{"id":4009,"date":"2026-03-20T12:09:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/?page_id=4009"},"modified":"2026-03-24T09:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T07:27:16","slug":"bastion-tunnels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/kiek-in-de-kok\/bastion-tunnels\/","title":{"rendered":"Underground Bastion passages"},"content":{"rendered":"

Visit the Bastion passages and the Museum of Carved Stone with an audio guide<\/a>!
\n<\/strong>The audio guide allows visitors to learn about this fascinating place in Estonian, English, Russian and Finnish.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

NB! To save time, we recommend downloading the audio guide before visiting the museum!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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GUIDED TOURS HAVE TO\u00a0BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE by e-mail: fort@linnamuuseum.ee<\/a><\/p>\n

The tours are available in Estonian, English, Russian, and Finnish.
\nGroup size is limited to 25 persons.<\/p>\n

The tour will take about 1 h 20 min<\/p>\n

Please note\u00a0that temperature in the passages is 7-10 \u00b0C throughout the year and we have to navigate some rather steep stairs, so please dress appropriately!
\nPlease note: We do not recommend taking children under the age of 7 to the Bastion passages guided tours!<\/p>\n

CARVED STONE MUSEUM<\/h2>\n

The Carved Stone Museum, a section of the Bastion passages,\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0is open for individual visitors with the entrance in the Kiek in de K\u00f6k Tower.
\nGuided tours, starting from the Kiek in de K\u00f6k tower,\u00a0by subscription<\/span><\/p>\n

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INFO and TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n

The Carved Stone Museum part of the passages contains a display of decorative stone fragments from Tallinn, which have so far been kept hidden in repositories: portals, pillars, coats of arms with family signs and symbols, relief \u2013 decorated window jambs and tombstones from the 16th to 19th century.<\/p>\n

The exhibition displaying more than two hundred carved stones is titled \u201cThe City of Ruins\u201d. The atmospheric lighting and chambers dedicated to different themes play a crucial role in making the exhibition a coherent whole. In the museum, visitors can pass through the \u201cGarden of Eden\u201d, \u201cPillar Hall\u201d, \u201cDeath Hall\u201d and \u201cSun Hall\u201d.<\/p>\n

The casements next to the Vabaduse v\u00e4ljak (Freedom Square) were closed to the public\u00a0and filled with water for decades ; now, powerful air conditioners provide an environment suitable for carved stones and acceptable for visitors \u2013 the temperature in the passages is between 10 to 12 degrees Celsius all year round.<\/p>\n

GUIDED TOURS<\/h2>\n

Guided tours are offered in\u00a0Estonian, English, Russian and Finnish<\/strong>\u00a0and last about\u00a01 hour and 20 minute<\/strong>s.<\/p>\n

Group size is\u00a0up to 25 people.<\/strong><\/p>\n

please book your visit in advance on \u00a0by e-mail at\u00a0fort@linnamuuseum.ee<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Visit the Bastion passages and the Museum of Carved Stone with an audio guide! The audio guide allows visitors to learn about this fascinating place in Estonian, English, Russian and Finnish.\u00a0 NB! To save time, we recommend downloading the audio guide before visiting the museum!   GUIDED TOURS HAVE TO\u00a0BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE by e-mail: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":360,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4009","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4009"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4009"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106557,"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4009\/revisions\/106557"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}