Tallinn TV Tower Tickets: Prices, Opening Hours, Edge Walk and How to Get There

💡 The Short Version: The Tallinn TV Tower (Tallinna teletorn) in Pirita is 314 metres tall, the tallest building in Estonia. It was built for the sailing events of the 1980 Moscow Olympics and became a symbol of Estonian independence in August 1991. You get a 360-degree view from the indoor deck at 170 metres and from the open viewing platform at 175 metres. An adult ticket is €18 online (€19 at the tower), and an evening ticket is €10. It is free with the Tallinn Card. The official online ticket is cheaper than any reseller’s, so buy that unless you want a guide. Or book a tour: a guided TV Tower and Botanic Garden tourad includes the entry tickets, and the fast-lane entry ticketad skips the ticket line.

⚠️ Buy online, and look at the sky first. On-site tickets are sold until one hour before closing, but queues form on busy days, and a low cloud ceiling hides the view. The Edge Walk runs from April to October only and is cancelled in bad weather.

Tickets and admission

A ticket opens the 170-metre indoor observation deck and the open viewing platform above it. The tower sells further experiences on site, including the Edge Walk and a virtual flight around the tower.

With the joint Botanic Garden ticket, stop at the Botanic Garden visitor centre before the gate, so staff can validate it. The tower also sells an annual ticket (adult €38).

Or book a tour

The official online ticket is the better buy for entry alone. The tours below add a guide or fast-lane entry.

Fast-lane TV Tower entry ticket

From €19 · 4.4 stars from 240 reviews · entry ticket

The Tallinn TV Tower: Entry Ticket with 360-Degree Viewsad gives fast-lane entry to the tower. You start with a film in the cinema hall on the tower’s history and Estonian independence, then go up to the 170-metre deck, where an interactive exhibition covers Estonian achievements.

Guided TV Tower and Botanic Garden tour

From €80 · 2 hours · guided tour with entry tickets

The Tallinn TV tower and Botanic garden (a tour with a guide)ad meets at the TV Tower and combines a guided visit to the Botanic Garden’s glasshouses with the tower’s viewing platform. The entry tickets are included.

Private guided TV Tower tour

From €157 · 2 hours · private tour

The Skip-the-Line Tallinn TV Tower Private Guided Tourad is a private two-hour tour with a licensed guide and skip-the-line tickets. It meets at the Teletorn memorial and covers the tower’s Cold War history, its role in broadcasting independence-era news and the interactive exhibits.

Tallinn TV Tower from Karukella tee. Photo: Erko, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The observation decks

The visit uses two floors at the top of the concrete shaft.

The 21st floor: indoor deck (170 metres)

The 21st floor has a 360-degree view through panoramic windows, with multimedia screens that show what the surroundings looked like in the past. Glass panels are set into the floor, and you can stand on them and look 170 metres straight down. The tower also has exhibitions on the history of Estonian radio, television and mobile phones.

Looking down through a floor window. Photo: Bernt Rostad, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

The 22nd floor: open platform and restaurant (175 metres)

From the indoor deck you go up to the open viewing platform at 175 metres, which the tower calls the highest in Northern Europe. In good weather you can see the lights of Helsinki. The tower’s restaurant is also in the upper part of the tower.

View west over the Botanic Garden. Photo: Adam Jones, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Edge Walk (Servakõnd)

On the Edge Walk you are clipped to a rail and walk around the outer edge of the open platform, 175 metres up.

• The experience: a trained instructor leads groups of up to four around the full circle in up to 30 minutes. Photos are taken during the walk and emailed to you later.
• Season: April to October, daily 10:30 to 18:00, weather permitting.
• Price: €41 per person online or €45 on site, and it includes tower entry.
• Who can take part: you must be at least 13 years old (13 to 17 with written consent from an accompanying adult), weigh between 34 kg and 120 kg and be able to move without assistive devices. Pregnant people, people with heart or respiratory conditions, and anyone who has drunk alcohol cannot take part.
• On the day: sign a liability waiver on site. Phones and bags stay in a locker.

Construction and the 1991 independence days

Building began in 1975 with the laying of the cornerstone on 30 September, and the tower opened on 11 July 1980, in time for the Olympic sailing regatta in Tallinn. It has a 190-metre concrete trunk and a 124-metre steel antenna. The 170-metre platform was closed in November 2007 and reopened in April 2012 after a full renovation, when the open platform and the restaurant were added.

After the Estonian Supreme Council declared independence on 20 August 1991, the tower was a site of the resistance to the Soviet attempt to take over the media. The best-known account says that radio operators inside blocked the lifts and threatened to trigger the fire-extinguishing system, which would have suffocated everyone in the building, and that thousands of citizens gathered outside. Bullet holes from that time can still be seen at the base of the tower.

Stairs

The tower has 916 steps to the 170-metre deck. They are not open on a normal visit, but they are used for organised stair walks and for the annual stair-running race, which is part of an international series of tower runs.

Opening hours and visiting tips

• Last tickets: on-site tickets are sold until one hour before the tower closes.
• Lockers: large bags and suitcases are not allowed inside. Use the lockers by the souvenir shop.
• Accessibility: the tower is accessible to wheelchairs and pushchairs, and the lift takes up to two at a time.
• Pets: not allowed in or outside the tower, except guide and service dogs.

Getting to Tallinn TV Tower

The tower is at Kloostrimetsa tee 58A in Pirita, about 20 minutes by car from the centre:

• By bus: buses 34 and 38 run from the Viru Centre bus terminal to the Teletorn stop. Bus 48 runs from Lasnamäe. Fares are on the public transport guide.
• By car: parking in front of the tower is free, with 60 spaces.
• By bicycle: a cycle path leads along the Pirita coast to the tower.

Connecting sights nearby

• Tallinn Botanic Garden (Tallinna Botaanikaaed): two to three minutes on foot from the tower, with greenhouses and plant collections. The joint ticket covers it.
• Pirita Convent (Pirita klooster): the ruins of a 15th-century convent, about 2.5 kilometres from the tower (30 minutes on foot, 5 by car). Tickets are sold at the gate.
• Kadriorg Palace and Park: on the way back to the centre.
• Kumu Art Museum: Estonian art at the edge of Kadriorg Park.