And the mother of all new luxuries. Off with whose head?
BlackBook
December 03, 2007
TALLINN, ESTONIA
tallinn.ee/eng
Estonia is officially the most wired nation in the world, and with that comes all the free-market fervor old Soviets were always sniffing at. Its buzzing capital is split exactingly between its utterly charming, spit-polished medieval Old Town, with a stylish café or bohemian bar on virtually every corner, and its modern City Centre, with designer shopping and lots of sleek, occidental upscale nightlife. Chic hotels (Merchant House, The Telegraaf, the sublime Three Sisters) are swiftly proliferating. If it helps, imagine an entire city being Nolita. but with excellent Russian food and affable locals. —Ken Scrudato
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