the station there will be a lot of them. Pennants to the "Shock Worker of Communist Labor", busts of F. Dzerzhinsky and V. Lenin, pioneer drums, crystal, coinage, radiograms and a bunch of all kinds of ammunition of the Soviet army. Even if you are not very interested in it, you should go here. In addition to the above, there may be European antiques at very low prices. For example, I bought a dozen Danish porcelain wall plates there for 2 E. In general, the proximity of Scandinavia is felt. In antique boutiques, about a third are rarities from Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Let's say there you can buy porcelain from Danish manufactories "Royal Copenhagen" (Three Waves) and "Bing & Gr? ndahl" (Three Towers). Moreover, porcelain can be both modern and the beginning of the twentieth century. There is a large selection of silverware and cutlery by world famous craftsman Georg Jensen. Quite a lot of old audio equipment from the super-elite manufacturer "Bang & Olufsen". Prices for everything are quite reasonable. Let's say a plate dedicated to Mors Dag (Mother's Day) in 1971 can be bought for 7 or 10 euros. The difference from European antique shops is that in Estonia there is no ban on Nazi symbols on antiques of historical or cultural value. Whatever one may say, it is also a story. In Europe (except, perhaps, Italy and Finland), it is forbidden to sell artifacts with a swastika. In Vienna, I saw porcelain from the time of the Third Reich with a swastika erased with sandpaper. There is an imperial eagle, but no swastika. Hypocrisy in my opinion. In Estonia, this is easier. There I bought a wall plate from the Meisenovskaya manufactory in 1941, dedicated to the creation of the Moscow Aviation District. It depicts the domes of St. Basil's Cathedral over which the eagle from the emblem of the Luftwaffe spread its wings. This plate really lifts my spirits. When I see it, it spins in my head - "Ge! The bastards could not! ". But porcelain is nonsense. They also sell weapons from the Second World War. Incompetent, of course. In one store, I even saw a Rheinmetal-Borsig aircraft gun. And it is longer than four meters. There are many other things in these stores. I just can’t tell anything because I am fond of porcelain and the history of World War II. Other interesting things "I just didn't notice. What else I liked. In all stores there is a clear distinction between truly antiques and replicas. No one will try to sell you a replica under the guise of the original. And this is priceless. In short, the antique shops of Tallinn are the same sights as the church of St. Olaf and the building of the Great Guild.
