Legend
Kiek in de Kök: peeping into kitchens
The great cannon tower on the slope of Toompea was finished in the 1470s and was one of the strongest in the Baltic lands. Its name comes from Low German and means 'peep into the kitchen'. Legend says that the guards at the top could look straight down into the kitchens of the houses below and see what everyone was cooking for dinner. Cannonballs from the Livonian War are still stuck in its walls.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Toompea nõlval seisev suur kahuritorn valmis 1470. aastatel ja oli üks Baltimaade tugevamaid. Selle nimi tuleb alamsaksa keelest ja tähendab „vaata kööki“. Räägitakse, et torni tipus olevad valvurid nägid otse alla majade köökidesse ja teadsid, mida keegi õhtusöögiks keedab. Liivi sõja aegsed kahurikuulid on tänini tema müüridesse kinni jäänud.
Source: Tallinn tradition about the name of the tower.