Tallinn / Tartu

Mul on kaks kodulinna — Tallinn ja Tartu. Nende linnade vahel on elekter, mis tihtilugu väljendub võitluses ja vastandamises, ühe ülistamises teise arvelt. Ma vaatan neile aga pisut teisiti — maailmaskaalas on need kaks pisikest väikelinna, mis teineteist täiendavad ja kahe peale kokku mulle parema kodu loovad kui kumbki eraldi.

Neis lõikudes, mille pärast kumbki mulle meeldib, on need linnad ka üllatavalt sarnased. Olen siia pisinäitusele kogunud viis paari fotosid kummagi linna samakõlalistest urbanistlikest vaadetest, mis argipäevil mu teele on sattunud.

I have two home towns — Tallinn and Tartu. There’s always electricity between those two that often translates into competition and antagonism, idolizing one over the other. I look this dynamic a bit differently though — on the global scale they are two small towns supplementing each other and giving me together a better home than each one alone.

These two towns are actually surprisingly similar — at least from such angles that I like the most about both. I’ve gathered here five pairs of urbanist views with similar feeling that I’ve stumbled upon in these two places.