Viru street

The name of street is the same in Estonian.
Viru street is the main shopping street in the Old Town. A lot was built there in the 2nd half of the 19th and early 20th century.
For many visitors the first sign of Old Town is Viru Gate. Actually only the two side towers of its fortified approach have come down to our days and the town wall is still 40 meters away from where they stand. Viru gate Hill or kissing Hill was also formerly part of the town’s fortifications, the High Viru Gate bastion