Europe's hottest startup capitals

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Aug 21, 2011, 11:15 PM UTC

robtoo wrote: post #76

relix wrote: post #27

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You're the first guy I read who addresses negative points of Tallinn, thanks! I knew about the snow, but not about the derelict state of some of the surroundings. However, isn't it normal for a reasonably large city to have vandalized parts like that? I'm sure you could find similar scenes in cities like Paris, Brussels or Berlin. If you have any other resources about Tallinn (biased or not ;-) ) I'd love to take a g…

The pictures aren't representative of Tallinn as a whole, certainly not the central parts, but it is probably fair to say that it is more run-down in parts than similar cities in wealthier countries. (Remember that Estonia isn't rich -- GDP per capita is one third that of Belgium, for example.) How much you see of this obviously depends on where you live and where you go. Best single Tallinn resource is probably In Y…