{"id":100597,"date":"2025-10-20T15:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.linnamuuseum.ee\/?p=100597"},"modified":"2026-01-06T12:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:52:41","slug":"guided-tour-of-the-exhibition-the-rich-and-beautiful-the-brotherhood-of-blackheads-in-tallinn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/cat-linnaelumuuseum-en\/guided-tour-of-the-exhibition-the-rich-and-beautiful-the-brotherhood-of-blackheads-in-tallinn\/","title":{"rendered":"Guided tour of the Exhibition <b>\u201cThe Wealthy and Handsome. The Brotherhood of the Blackheads in Tallinn\u201d<\/b><br>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who were the wealthy and handsome in medieval Tallinn? The dashing Blackheads!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-100539 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.linnamuuseum.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Rikkad-ja-ilusad_FB-yritus_1200x630-px_pilt-400x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Brotherhood of Blackheads \u2013 young, unmarried merchant apprentices from abroad were a hidden force in Tallinn\u2019s city life. Though not yet citizens of Tallinn, they were ones leading the city\u2019s social scene. They were the masters of ceremony, and their legendary parties and feasts \u2013 especially during Christmas and Shrovetide \u2013 made the whole city buzz with excitement.<\/p>\n<p>On this guided tour, you\u2019ll hear why even the mystery of the world\u2019s first Christmas tree has been linked to the Blackheads\u2019 celebrations. You\u2019ll also discover what made their patron saint, Saint Maurice, so special and what role the church played in their everyday lives. We\u2019ll take a look behind the scenes of powerful Hanseatic trade, and even help a merchant apprentice choose a bride!<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the tour, you\u2019ll find out how the brotherhood evolved into a club \u2013 and what became of the Blackheads in the modern day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Book your tour now!<\/p>\n<div>Group size is limited to\u00a015 people.<br \/>\nLanguage: Estonian, English, Russian.<br \/>\nGuide fee:\u00a040\u20ac.<br \/>\nForeign language tour fee:\u00a055\u20ac.<br \/>\nMuseum admission fee is charged in addition to the tour price.For more information and to book a tour, please email us at\u00a0linnaelu@linnamuuseum.ee\u00a0or call +372 615 5184.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who were the wealthy and handsome in medieval Tallinn? The dashing Blackheads! The Brotherhood of Blackheads \u2013 young, unmarried merchant apprentices from abroad were a hidden force in Tallinn\u2019s city life. Though not yet citizens of Tallinn, they were ones leading the city\u2019s social scene. They were the masters of ceremony, and their legendary parties [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":100540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cat-linnaelumuuseum-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100597"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102573,"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100597\/revisions\/102573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}