Rotermanni kvartal

This guide to Rotermanni kvartal in Tallinn returns to 1979, when director Andrei Tarkovsky filmed his science fiction classic Stalker in this then-abandoned block of nationalized factories, turning the ruin into the forbidden Zone of his story. You'll hear about the narrow passage where his three characters jumped from their jeep to hide from a patrol, and how the same passage today carries the name Stalkeri kaik in memory of that scene. Stand in it and notice how thoroughly the old game of hiding has been reversed by the wine bars and design shops around you.