Cruise ships disgorge far more tourists than the regular ferries, with Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday seeing three different examples of state-of-the-art nautical architecture gracing the capitals Old Town harbor, and take advantage of both the new cruise ship terminal and the new pedestrian bridge which cuts out a lengthy walk between two terminals.

On Wednesday, the 19-deck, 323-meter long Italian-built MSC Seaview will arrive from Sweden.

The Maltese-flagged Seaview (see cover image) is three years old and cost €700 million to build.

By comparison, the Titanic was 269 meters long, had nine decks, and cost around €175 million in today's money, when laid down.

Saturday is the turn of the 251-meter-long Oceania Marina en route to Kotka, Finland, having come from Riga. The Oceania Marina sails under the Marshall Islands' flag and cost €500 million when she was built in Italy, 10 years ago.

The very next day, Sunday, the Finnish-built Mein Schiff 6 docks in Tallinn. Four years old, the Mein Schiff 6 flies the flag of Malta, is 295 meters long and also cost €500 million to construct.

International arrivals in Tallinn via any mode of transport will be subject to checks depending on where they have sailed from. The latest restrictions are here.

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