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Estonia

Tallinn’s UNESCO-listed Old Town. Don’t miss the Town Hall Pharmacy, the oldest in Europe, which has operated in the same premises since at least 1422, then climb Toompea hill for views over the red-tile rooves as far as the Gulf of Finland. That’s just the town’s highlights: there’s also bear-filled forests and bird-rich bogs on its doorstep.

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