Valli Baar

Tallinn’s most beloved dive, barely changed since it opened around 1969 — so treasured that the city has slapped a heritage-protection order on it, ranking it with the Old Town’s church towers. Inside: a battered 1970s bar counter, a haze of smoke and chatter, old regulars nursing vodka and, more often than you’d think, someone striking up folk songs in the corner. Order the house shot, the lurid-green ‘Millimallikas’, and soak up a genuine piece of old Tallinn.

While you’re in the city, pair it with a Tallinn food & history walking tour.