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Tallinn, Estonia

Top food to try in Tallinn

6 dishes to eat in Tallinn, what is in them, and where they belong.

Last updated 2026-08-11

1. Black bread

Black bread
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Dense sourdough rye, on the table at every meal.

2. Verivorst

Verivorst
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Blood sausage with barley, eaten at Christmas with lingonberry jam.

3. Kama

Kama
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A roasted grain and pea flour mixed with buttermilk, sweet and unexpectedly good.

4. Baltic herring

Baltic herring
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Pickled or fried, with sour cream and potato.

5. Vana Tallinn

Vana Tallinn
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A dark rum-based liqueur with citrus and vanilla, drunk in coffee in winter.

6. New Nordic cooking

New Nordic cooking
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The city has a serious modern restaurant scene using foraged and Baltic ingredients.

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