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| GUARDIAN [UK] - 18 October 2007 |
| Upstaging the stags in Tallinn |
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The New York Times calls it the Las Vegas of the Baltics. Brazen stag party tour operator Tallinn Pissup brands it as the Wild East. But don't let that deter you from seeing the real charms of Tallinn.
With its old town snug behind a medieval wall, the courtyards and timbered houses of Tallinn certainly look beautiful... |
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| THE TIMES [UK] - 22 June 2007 |
| The medieval lesbians of Tallinn |
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Estonia’s capital has a compact centre with labyrinthine cobbled streets leading up a hill to medieval fortifications and a splendid Russian orthodox church. There is an interesting Occupation Museum, which describes the days of Soviet control, and a wonderful Kumu art gallery displaying modern works as well as older collections.... |
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| NEW YORK TIMES [USA] - 08 May 2007 |
| British Bachelor-Partiers Are Taking Their Revels East |
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By midnight, wearing nothing but his socks, Paul Roe had crawled the length of a strip club catwalk here, led on a leash by one barechested blonde woman while another whipped him with a belt.
As one might imagine, Mr. Roe, 27, was inebriated, celebrating his final days of bachelordom in that timeworn rite of passage known as... |
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| THE WALL STREET JOURNAL [USA] - 10 April 2007 |
| British Bridegrooms Bring Stag Revelry To Eastern Europe |
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When they joined the European Union in 2004, countries such as Estonia, Slovakia and Lithuania dreamed of an influx of wealthy Western tourists eager to explore their historic cities. What they got were gangs of British cutting loose with soon-to-be bridegrooms and brides.
Adam Burrows and 21 of his friends traveled to this... |
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| DER SPIEGEL [GERMANY] - 05 April 2007 |
| British Stag Parties Head East in Search of Cheap Beer |
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Just a short and cheap EasyJet or Ryanair flight away from London, Western European tourists are storming Eastern European cities like Tallinn and Riga. Unfortunately, British binge drinkers are too.
It's early in the morning in Dicken's Pub, and the punters are hung over. Sean from Worcester has lost his passport. Brian from... |
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| THE GUARDIAN [UK] - 25 July 2006 |
| Is it OK ... to go on a stag weekend? |
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Rugby players have long used the acronym "WGOTSOT" to make sure the excesses of their team's tours away from home remain the exclusive knowledge of the touring party. "What goes on tour stays on tour" is held up as a code of honour among men who don't want friends and family back home to know about their alcohol-fuelled indiscretions... |
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| NEW YORK TIMES [USA] - 22 January 2006 |
| Party Capital of the Year: Tallinn, Estonia |
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WHEN the British guidebook author Laurence Shorter was sent to research Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, a couple of years ago, he knew little about it and had no idea what to expect. "I have to admit," he recalled recently, "I didn't really know where it was."
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| NEW YORK TIMES [USA] - 25 September 2005 |
| Twenty-Nine Pounds Is All It Takes For The Hottest Boys' Night Out In Eastern Europe. |
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Twenty-Nine Pounds is all it takes for the hottest boys' night out in eastern europe. One if by land, two if by EasyJet. Lured less by perfectly preserved medieval spires than by cut-rate flights, cheap booze and rumors of relaxed sexual mores, British bachelors are flocking to Tallinn, Estonia, which is rapidly becoming the hottest... |
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| THE TIMES [UK] - 02 September 2005 |
| Advice to ease stag night headaches for embassies |
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SHORT of a royal visit, the one thing British embassy staff abroad dread most is an invasion of staggers and henners.
An estimated 70 per cent of young Britons now prefer to travel abroad for their prenuptials, and a quarter of those land in some kind of trouble, from loss of passport to death by drowning, according to a Foreign... |
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| DAILY TELEGRAPH (UK) - 30 November 2004 |
| Weekend to remember |
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My heart sank. On our 9.30am flight to Tallinn a dozen or more shaven-headed loudmouths, who had already kicked off their weekend at the airport bar, were motoring through the drinks trolley. Preconceptions are there to be disproved, but this is exactly what I'd heard about Estonia's capital: a magnet for British stag parties,... |
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| HELSINGIN SANOMAT (FINLAND) - 27 November 2004 |
| Stag-party Brits discover Old Tallinn bars and nightclubs |
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"It’s completely brilliant here, fantastic", says Jules Peirson, a mechanic from Norwich. He has come to Tallinn from East Anglia via budget carrier EasyJet’s new direct connection from London Stansted.
