Kiek in de Kök

Medieval artillery tower with fortification museum and bastion tunnels

Address Komandandi tee 2
Opening Hours Tue–Fri 10:30–17:30, Sat–Sun 11:30–16:30, closed Mon
Phone 6446686

A squat 15th-century artillery tower whose Low German name ("Peek into the Kitchen") comes from the fact that its defenders could look down into the houses below. Inside is a museum of the city's fortifications; the ticket also gets you into the bastion tunnels carved under Toompea Hill, which were used as air-raid shelters, a punk hangout in the 1980s, and now a genuinely interesting walk-through exhibit.

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