Tallinn bound advice needed.

[Da Bookie]

Hi guys (and Dolls) i`ve not posted much on Blonde but hope you can help.I`m off to Tallinn next week for the EPT and wondered if anyone had been before and could advise on the best place to change currency (estonian krone! I believe) i.e. Helsinki,Tallinn (banks,airport etc) or Casino.Hope someone can help.
                                                       many thanks
                                                           Mike "Da Bookie" Hill 

[Dewi_cool]

Hi guys (and Dolls) i`ve not posted much on Blonde but hope you can help.I`m off to Tallinn next week for the EPT and wondered if anyone had been before and could advise on the best place to change currency (estonian krone! I believe) i.e. Helsinki,Tallinn (banks,airport etc) or Casino.Hope someone can help.
                                                       many thanks
                                                           Mike "Da Bookie" Hill 

  Mike

[outragous76]

Helsinki is in Finland!

But anyway - Tallinn is fairly westernised so cant see getting money too much of a problem

dont know about exchange rates thou

[Paullie_D]

The Post Office will do it for you (and do buy-back). You can order online for delivery or local pick-up.

On the buy-back front, be aware that Estonia goes over to the Euro on 1/1/11...so anything not exchanged by then might lose it's value.

Dunno about exchange rates,

[TightEnd]

I was there last weekend

Estonian Krones from the Post office at 24 hours notice, c 16 to the £, and they'll convert any you have on return commission free

They convert to the Euro on 1/1/11 but Euros still not widely accepted except in major hotels


EPT Tallinn is using dealers and Staff from the Olympic in Tallinn. They were superb, unlimited supplies of very proficient dealers, and great customer service


Tallinn itself is a real mix. Half a Soviet Bloc style expanse of tower blocks, half a really interersting Old Town, dating from Medieval times, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Overall Tallinn is far quieter and less touristy than Riga, and prbably a lot nice for it

[tikay]

I was there last weekend

Estonian Krones from the Post office at 24 hours notice, c 16 to the £, and they'll convert any you have on return commission free

They convert to the Euro on 1/1/11 but Euros still not widely accepted except in major hotels


EPT Tallinn is using dealers and Staff from the Olympic in Tallinn. They were superb, unlimited supplies of very proficient dealers, and great customer service


Tallinn itself is a real mix. Half a Soviet Bloc style expanse of tower blocks, half a really interersting Old Town, dating from Medieval times, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Overall Tallinn is far quieter and less touristy than Riga, and prbably a lot nice for it

What was the Airport like, Rich?

How did the Airport rate in your World Airport Top-Ten?

[TightEnd]

The airport was small but spotless. Terracotta and blue exterior, quite fetching.

Not a patch on the splendour of Helsinki airport though


I am about to elevate Bilbao airport to Number One in my top ten



Tallinn is a major Baltic port too. Worth a trip there (walking distance from the hotels) to study Boat Architecture too.

One final thing. It struck me as odd, but this may be my own naivete. You walk out of Tallinn airport to a taxi rank and there the other side of the road you see the most beautiful lake. Clear and azure blue. I wondered a propos of nothing what the lake was used for, as I saw no one on it...the reply

"Laws forbid anyone using it, no boats, no fishing, nothing. It is where the city's drinking water comes from"

[JaffaCake]

good luck out there mick lad

[AlexMartin]

Helsinki is in Finland!

But anyway - Tallinn is fairly westernised so cant see getting money too much of a problem

dont know about exchange rates thou

couldnt make it up, im here to play ziigmund hu................

[Da Bookie]

Thanks jeff will do my best. Many thanks to all who replied and i`ve took on board all comments a nice introduction to the blonde forum sure i`ll be around some more.
 Anyhow I fly to helsinki in the morning then on to tallinn so fingers crossed.
                                                     thanks again
                                                                Da Bookie.