Tallinn Town Hall is in Tallinn, Estonia’s capital, and is described as the oldest surviving Gothic town hall in Northern Europe.
The building stands on Tallinn’s medieval Town Hall Square in the city’s preserved Old Town. Written references to a town hall on the site date to the 13th century, while the present Gothic form developed mainly during the late medieval period. Its tall façade and slender tower remain defining features of the square.
The hall served as the seat of Tallinn’s city government and reflected the city’s importance as a trading centre on the Baltic Sea. Its architecture combines civic ceremony with medieval defensive and commercial traditions.
Tallinn Town Hall is distinct from Tallinn’s Town Hall Pharmacy, which is often mentioned in descriptions of the same square. The pharmacy is one of Europe’s oldest continuously operating pharmacies, but it is a separate building and institution.