Experts' Choice Award Tallinna Linnahall
What the experts agree on
This brutalist concrete arena built for the 1980 Olympics looks like a futuristic bunker frozen in time. Now abandoned and crumbling, it's a haunting relic of Soviet ambition that fascinates architecture enthusiasts and history buffs alike.
“An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital. ”
– Atlas Obscura
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"Resembling a cross between a nuclear bunker, a WWII sea-fort and some inscrutable temple to a vanished god, the Linnahall is in fact a covered concrete arena built for the 1980 Olympics." Full review
