Tallinn is announcing Klindi Park idea competition to plan the nearly nine-kilometer-long limestone cliff course that runs through the districts of Kesklinn, Lasnamäe and Pirita as a green corridor. Entries can be submitted from May 19th to August 19th 2022.

The future Klindi Park is characterized by the diversity of natural and semi-natural areas. However, it is also a place where people love to walk and spend their free time. The aim of Klindi Park is to create an environment where people's leisure opportunities are integrated into the existing environment keeping in mind the preservation of the natural appearance and the protection of biodiversity.

"We want to make Klindi Park a place of leisure for all of Tallinn’s residents. According to the title of the European Green Capital, we must support the biodiversity of Tallinn and increase the environmental awareness of our citizens. Probably for the first time, Tallinners will have a say in every stage of the park's development and direct its development to such an extent," said Vladimir Svet, Deputy Mayor of Tallinn.

The trajectory of the Klindi Park runs along Lubja, Lasnamäe, Valget Street and Narva Road to the Pirita River valley. The competition is for the section of Klindi Park from Valge Street to the valley of Pirita River.

The competition seeks a wholesome plan that creates an inclusive and pleasant public space that highlights the uniqueness of the limestone cliff and introduces local nature, heritage and cultural history.

The winners of the competition will be announced in early October 2022.

At the beginning of the year, Tallinn Strategic Management Office’s Competence Centre for Spatial Planning carried out an open call of ideas for Klindi Park among Tallinn’s residents, which received almost 400 proposals. “The proposals were an important input in compiling the terms for the upcoming idea competition. I believe that by drawing inspiration from the ideas of our fellow citizens, we can create an attractive place to spend leisure time in the middle of Tallinn’s unique urban environment, which is worthy of a green capital,” said Eva-Maria Aitsam, urban planner at the Tallinn Strategic Management Office.

More generally, Klindi Park is part of the North Estonian Klint, which can be considered a symbolic landscape of Estonia. The Tallinn Klint section covers approximately 30 km of the North Estonian Klint between Kallaste Bank and Maardu. 

The course of the Klint in the eastern part of Tallinn is marked by the Maarjamäe limestone Bank (incl. Suhkrumäe area), which starts from the Song Festival Grounds and runs towards Kose. In 1992 it was taken under nature protection. This part of the Klint forms the highest and most observable part of the limestone cliff within Tallinn. In addition to the limestone Bank of Maarjamäe, another large and beautifully scenic area is the Pirita River valley, which defines the eastern end of Klindi Park.

The main organizer of the idea competition is the Tallinn Strategic Management Office’s Competence Centre for Spatial Planning. The terms of the competition have been coordinated with the State Environmental Board, the Estonian Association of Architects, the Estonian Association of Landscape Architects, the district governments of Kesklinn, Lasnamäe and Pirita and various other offices of Tallinn.