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Hotel Viru

Former elite tourist & KGB lair

Hotel Viru, Tallinn

A huge grey slab built in the 1970s for holidaying Finns, the Hotel Viru (now the Sokos Hotel Viru) long enjoyed the reputation of being Westernized hotel in the USSR – and was the honeymoon venue of choice for any Soviet couple who could afford it.

Guests were bugged and spied on by the KGB. The Hotel Viru KGB Museum offers a revealing glimpse of their activities.

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Visits to the KGB Museum have to be booked in advance

Tickets: €13

1945–1987 Soviet Estonia

Central Districts

Text © Jonathan Bousfield

Image by Bobo Boom