Pop-up Café Days in Kärdla, Estonia

For anyone travelling in Estonia on the first days of August here is a last minute tip you don’t want to miss. On the island of Hiiumaa there will be the Pop-up Café Days - one of the most awaited events in the summer of Hiiumaa. This is an yearly event and is now being held for the 9th time. On the café day several cafes will their doors for just one day in different locations throughout the town of Kärdla: in beautiful back gardens of locals, at the seaside, and other places in the town. The main event is only one day but there are additional happenings outside of Kärdlä also one day before and after so all weekend you can find pop-up cafes in the island.

I was at the Hiiumaa café days last year and enjoyed the event very much. It was so much fun walking with a café map from one café to another and drinking lots of coffee and tasting all sorts of food and pastry. The atmosphere was very similar to Restaurant day and the event gathered a lot of people. The most popular cafes got crowded and I even recognized a few Estonian celebrities at the café Bella Rosa. By the way café Bella Rosa was a super nice Italian style restaurant café in an absolutely beautiful garden - like a garden restaurant of dreams! At café Bella Rosa they made really good pizza, served also wine, and had tiramisu and other cakes on the dessert menu.

Best coffee on the café day I had at King Coffee’s. It was a hot summer day and their ice-coffee tasted heavenly.

This year Hiiumaa Café Days will be on July 30 - August 2. Main event is on Saturday August 1.
For more information see their website and Kohvikutepaev in Facebook.    

Wonderful café at the port of Tallinn

Kochi Kohvituba, located near the D-terminal in the port of Tallinn, is currently my favourite café in Tallinn.

Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia, has many nice cafes and generally they serve a very good selection of coffees, cakes and food. There are plenty of good alternatives to choose from and you can spend a day just by going from one café to another – believe me I have done it! Maybe later I will write a more comprehensive report of the coffee scene in Tallinn but this time I will just talk about this one place. 

I found Kochi Kohvituba by accident and the café charmed me instantly. The café is big and bright and the two floors are decorated with style. Visitors can also enjoy the exhibitions of Estonian art on the walls. There is also a cute little food store next to the café. On my last visit on a Sunday afternoon the café was quite crowded. A cosy coach and table yet waited for me at the second floor. Caffe latte and cappuccino (à 2,10 €) tasted heavenly smooth and a big piece of marzipan covered cake was also delicious (2.30 €). This is the place I go when in Tallinn.

The pictures are taken during three different visits to the café. Just to explain that I did not eat all of these at once!

Kochi Kohvituba

Lootsi 10, Tallinn, Estonia