Tallinn, Estonia

Tallinn is beautiful, and a lot like Riga and Vilnius, but this city feels a lot more Northern and less Eastern. Herring is marinated in vinegar instead of oil (this makes me very happy since I eat herring everyday). There aren't any bums or alcoholics on the streets. Its Old City is better preserved than the other Baltics' - the Gothic town hall, the almost complete medieval city wall, and the Oleviste Church (once the tallest tower in the world when it was built in the early 13th century) are the most impressive. The Modern buildings in the downtown are quite ugly and look a little like IKEA, contributing to the more northern feel. Though I hear lots of Russian here, it's not nearly as common in the city center as it was in Latvia and Lithuania. Latvia seems to have a particularly bad problem with Russian-Latvian tensions, but here the two groups stick to themselves too.