Kadrioru Library
Open today
12–19Opening hours
Welcoming spring with a book
The theme of the 14th season of "Welcoming spring with a book" programme is "This peculiar beast". The challenge of the programme is to read through and give fe...The theme of the 14th season of "Welcoming spring with a book" programme is "This peculiar beast". The ...
Museum ticket rental
You can borrow a joint ticket to the Tallinn Literary Centre and Tallinn City Museum or a ticket to the Estonian Health Museum from the Kalamaja and Kadriorg li...You can borrow a joint ticket to the Tallinn Literary Centre and Tallinn City Museum or a ticket to the...
Services
- You can borrow a ROMOSS sailing 3 battery bank for on-site use to recharge the batteries of your mobile phones and other digital devices.
- There are two computer workstations. All computers are equipped with OpenOffice software and ID card readers. Computer time can be booked in advance by e-mail or phone.
You can borrow e-readers from Tallinn Libraries for 21 days without the possibility of extending the return period.
You can borrow the BOOX C65ML and BOOX Go Color 7 (Gen II) e-readers from the Kadrioru Library.
We offer free individual and group training in Tallinn Libraries. We will agree on the time and place of the training together. The topics can be adapted and combined. We’ll find the right option for you.
Training topics, venues and more information can be found here.→
At the Kadrioru Library
we offer the following training courses (in Estonian):
- Basic computer training
- Basic facebook training
- Artificial intelligence for beginners
- Text and spreadsheet editing in MS Office for beginners
- Internet and information sources
- Private sector e-services (online banking, online shops, etc.)
- Use of ID card, mobile ID and Smart ID
- National e-services and websites
- Tallinn city e-services
- Counselling for jobseekers
Copies and printing
(black and white A4 only)
- Text, single-sided – 0,10 €/page
- Text, double-sided – 0,20 € / sheet
- Image, single-sided – 0,40 €/page
- Image, double-sided – 0,80 € / page
Scanning
Saving via librarian sending to the reader’s e-mail address 0,20 € per page.
You can play various board games at the library.
We also have Playstation 4 and 5. You can only play console games on site at the library. List of games here→
- document covers (rubberband sealed) – 1 €
- plastic covers A4, L-pocket – 0,20 €
- plastic covers A4, U-pocket – 0,20 €
- ballpoint pen – 0,80 €
- cloth bag – 2,50 €
From the Kalamaja library and Kadrioru library you can borrow a joint ticket to the Tallinn Literary Centre and Tallinn City Museum or a ticket to Estonian Health Museum which gives you the opportunity to visit these museums free of charge. You can borrow both individual and family tickets.
We invite kindergarten groups, classes and teachers to visit us for library hours.
- Library hour is an educational and participatory non-formal educational program in the library.
- It lasts about 45 minutes.
- Educational programmes are free of charge for Tallinn educational institutions! (except Culture Ticket classes). For institutions outside Tallinn, the library’s price list applies (except via Culture Backpack). ↓
Tallinn Libraries sell fiction (including children’s literature and poetry) and non-fiction books that are out of date, in large print or in new editions. Book prices start from € 0,15. The books on sale can be consulted at the library. The proceeds of the sale will be used to buy new books.
Libraries occasionally organise book fairs, keep an eye on our news, events calendar or join our newsletter. We also share information on our social media channels on Facebook and Instagram.
For visitors with special needs
- You can enter the library in a wheelchair or pushchair using the ramp.
- We have a disabled toilet.
- The service counter has hearing aid’s hearing loop, which you can use with your hearing aid in hearing loop mode.
→ See the library’s accessibility in the LIPS information system
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Home service. If you are a resident of Tallinn and are temporarily or permanently disabled and unable to visit the library, you can use the library’s free home delivery service→