EVOLUTION OF TALLINN | 3D CITY TIMELAPSE (1000–NOW)

The name Tallinn probably means "the Danish town". Danes, Germans, Swedes, Russians and Soviets all ruled it, and its old town walls are still standing. Watch the whole story, from a wooden fort on a limestone hill to the Hanseatic town, the sieges, the Soviet years, the Singing Revolution and the city of today, as a 3D timelapse. 0:00 The hill by the sea 1:06 1219: the Danes 1:49 The Hanseatic town 1:59 The walls 2:32 The Town Hall 3:05 St Olaf's spire 3:12 Sweden 3:30 Ivan the Terrible's siege 3:49 Toompea burns 4:02 The plague, then Russia 4:24 Kadriorg 5:03 The railway 5:15 Alexander Nevsky 5:36 1918: Estonia is free 5:57 War and occupation 6:15 The March bombing 6:36 Soviet Tallinn 6:49 Lasnamäe 7:12 The 1980 Olympic regatta 7:24 The Singing Revolution 7:28 Free again 8:12 Tallinn today 8:28 Then and now 8:40 The whole story in 20 seconds Pictures: Wikimedia Commons, public domain, except the Danish arms ("National Coat of arms of Denmark.svg", CC BY-SA 3.0) and Jaan Künnap (CC BY-SA 4.0). Buildings: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Terrain: Copernicus DEM. Music (in order of appearance): "Fólkvangr" by Alexander Nakarada (https://creatorchords.com) "The Cold Battle" by Alexander Nakarada (https://creatorchords.com) "Townsong" by Alexander Nakarada (https://creatorchords.com) "Bach's Bouree in Celtic Minor" by Alexander Nakarada (https://creatorchords.com) "Through The White Steppes" by Alexander Nakarada (https://creatorchords.com) "Meadow of Dreams" by Alexander Nakarada (https://creatorchords.com) "Crypto" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Frozen Mountains" by Alexander Nakarada (https://creatorchords.com) "Journey of Hope" by Alexander Nakarada (https://creatorchords.com) "Legends" by Alexander Nakarada (https://creatorchords.com)