“At the turn of the centuries a horse-pulled street-car rattled through it, but nowadays the former thoroughfare belongs to the pedestrians. Viru Street is the trading centre of the old Town. There are cafés and passage-ways to shelter pedestrians from an unexpected shower. From earlier spring till late autumn flowers are on sale near the Viru Gate.”
– J. Aare, Tallinn. Таллин, Eesti Raamat, Sweden, 1985