Ülemiste City

The factory complex Dvigatel, built in the end of the 19th century for producing railway cars and other machinery for the Russian Empire, lost its raison d’être after Estonia regained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

In 2005, AS Mainor launched the transformation of the favourably-located 36 ha old industrial area into a modern technology campus, drawing inspiration from Kista near Stockholm, called the Silicon Valley of the Nordic countries.

[2] The Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences, Tallinn European School and Kalli-Kalli kindergarten are located in Ülemiste City.

[3] The vision of Ülemiste City is to grow into a multifunctional campus operating 24/7, incorporating 15,000 employees of different businesses and organisations as well as 5,000 inhabitants.

For instance, buildings bearing the names of Ludvig Puusepp, Walter Zapp, Ragnar Nurkse, Ustus Agur [et], Karl Papello [et], Artur Lind, Alexandre Liwentaal [et], Johannes Käis, Boris Tamm, Bernhard Schmidt and Ernst Öpik can be found on the campus.