Kalamaja Cemetery Park Park

Address: Kalamaja area, Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia

Kalamaja Cemetery Park occupies the former site of Kalamaja Cemetery in the Kalamaja district of Tallinn and now functions as an urban green space with surviving monuments and headstones. It provides local recreational space and historic fragments amid a residential neighbourhood.

The park retains some older gravestones and memorials while serving as a quiet grassy area for walking and rest. It is a small urban park rather than a large landscaped garden, and it is primarily used by local residents.

Originally established as the neighbourhood cemetery, the site was later decommissioned and converted to parkland; some funerary monuments remain as historical features. The change reflects Tallinn’s urban development and changing land use over the 20th century.

The park is in the Kalamaja neighbourhood northwest of Tallinn’s Old Town, close to the harbour and maritime museums and within easy walking distance of central city attractions.

• Proximity to attractions: Sits in the Kalamaja neighbourhood close to Tallinn’s waterfront and the Seaplane Harbour museum, making it easily reached on foot from the old town.

Located in the Kalamaja district of Tallinn; best reached on foot or by tram from the Old Town (the area is a 10-20 minute walk from Tallinn’s city center depending on the route). Local buses and trams serve adjacent streets.

• Walk the cemetery paths early in the morning when the light separates the wooden crosses from the birch trunks.
• Bring a local map or use a mapped walking app - several old gravestones lie under moss and are easy to miss.
• Combine a visit with the nearby Telliskivi area to see how old and new Tallinn rub shoulders.