Estonian blood sausage made from pig's blood, pearl barley, onion and marjoram in an intestine casing. Traditionally eaten at Christmas with lingonberry jam, sour cream and hapukapsas sauerkraut.
Verivorst grew from peasant winter cookery in the Estonian countryside, where families slaughtered a pig before the Christmas darkness. The pig's blood was mixed with pearl barley, onion, marjoram and stuffed into the intestine casing. The Christmas market on Tallinn's Town Hall Square (Raekoja plats) sells it through December, paired with lingonberry jam and gluhwine. Many Old Town restaurants like Olde Hansa and Rataskaevu 16 also serve it as a year-round homage to the season.
3 editor picks for Verivorst in Tallinn, ranked by editorial score. All Tallinn signature dishes · Verivorst across every city.
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.
Rataskaevu 16 ★ 4.5
vanalinn · Rataskaevu 16, 10123 Tallinn
Rataskaevu 16 in the Old Town is a long-running Estonian comfort-food institution, with braised elk roast and chef's choice white fish carrying a vegetable.
III Draakon ★ 4.4
vanalinn · Raekoja plats 1, 10146 Tallinn
III Draakon under the 13th-century Town Hall on Raekoja plats is a tiny medieval-themed tavern serving elk soup, pirukad pastries and house beer cellar.