Kultuurikatel is a creative temple located on the border between Kalamaja and the city center, where concerts, theater performances, conferences, study groups, workshops, exhibitions, festivals, etc. take place. It is a visually fascinating building, because it is a power plant built at the beginning of the last century, where electricity was produced by burning oil shale in large boilers. These giant boilers are still in the renovated building (see a 360-view of the boiler room) and together with cathedral-sized stone walls and high ceilings create a special atmosphere. From below the boilers, the combustion gases moved through stone-lined flues into the high chimney - today, the way to the rooms in the basement of the cultural boiler runs through these flues. When you go there, you can admire the inside of the chimney and the peculiar low vaulted ceilings of the smoke passages (you can see the 360-view of the smoke passages here).
The main source of income for the Cultural Center is the rental of the premises in the building for various events. Started in 2017 and repeatedly renewed since then virtual tour With the help of Kultuurikatel, the cultural center can now show these spaces to interested parties online, without potential clients having to come in person. This convenient solution has already received a lot of positive feedback and may have played a role in the fact that the cultural center's sweeter rental spaces have been sold out for quite some time now.
