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Tallinn Old Town
One of the best-preserved medieval cities in Europe, a UNESCO-listed walled town with cobblestone streets, Gothic spires, and ancient merchant houses.
10 km · about 20 min drive
Harjumaa, Estonia · Europe
Haabneeme works well as a base: 15 minutes from Kose, 54km from Lahemaa National Park.
Haabneeme is a town located in Harjumaa, Estonia. With a population of 2,077, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Haabneeme sits in Estonia, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Tallinn time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Haabneeme to your route.
Haabneeme is a small borough (Estonian: alevik) in Viimsi Parish, Harju County, in northern Estonia alongside Viimsi. It's located about 9 km (6 mi) northeast of the centre of Tallinn, on the eastern coast of Tallinn Bay. With a population of 7,139 (As of 1 January 2025), Haabneeme is the largest settlement in theRead more
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Haabneeme was first mentioned in 1271 as Apones. During the Middle Ages Haabneeme was settled by Coastal Swedes. In the 1960s, Haabneeme garden city developed on both sides of the Rohuneeme road in the north. The central settlement was built from the 1960s to 1980s as the centre of the Kirov Collective Fishing Farm. In 1973 a new administrative building was opened. The shopping centre was built in 1976, hospital-polyclinic in 1979. As an addition to apartment buildings, a pension was opened in 1974, stadium in 1975, kindergarten in 1983 and a high school in 1981–1985.
In the 21st century, many new buildings such as a spa hotel, water park, new school buildings and kindergartens and several supermarkets have been opened.
Haabneeme is connected to the centre of Tallinn by Tallinn Bus Company's route no. 1 (Viru keskus – Viimsi Keskus), average traveling time is about 30 minutes.
A new two-storey shopping centre with Selver hypermarket was opened in Haabneeme in 2015.
Viimsi St. James' Church is located in Haabneeme.
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Haabneeme is located in Harjumaa, Estonia, Europe. The coordinates are 59.5136 latitude, 24.8223 longitude.
Haabneeme has a population of approximately 2,077 people, making it a town in Estonia.
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landmark
One of the best-preserved medieval cities in Europe, a UNESCO-listed walled town with cobblestone streets, Gothic spires, and ancient merchant houses.
10 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Striking Russian Orthodox cathedral with five onion domes on Toompea Hill in the heart of Tallinn's old town.
10 km · about 20 min drive
castle
Medieval castle on Toompea hill housing Estonia's parliament, with the Tall Hermann tower and viewing terraces over Tallinn's old town rooftops.
10 km · about 20 min drive
waterfall
Estonia's widest natural waterfall, roughly eight metres high on the Jägala River, a short walk from a car park off the Tallinn–Narva road.
22 km · about 25 min drive
photogenic
A Soviet-era limestone quarry that flooded when its prison labour camp closed, leaving submerged buildings and machinery in startlingly clear turquoise water beneath a white spoil-heap 'mountain'. Now a swimming, diving and paddleboard site.
48 km · about 55 min drive
national park
Estonia's largest national park featuring wild Baltic coastline, pristine bogs, old-growth forests, and elegant 18th-century manor houses.
54 km · about 65 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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