Estonia, Good for Business, History, Tourism

Alongside the distinctly medieval flavor of downtown Tallinn's streets, stories of ghosts, hidden tunnels and buried treasures add to its air of mystery, writes LETA.

Not so long ago though, Tallinn finally revealed one of its biggest secrets with the opening up of the Bastion Tunnels, a secret network of underground corridors built in the 1670’s by Estonia’s then Swedish rulers, which run under the ancient earthen bastions that once protected the city, Argophilia Travel writes.

The Swedes built the bastions for defense purposes. In Soviet times, they were used for as a nuclear bomb-shelter. Later they were left until representatives of punk culture invaded the Tunnels.

Currently a part of the Bastion Tunnels has been renovated and presents its inhabitants – maquettes of historical periods of this cultural and tourism object.