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The Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonian: Eesti Kunstiakadeemia, EKA) is the only public university in Estonia providing higher education in art, design, architecture, media, art history and conservation-restoration. It is based in Tallinn. According to the Statutes of the EKA, the main objective of activity at the Estonian Academy of Arts is to promote creativity and research, enabling the acquirement of a contemporary higher education based on integrated study, meeting the standard of higher education in the field of fine arts, design, media, architecture, art history, conservation-restoration and teacher education. With the Estonian Minister of Education and Research' Act no.145 from February 10, 2007, the EKA was accredited by an international expert committee as an institution. The Estonian Academy of Arts has signed around 80 bilateral agreements with universities which participate in ERASMUS programme, but has also partner institutions outside the ERASMUS higher education space – in Switzerland, United States, Russia, Australia and also with some private universities within the European Union.

Viru Keskus (or Viru Centre, Estonian: Viru Keskus) is shopping and entertainment centre in Tallinn, Estonia. By the number of visitors, it is the biggest shopping centre in Estonia. The centre is the largest beauty products' and jewellery area in the Baltic states.The centre was opened in 2004.The Viru Hotel (nowadays known as Sokos Hotel Viru) is located next to the centre.

St. Simeon's and St. Anne's Cathedral Church (Estonian: Tallinna Püha Siimeoni ja Naisprohvet Hanna kirik, lit. 'Church of St. Simeon and the Prophetess Anna in Tallinn') is an Eastern Orthodox church in Tallinn, Estonia. Construction of the original church on the site began in c. 1752, and it was consecrated in 1755. It was remodelled and extended in the 1870s. After being decommissioned in 1963 in the antireligion-era of Soviet control, it was used for various purposes while not under church authority. The fabric of the building was greatly altered during this period. In 1999, the process of returning the property to the Eastern Orthodox Church began, and since then it has been used by a congregation of the autonomous Estonian Orthodox Church (EAOK). Now a constituent parish and cathedral church of the EAOK archdiocese of Tallinn, it was extensively restored early in the 21st century. The church is dedicated to the saints Simeon the God-receiver and Anna the Prophetess, both New Testament figures who appear in the Gospel of Luke.

MTV Eesti was a twenty-four-hour music and entertainment channel operated by MTV Networks Europe. The channel began on 4 September 2006 at 22:00 EEST. The channel was available in Estonia.

Kompassi (Estonian for "Compass") is a subdistrict (asum) in the district of Kesklinn (Midtown), Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 2,066 (As of 1 January 2014).The Estonian Firefighting Museum is located in Kompassi inside a former fire department on Raua street.

Estonian Museum of Architecture (Estonian: Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum) is an architecture museum in Tallinn, Estonia. It is located in the Rotermann quarter. The museum is a member of ICAM.

Tallinn Department Store (Estonian: Tallinna kaubamaja) is a department store in Tallinn, Estonia. The store owner is Tallinna Kaubamaja Group.The store was opened in 1960. In 1973, the extension (nowadays B-block) was completed, and selling area was doubled.In 2017, the architectural competition for the new store building was won by competition work "CITY BREAK".

Great Synagogue of Tallinn (Estonian: Tallinna suur sünagoog) was a synagogue in Maakri Street, Tallinn, Estonia. Nowadays, the Jews are using Tallinn Synagogue.The synagogue was built in 1884, and it was designed by Nikolai Thamm senior senior.After the March bombing in 1944, the synagogue was in fire. In 1947, the synagogue was demolished.

Härjapea (Estonian: Härjapea jõgi, lit. oxhead) was a river in Tallinn, Estonia. The river was a few kilometres in length, flowing from Lake Ülemiste into the Tallinn Bay. Härjapea was one of the most exploited rivers in Estonia in the Middle Ages. First, watermills were constructed in the 13th century. A map from the end of the 17th century depicts eight mills on the river, some of which later became the basis for larger industries. Due to the growth of industry in the 19th century, the river became increasingly polluted and was then already partly covered. In 1923 it was covered with planks and in 1938 the construction of an underground sewage pipe was completed in place of the river, which was around 4.5 km in length at the time. Nowadays the course of the river is recognizable in some places, otherwise little else remains of it. The underground sewage channel is still operational.

Sokos Hotel Viru is a hotel in Tallinn, Estonia. Originally owned by Intourist and called Viru Hotel, it was first opened on 5 May 1972. The hotel building was the first high-rise building in Estonia and an inseparable part of the Tallinn cityscape. Nowadays, the hotel is connected to the shopping centre, Viru Keskus and is owned by Sokos Hotels. The Soviet Union gave the project of Viru Hotel to the construction company Repo Oy from Savonlinna, Finland in 1969 and construction of the hotel started in July. However, the construction company went bankrupt in the middle of construction after a fire broke out on the top floors of the hotel in December 1970, so the state had to find another construction company, and financial backing for the project. The new construction company Haka Oy finished the hotel in May 1972. The project paid off, because it resulted in a new construction project in Pääjärvi that same year, and later new construction projects in Enso and Kostamus (all these being in the Republic of Karelia).During the Soviet era, the 23rd floor of the hotel housed a KGB radio centre, used to eavesdrop and spy on the hotel guests. Sixty of the hotel rooms had concealed espionage devices, and even some of the tables in the restaurant had microphones. The KGB left the hotel in a hurry right before the independence of Estonia in August 1991, but the secret rooms were not found until 1994. The former radio centre is now a museum.In 2003, the hotel was sold to the S Group, a Finnish retailing cooperative organisation. It now has 516 rooms.

Kalevi Aed, also known as Kalevi spordiplats or Kalevi staadion, was a multi-purpose stadium in Tallinn, Estonia. It was the home ground of Tallinna Kalev. Today, Viru Keskus lies on the site of the former stadium.

Viru Square (Estonian: Viru väljak) was a square in the center of Tallinn, Estonia. It existed as a square until 2002 when the construction of Viru Centre began. Currently only a roundabout and an official "street name" are left of the former open area. The roundabout is the intersection of three main streets of Tallinn: Pärnu maantee (Pärnu Road), Narva maantee (Narva Road), Mere puistee (Sea Avenue); and two smaller: Viru tänav and Vana-Viru tänav (Old-Viru Street). Also, all of the four tram lines of Tallinn go through the roundabout.