the tower

Tallinn is a beautiful little city with tons of little towers that you can climb to the top of. I wanted to see a panoramic view of the city so we chose this one to climb. It is called Oleviste kirk- St. Olav's church- here is what I found out about it's history on a tourist website.

"The 124-metre high Oleviste Kirik was named after St. Olav, the canonised Norwegian king Olav Haraldsson. The Gothic style church was probably the tallest building in Europe around 1500 - and the spire was used as a navigational landmark by sailors.There's a viewing platform at the base of the church's spire, around 60 metres above the ground - and the views of the Old Town from here are truly fantastic, well worth the effort of the climb..! The viewing platform goes all the way around the tower, so you'll see the port and the Baltic Sea as well. Be aware that the stairs are pretty steep, and very uneven and narrow -"
After reading the comments Nikki was excited for the climb but Josh wasn't so sure- he took a bit more convincing.

Yes, the stairs were very steep, winding, and narrow- all of which wouldn't be too bad if there wasn't people going up and down in the same set of stairs!

But in the end we climbed all the way to the top! When we arrived to the top the view was breathtaking!

Even Josh was happy we took the climb ! However, the safety standards might not have been the best? The walk way was an unsecured board laid down on the slanted roof! It was fun regardless!