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Mustamäe, Tallinn — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Mustamäe is the smallest of Tallinn's eight districts by area, a quarter of panel blocks of flats in the capital of Estonia.
About Mustamäe
Where to stay in Mustamäe
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Mustamäe sits a short way from the centre of Tallinn, and its rooms lie among the panel blocks of flats that fill the district. Places to stay are limited among the panel blocks of Mustamäe. The quarter borders Haabersti, Nõmme and Kristiine, so a stay here keeps you among the outer districts of Tallinn while the Mustamäe St. Mary Magdalene Church anchors the neighbourhood.
Most travellers still base themselves in the old town.
About Mustamäe
What are the main landmarks in Mustamäe?
Mustamäe turns on its parish church and its housing. The Mustamäe St. Mary Magdalene Church gives the district its main place of worship, while the Firefighters Memorial marks a civic monument nearby. Panel blocks frame both.
The long housing rows raised in the Soviet period line the streets around them, within the surrounding Harjumaa region of Estonia.
What is the history of Mustamäe?
Mustamäe was laid out as a panel-block district of Tallinn, its housing rows raised in the Soviet period. Planning came first. The estates fill the smallest of the city's districts by area, bordered by Haabersti, Nõmme and Kristiine within the surrounding Harjumaa region.
The Mustamäe St. Mary Magdalene Church later gave the quarter its church, part of Tallinn in Estonia.
Where is Mustamäe?
Mustamäe lies within Tallinn in Estonia, the smallest district by area, bordered by Haabersti, Nõmme and Kristiine in the Harjumaa region.
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Updated July 2026