Linnahall Explained

Linnahall
Former Names:V. I. Lenin Palace of Culture and Sport
Address:Sadama 1
10111Tallinn
Estonia
Location:Kalamaja
Broke Ground:1975
Owner:Tallinna linnavalitsus
Operator:Tallinna Linnahalli Aktsiaselts
Architect:Riina Altmäe, Raine Karp
Capacity:4,200

Linnahall (Estonian: Tallinna Linnahall, 'Tallinn City Hall') (originally the V. I. Lenin Palace of Culture and Sports) is a multi-purpose venue in Tallinn, Estonia. It is situated in the harbor, just beyond the walls of the Old Town, and was completed in 1980. The venue also features a heliport and a small seaport.

Venue

The 1980 Summer Olympics were hosted in Moscow. As inland Moscow had no suitable venue at which to stage the sailing event, this task fell to Tallinn, the capital of the then Estonian SSR.[1] Apart from the main venue for the sailing event, Pirita Yachting Centre, a number of other sports and entertainment facilities were erected,[2] among them the V. I. Lenin Palace of Culture and Sport.[3] designed by architects Raine Karp and Riina Altmäe.

The skating rink closed in 2009, followed by the concert hall in 2010. The city sought investors from 2009 to 2015, and in 2015 the city council decided to renovate Linnahall, although the project did not come to fruition.

From June to July 2019, the location served as a stand-in for a Kyiv opera house during the filming of the feature film Tenet.[4]

It is not to be confused with the primary administrative building of the historical municipal government (Raad) of Tallinn, often referred to as the Town Hall.

Noted performers

Heliport

Linnahall Heliport
Icao:EECL
Type:Private
City-Served:Tallinn
Location:Tallinn, Estonia
Elevation-F:17
Coordinates:59.4481°N 24.7533°W
Pushpin Map:Estonia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Estonia
Pushpin Label:EECL
Metric-Rwy:Y
H1-Number:1
H1-Length-M:8
H1-Surface:Concrete
Footnotes:Sources: Estonian AIP[5]

Linnahall Heliport, is a heliport at the Linnahall in Tallinn, Estonia. It was used by Copterline for its flights to Helsinki Hernesaari Heliport in Helsinki, Finland. It is the only publicly used heliport in Estonia.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm 1980 Summer Olympics Official Report from the Organizing Committee
  2. Tallinn is the Olympic Capital
  3. https://archive.today/20121216140152/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112664049/ABSTRACT Estonia: the remarkable afterlife of the Linnahall concert hall
  4. Web site: Christopher Nolan's Tenet Begins Rehearsals As Cast Arrives In Estonia; Check Out Early Set Photos. 2020-08-30. Appocalypse. en-US.
  5. Web site: eAIP Estonia . Estonian Air Navigation Services (ANS) . 2016-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161026183032/http://eaip.eans.ee/2016-07-21/html/index-en-GB.html . 2016-10-26 . dead .