Kitseküla

Kitseküla ( German for "Goat Village " ) is a district (Estonian asum ) of the Estonian capital Tallinn. It is located in the district Kesklinn ( "downtown" ).

Description and History

Kitseküla has 3,368 inhabitants (as of 1 May 2010).

The district lies between the two major rail routes Tallinn - Paldiski (opened in 1870) and Tallinn - Viljandi ( opened in 1900 ). Until 1971 the station was Tallinn - Väike ( historical German name Reval small railway station, historic Russian name Ревел - Главное ) for narrow-gauge railways in operation.

The municipality was created around the turn of the 19th to the 20th century as laborers suburb. The majority of residential buildings was built from 1900 to 1913 and from 1928 to 1939. In the late 1950s, the Soviet city planners built some additional buildings in the style of Stalinist classicism. After regaining independence emerged in Estonian Kitseküla since the 1990s, modern office and commercial high-rises.

In Kitseküla is the international football stadium in Tallinn, the A. Le Coq Arena. It is also the home of the Estonian first division side FC Flora Tallinn.

Pictures

Look at the Tondi Street

Traditional houses

Typical residential building

The historic station Tallinn - Väike

Railway station and tram stop Tondi