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Town Hall Square has been the undisputed hub of Old Town for the last eight centuries and is surrounded by elaborate merchant houses and, in summer, packed with cafe tables, it is a natural magnet for natural magnet for tourists.

We had a snack at a table on Town Hall Square and enjoyed people watching the tourists wandering about Town Square.

St. Catherine's passage is easily the most picturesque of Old Town's lanes and is a narrow walkway that runs between Vene and Muurivahe streets, along the back of what used to be St. Catherine's Church. What makes the passage particularly interesting is that it has home to the St. Catherine's Guild, a collection of craft workshops where artists use traditional methods to create and sell glassware, hats, quilts, etc.

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