In the center of Esplanade is a gorgeous park, with a statue paying tribute to Engel. Although German (Prussian) born, Engel worked as architect in Tallinn and St. Petersburg, where his designs eventually caught the eye of the Czar. The park always has something fun going on: music, bubbles for the kids, food carts. But it’s also a great spot to just sit and imagine 19th-century Finnish, Swedish, and Russian ladies sashaying down the boulevard beneath their frilly parasols.