A User's Guide to Tallinn differs from the usual tourist guides in that it is designed for people wanting to explore and make use of the city, rather than browse sights in the historic part of town. There are sections about architecture, history, art, street life and nightlife, as well as helpful morsels such as an overview of surveillance camera locations in the city center and a transcript from a guided tour for American cruise ship tourists. The book also tells a visual story with the inclusion of all of the images that were collected during the research phase.