Multicultural Kalamaja 2025
Kalamaja has become excitingly multicultural in recent years and we are happy to share the color we have with others!
“Multicultural Kalamaja” is an initiative in which we introduce different nationalities who live and/or work in Kalamaja in order to integrate community members with different languages and cultures through cultural activities.
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If we have active foreigners who seize the opportunity and want to introduce themselves and their culture, and if we also have enough interested people who take part in the events, then a new tradition will be born in Kalamaja, with which we enrich the “The Days of National Cultures 2025” (Rahvuskultuuride päevad 2025), will take place in Tallinn in September.
“Multicultural Kalamaja 2025” will take place between 20 and 26 September 2025
The aim of the event is to raise awareness of cultural diversity and introduce Kalamaja as an open, inclusive and creative living environment by supporting the culture of integration of ethnic minorities.
The target group of the events is primarily the residents of Kalamaja.
We want better relations to develop in the community and support the integration of local foreigners into community life.
We offer interested people of different ages, both from Estonia and abroad, the opportunity to visit free cultural events and participate in an event in the Kalamaja Museum community kitchen for a symbolic fee.
Kalamaja is one of the most interesting multicultural settlements in Tallinn with innovative architectural solutions. Many creative people have gathered in our settlement and several foreigners are active.
The project “Multicultural Kalamaja”:
🐟 introduces the multicultural community of the Tallinn settlement, Kalamaja
🐟 enriches Tallinn’s cultural life by adding interesting and educational cultural events to Tallinn’s cultural calendar
🐟 creates a new tradition. The first event of its kind will be held in 2025. Since there are so many different nationalities in Kalamaja, we want to create an annual tradition and offer various activities within the framework of the “The Days of National Cultures” in the coming years as well.
The following events will take place in the “Multicultural Kalamaja 2025” program:
👉 On Saturday, September 20th at 11:00 am, we are waiting for everyone who wants to learn more about world dances and French culture to an entertaining cultural program at Kalma Square.
At 11:00 am, the renowned artist, choreographer and dance teacher Iris Frolov from the dance troupe Zahira will perform. She will will take us on a world dance journey, ending in France.
From 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, French street artist Sylvain Oulala will introduce French culture through being a street artist on a monowheel. The link to the event with his introduction is here – look, read and share with friends!
👉 On Wednesday, September 24th, the event will take place at Colab Café, Soo 42:
American Autumn! 👉 On Wednesday, September 24, from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, at Colab Café, Soo 42 Michan Smiley will introduce American culture and the traditions of America’s favorite season, autumn – special offers and an exciting evening of conversation about America and Americans. American music, food and drink.
Have you ever had a pumpkin-flavored drink? Do you know why Americans celebrate autumn with football? Come join us and find out!
The event link is here. Read, share with a friend and come to Soo 42, Kalamaja. Tallinn 🙂
👉 On Friday, September 26th from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, two interesting people – Estonian woman, consultant, writer and freelance journalist Katrin Aedma and Indian man Vipulkumar Kansar, who has lived in Estonia for over 10 years and speaks Estonian, will introduce India through Indian food culture – cuisine and food!
Vipulkumar from India, Gujarat state, carries on a family tradition where men are the kitchen bosses of their family.
Katrin, the creator of the Esto-India Kokaklubi online cooking training, whose latest book is about Indian food, uses her 20 years of experience in India to compare the two cultures and tell interesting stories.
The participation fee for the cultural evening is 25€, which includes both interesting and educational information, as well as an Indian dinner that you prepare and eat together 🙂 No need to worry about too many spices!
The project is carried out by the NGO Street Festival, is part of the Tallinn Days of National Cultures program, what takes place in Tallinn from 20 to 28 September 2025. Project is supported by the Tallinn Culture and Sports Department
