With its chocolate-box skyline of needle-like spires and red-tiled roofs, Tallinn may look like a medieval theme park. Contrary to its olde worlde appearance, it is, in fact, a European leader in information technology. Half of the population use e-banking, and tram tickets and parking spaces can be paid for via a text message. It is also the base of Skype, the free-to-use internet telephony system recently bought by eBay. But if you want history the city has it in spades, starting with...
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