Estonian rum-vanilla-citrus liqueur, served neat as a dessert pour or stirred into coffee at the end of dinner. Recipe from 1960, drunk year-round.
Vana Tallinn (Old Tallinn) was created in 1960 by Estonian distiller Liviko in central Tallinn, with industrial production from 1962, combining Jamaican rum with Estonian vanilla, citrus oils and warm spices. The dark amber liqueur quickly became the country's signature dessert pour and a Soviet-era export across the Eastern Bloc. Today it remains the standard end-of-dinner spirit in Tallinn restaurants and the Christmas Market on Town Hall Square sells gluhwine versions through December.
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Olde Hansa ★ 4.7
vanalinn · Vana turg 1, 10140 Tallinn
Olde Hansa on Vana turg in the Old Town is a long-running Hanseatic-feast restaurant with medieval costumes, live hurdy-gurdy music and a 14th-century menu.
Maiasmokk ★ 4.5
Pikk 16, 10123 Tallinn
Maiasmokk on Pikk has been Tallinn's confectionery cafe since 1864, the oldest continuously operating cafe in Estonia with a marzipan-painting room daily.
Tchaikovsky ★ 4.4
vanalinn · Vene 9, 10123 Tallinn
Tchaikovsky sits inside the five-star Hotel Telegraaf on Vene in the Old Town,a Michelin-listed room run by executive chef Denis Golik with French technique.