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Tallinn City Theatre is a repertory theatre located in the medieval old town of Tallinn, Estonia. Tallinn City Theatre was established in 1965 as Estonian SSR State Youth Theatre. In 1992, after Estonia regained its independence, Elmo Nüganen became the artistic director, holding this position until today. In 1994, it became a municipal theatre named Tallinn City Theatre. Tallinn City Theatre's house is unique, consisting of 16 interconnected medieval merchant's houses. Tallinn City Theatre organizes a biannual international theatre festival Midwinter Night's Dream, which takes place in December.
The 2017–18 Korvpalli Meistriliiga season was the 93rd season of top-tier basketball in Estonia.
The 2018 Estonian Small Cup was the 9th season of the Estonian amateur football knockout tournament. The tournament began in March 2018, and the final took place in September 2018 at the A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn. Paide Linnameeskond III were the defending champions.
This page summarizes Estonian football in 2020. It contains information about the league system, national teams, beach football and futsal. On 13 March 2020, football was suspended in Estonia due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meistriliiga was resumed on 19 May and Esiliiga and Esiliiga B were continued a week later.
Solaris Center is a shopping and entertainment complex in Tallinn, Estonia. It is the largest entertainment, trade and cultural center in Tallinn. The center was projected by Raivo Puusepp. It was opened on March 2009. The net area of the center is 6,235 m2 (67,110 sq ft).
The Tallinn Museum of Orders of Knighthood is a private museum of history and culture in Tallinn, Estonia. The main focus of the museum is the history of orders of knighthood and merit from all over the world. The museum is located in a historical medieval building at Kuninga 3 in Tallinn Old Town, and the permanent exhibition consists of close to a thousand original costumes, collars, stars, badges and other items related to orders of knighthood with the oldest exhibits dating to the beginning of the 18th century.
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