SITUATED ON THE SOUTHERN COAST OF THE GULF OF FINLAND, TALLINN IS JUST A FOUR-HOUR FERRY RIDE FROM HELSINKI. THE CITY WAS ESTABLISHED THROUGH FORCE IN 1219 BY THE DANES AND THEN SUBJECT TO NEARLY EVERY NEARBY NATION SINCE THEN. REVAL, AS IT WAS NAMED FOR YEARS EARNED ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM THE DISINTEGRATED SOVIET UNION IN 1991. THIS FORMER HANSEATIC CITY OF 435,000 PEOPLE HAS ENGAGED THE FUTURE WITHOUT LOSING ITS PAST: IT BECAME A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE CITY IN 1997 DUE TO ITS HISTORICALLY INTACT CENTER. SIMULTANEOUSLY TALLINN HAS EMBRACED THE FUTURE BY BECOMING THE WORLD’S MOST DIGITAL CITY. THE MANHOLE COVER CELEBRATES THE UNESCO DECLARATION BOLDLY IN HELVETICA BLACK. A SHIELD DEPICTING THE CITY’S ASSOCIATION WITH THE GULF AND ITS URBANITY SITS CENTER. ONE CAN ALMOST SEE WITHIN THE BLUE, BLACK, AND WHITE OF THE TRI-COLOR FLAG. PART OF THE BALTIC STATES MANHOLE COASTER SET.