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during Danish rule, then rebuilt after a 1684 fire. Once the church of Tallinn's
wealthy German-speaking aristocracy, it's littered with more than a hundred
coats of arms, carved by local masters as memorials to the deceased and in-
scribed with German tributes. The earliest dates from the 1600s, the latest
from around 1900. For €5, you can climb 140 steps up the tower to enjoy the
view (church entry free, daily 9:00-18:00,
www.eelk.ee/tallinna.toom
)
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• Leaving the church, turn left and hook around the back of the building.
You'll pass the slanted tree and the big, green, former noblemen's clubhouse
on your right (vacated when Germans left Estonia in the 1930s), then go