"We drink", says Peirson. "All day and every day. This morning we were drinking until half past five."
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| BALTIC TIMES - 10 November 2004 |
| Airlines head for bluer Baltic skies |
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It would seem that the sky really is the limit when it comes to the continual take-off of the Baltic airline market. According to Estonian Air President Erki Urva, an increase in the purchasing power of people and growing competition among carriers are the two propelling forces.
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| THE OBSERVER (UK) - 24 October 2004 |
| Move your feet to the Baltic beat |
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Before I set off to research A Hedonist's Guide to Tallinn, I had vague notions of the Estonian capital as the 'new Prague', with a reputation as a cult party spot. If I was expecting some kind of Baltic Babylon, however, I was soon to be surprised. The Tallinn I discovered was a style-conscious city full of medieval charm and... |
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| THE INDEPENDENT (UK) - 20 September 2004 |
| Only here for the beer (and sex) |
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It's Saturday evening in downtown Tallinn and the streets are busy. Well-heeled Swedish couples are deciding where to eat, while Estonian teenagers and thirtysomething Russians enjoy the last of the summer sunshine. Business is brisk for the ubiquitous street-side peanut sellers, dressed in medieval costume, while a group of Finnish... |
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| DAILY TELEGRAPH (UK) - 07 August 2004 |
| Estonians waking up to life with lager louts |
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The websites say it all. Among the "bonking-good" activities on offer in Estonia's capital, Tallinn, are 10-beer pub crawls, "tottie tours" and medieval lesbian strip shows (from Tallinn Piss-Up).
Bar-owners say many British visitors prefer to drink themselves into a stupor and make lewd suggestions to the local girls... |
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| SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE - 24 May 2004 |
| One of the coolest spots in Europe |
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Ten years ago, it didn't help to describe Estonia's location as "in the Baltics" or even "near Finland" -- the first made people think of a war zone (that would be, ahem, the Balkans), and the second brought images of snowdrifts and vodka. (At least the vodka part was right on.) Now that the tiny country of 1.4 million has joined... |
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| THE ECONOMIST (UK) - 17 May 2004 |
| The Baltic states are the lucky new destination for British stag parties |
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OFFSHORING—sending businesses to cheaper foreign countries—is a familiar practice in manufacturing, software and call centres. Now low-cost locations are luring a more intimate service industry: stag parties.
These are an odd British rite of passage, mixing practical jokes, drink and sex with results that range from harmless... |
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| THE OBSERVER (UK) - 29 February 2004 |
| Party time in Baltics for boozy Brits |
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It is a terrifying vision of migration flow, one worthy of the tabloid media's darkest fears. The expansion of the European Union on 1 May will spark an unprecedented mass exodus as thousands of young men and women, many without qualifications or skills, swamp foreign cities, scaring taxpaying locals witless in their search for... |
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| THE SUNDAY TIMES (UK) - 03 November 2003 |
| Stag parties get completely Baltic |
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Once it was glugging Guinness in Dublin and puffing cannabis in Amsterdam. Now the latest 'must-do' for a British stag weekend is to fly to the Baltic states and fire machine guns at pictures of the groom.
Some, it is rumoured, have even paid locally for the privilege of firing rocket-propelled grenades at live cows.
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| THE SUN (UK) - 17 December 2002 |
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Tallinn - 5/5 stars
Location: Capital of Estonia on the Baltic.
Atmosphere: Cobbled streets and church spires.
Totty: Blondes and Russian Beauties.
Nightlife: Bars and clubs until 4am. And there's the famous Low Cut Blouse nightclub.
Local Tipple: Vana Tallinn is a sweet liqueur. Saku Original beer is 39p for a... |
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| TELEPORT-CITY.COM - 30 September 2002 |
| Holiday in Estonia |
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I had never held a machine gun before. It felt lighter than I had imagined and twice as dangerous. The smell of gun oil was unmistakeable and the worn wooden grip fit neatly into my right hand, which was shaking just a bit. I was aware that I felt sort of nauseous from the nerves that gripped my stomach and I started wondering... |
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| THE OBSERVER (UK) - 28 April 2002 |
| Tallinn's Euro Vision |
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...The party has started. Ibiza it is not, but Tallinn is no slouch when it comes to hedonism. Deftly sidestep Molly Malone's in the town square (where the witty sales pitch reads: 'Why go to Cuba when you can stay right here in Ireland?') and you will find a handful of bars and cafés which are up there with the best in Barcelona... |
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