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The Tallinn City Government has approved the locations of polling stations for the 2025 local elections. The updated list reflects voters’ preferences for casting their ballots in shopping centres, improved accessibility, and participation rates in previous elections. Polling stations with fewer than 600 voters will be merged with others. In total, 43 physical polling stations will be open across Tallinn, with one additional station designated for organising voting at the voter's location.

The City of Tallinn will once again offer free legal counselling to residents in 2025, with consultation days scheduled in each city district. The next counselling sessions will take place on 19 March from 9:00–13:00 at the Põhja-Tallinn District Government and on 21 March from 9:00–13:00 at the City Centre Social Centre.

By Tuesday, City Centre and in Nõmme districts had reached the legitimacy quota on the participatory budget vote. Residents in the other districts are encouraged to actively contribute to reaching the minimum required.

One of the main objectives for Tallinn city budget for 2022 is a comfortable and safe urban space, which includes investment in cycle paths and making streets more pedestrian-friendly. Two new green corridors will also be launched.

Tallinn aims to create a continuous, almost nine-kilometer-long park area on the limestone strip in Lasnamäe.

During the last two weekends of October, residents of Tallinn can once again give away hazardous waste free of charge. On October 23, hazardous waste are collected in Kesklinn and Lasnamäe, on October 24 in Kristiine and Põhja-Tallin, on October 30 in Pirita and Mustamäe, and on October 31 in Haabersti and Nõmme.

Tallinn voters who cannot vote in the local elections at the polling place because of a health condition or other compelling reasons can order a ballot box at home by contacting the city district government.

By Tuesday evening, 15,922 voters had cast their votes in Tallinn polling places, which is a little over half of the people who had voted in polling places all over Estonia.

The photo contest "Year-Round in Tallinn 2021" is held every year to find interesting photos that would capture the events taking place in the city and the change of the cityscape in different seasons. Cristo Pihlamäe's photo "Reflection" turned out to be this year’s winning work.