It is quite unbelievable that Estonia and other Baltic states were all under Soviet rule until the early ’90s. I cannot imagine the fear people lived under and the limited freedom they were allowed.
In the only hotel in Tallinn, Estonia where foreigners were allowed to stay during the Soviet regime, is the “KGB Museum“. On the 23rd floor of the still working hotel were the secret KGB offices used to spy on guests. Filled with memorabilia including one room where everything is left as the KGB left it, rooms have been turned into a museum.
Near the ticket booth of the museum, you find cynical and irritated Snicker bars which we thought was hilarious.
View from the 22nd floor balcony
The door to the stairs leading up to the secret 23rd floor. The museum sign reads “entrance” at the top but the bottom part in Estonian and Russian apparently says “Do not enter” as it said when the top floor was occupied by the KGB.
Old floor guide
Selfie point
Direct to Moscow line
Our funny and excellent guide
What the KGB left in chaos.
The hotel in its present day at night
A blog by Ayako Mathies 
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