tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post5165265035058172945..comments2023-11-05T09:55:13.077+02:00Comments on Itching for Eestimaa: aegna notesGiustinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-91147943404017623062012-08-23T20:50:56.065+02:002012-08-23T20:50:56.065+02:00Giustino, have to disagree with you on Linnahall. ...Giustino, have to disagree with you on Linnahall. It has the same architectural DNA as the National Library. <br /><br />Buildings, like everything, just need to be maintained.<br /><br />Of course, now it might really be a lost cause... but that doesn't reflect badly on the architect and builder.<br /> Kristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394211030848077681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-87310585663286671262012-08-23T20:50:33.599+02:002012-08-23T20:50:33.599+02:00Giustino, have to disagree with you on Linnahall. ...Giustino, have to disagree with you on Linnahall. It has the same architectural DNA as the National Library. <br /><br />Buildings, like everything, just need to be maintained.<br /><br />Of course, now it might really be a lost cause... but that doesn't reflect badly on the architect and builder.<br /> Kristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394211030848077681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-70761505633363720202012-08-16T04:05:57.849+02:002012-08-16T04:05:57.849+02:00This is an architerctural version of "stockho...This is an architerctural version of "stockholm syndrome": the abused begins to love the abuser. When you start to love Linnahall you must have a presence of mind to realize what is happening to you.<br /><br />LPRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09397977705898254598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-59033406834150187962012-08-13T12:04:21.108+02:002012-08-13T12:04:21.108+02:00Can I just confess, I somehow like Linnahall... Ok...Can I just confess, I somehow like Linnahall... Ok, it's ugly as hell and worse, but I like the abandoned, shabby atmosphere there next to the open sea. It's hard to explain, it's an eerie place. The Soviet architecture was quite nazi like (unsurprisingly), and this is a brutal building violating the landscape, and I'm not comfortably whimsical about it, but it does have a presence.stockholm slenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16909107517362691387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-48854697308957693442012-07-30T19:36:02.043+02:002012-07-30T19:36:02.043+02:00Autor on selle kommentaari eemaldanud.Best SEO Web Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04353783579957543450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-6070073990352407442012-07-30T19:36:01.816+02:002012-07-30T19:36:01.816+02:00Excellent Working Dear Friend Nice Information Sha...Excellent Working Dear Friend Nice Information Share all over the world i am really impress your work Stay Blessings On your Work...God Bless You.<br /><a href="http://geonewspakistan.net/" rel="nofollow">geo news pakistan</a><br /><a href="http://geonewspakistan.net/" rel="nofollow">Pakistan News</a>Best SEO Web Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04353783579957543450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-50824989720758096962012-07-26T12:44:57.276+02:002012-07-26T12:44:57.276+02:00I visited Linnahall recently, while waiting for fe...I visited Linnahall recently, while waiting for ferry to Helsinki. It's such an architectual oddity, isn't it. On the day there were groups of South-East Asian tourists there. Skipping down the stairs, taking lots of pictures and giggles all the way. Theres something about this building that captivates people. Allows your imagination to run wild.<br /><br />To me it reminds of as if it could be the regional head office for Umbrella Corporation (to those of you whos usual weekend passtime is reading up about macroeconomics of Post-Soviet societies or bible studies - it's an evil organisation from British cult classic Resident Evil). You can just imagin all these experiments going on in the underground laboratories. Brilliant!<br /><br />I think they should find a proper function for it and renovate it. Just Google it and check out the interior - reminds me of that church in Helisnki, carved out of rock. It's magnificent!<br /><br />And I must agree with Temetsa. Whenever I got people from Estonia visiting Britain, they all want to see the back alleyways, dodgy inner city markets and whatnot. Grim reality has it's followers also.Markohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501324932136870126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-71998836494808673462012-07-26T08:57:37.064+02:002012-07-26T08:57:37.064+02:00Linnahall is still there? i thought some local ki...Linnahall is still there? i thought some local kids would have burnt it down by now.klxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02756387772020517484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-9523858761923552842012-07-25T18:55:22.308+02:002012-07-25T18:55:22.308+02:00"And for too many, this is their first impres..."And for too many, this is their first impression of Estonia."<br /><br />Estonian friends advised me to go there and I think it is a great place. If Belgian friends visit me I always take them to the place and they love it and I have the impression that a considerable amount of other tourists agree. Not everything has to be clean and tidy (and often boring).Temestahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14614591949410689858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-57776860458433628592012-07-24T14:17:13.849+02:002012-07-24T14:17:13.849+02:00I remember buying wild strawberries from children ...I remember buying wild strawberries from children on the steps of the Linnahall. They're better straight from the plant, of course, but I was happy to give the kids a few kroons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-88303826779808398312012-07-24T10:37:18.485+02:002012-07-24T10:37:18.485+02:00To give an idea about WWI. Aegna is just missing o...To give an idea about WWI. Aegna is just missing on the left side of the photograph. Russian war ships leaving the harbor. Taken during a a german reconnaissence flight. 1917 probably.<br /><a href="http://flic.kr/p/2KGVs" rel="nofollow">Tallinn harbor</a>Jens-Olafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18304784095687896639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-343507980549025172012-07-23T01:47:03.210+02:002012-07-23T01:47:03.210+02:00I think Tallinna Linnahall is way more impressive ...I think Tallinna Linnahall is way more impressive than Sydney Opera House. <br /><br />Elegance is for wussies!LPRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09397977705898254598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-54623933481906511092012-07-23T01:45:42.601+02:002012-07-23T01:45:42.601+02:00I think Tallinna Linnahall is way more impressive ...I think Tallinna Linnahall is way more impressive than Sydney Opera House. <br /><br />Elegance is for wussies!LPRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09397977705898254598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-6030623227570104552012-07-22T13:15:17.316+02:002012-07-22T13:15:17.316+02:00The man who designed the building, Raine Karp, is ...The man who designed the building, Raine Karp, is something of a synonyme to bombastic architecture of the late-Soviet era, he also designed the National Library, considered his Magnum Opus. If you think the Linnahall is a monstrosity, I wonder what will you make of that. But I also have to say one good thing about him - he knew how to handle lime stone.Rainerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160091690005391250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-25207502280705876332012-07-22T13:07:03.173+02:002012-07-22T13:07:03.173+02:00True. For a while it even served as a helicopter l...True. For a while it even served as a helicopter landing patch. By the way, there's an interesting parallel to your WWI experience: I was there enjoying sea veiw fith a friend, and a Finnish coulple approached us, asking if the building was a fortification from the World War I. Considering the state it's in it might as well have been. By the way, have you ever been inside it? The interior is surprisingly elegant, top notch design of its day.Rainerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160091690005391250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-7373911479454681652012-07-22T12:55:17.522+02:002012-07-22T12:55:17.522+02:00It doesn't look like it belongs there and I do...It doesn't look like it belongs there and I don't know what I'd do with it. That area could be turned into a Tivoli-like park, or just a green, open-air market (like the Esplanaadi in Helsinki) -- but right now, it's just a waste of space.Giustinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-4992906394143704462012-07-22T11:10:49.189+02:002012-07-22T11:10:49.189+02:00"Linnahall, a Soviet monstrosity if there eve..."Linnahall, a Soviet monstrosity if there ever was one"<br /><br />Actually, in it's prime, it looked a lot like a Mayan pyramid.Rainerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160091690005391250noreply@blogger.com