Merko’s work for a better future starts with what we build — high-quality buildings and infrastructure that make life more comfortable, urban spaces shaped by our work, and homes where it feels good to live.
Our contribution to society continues through what we support — enriching urban space with art, creating accessible opportunities for healthy living, valuing culture and heritage, encouraging engineering education and future talent, and helping where we can.
If we have the chance to make something better, we give in to the temptation — and do it.
We believe long-term effort creates more value than one-time initiatives.
We focus on Merko’s long-term collaborations and professional partners.
We don’t aim for everything. Our support activities focus on five key areas.
If we have the chance to make something better, we give in to the temptation — and do it.
We believe long-term effort creates more value than one-time initiatives.
We focus on Merko’s long-term collaborations and professional partners.
We don’t aim for everything. Our support activities focus on five key areas.
Merko’s largest long-term support project is Estonian Health Trails, launched in 2005 together with Swedbank and Enefit. Across Estonia, there are 130 well-maintained trails that offer people the chance to take care of their health year-round, free of charge, while enjoying the outdoors. By promoting an active lifestyle, we help increase the number of healthy years lived by the people of Estonia.
In 2019, Tallinn’s medieval Old Town walls and towers received a modern lighting solution that brings them to life after dark. The lighting system was designed and built by Merko, with funding provided by Kapitel. As you stroll through the Old Town, you can discover newly illuminated walking paths, listen to fascinating and mystical stories about the city’s history through the audio guide, and admire the craftsmanship of builders from centuries past.
We enrich public space with art and inspire people to notice the living environment around them.
We believe that the quality of urban space affects people’s daily well-being just as much as the buildings and infrastructure themselves. That’s why we help shape a vibrant and diverse public realm — a place that’s not only for living or working, but also for walking, pausing and exploring.
We’ve lit up the historic city wall and towers in Tallinn’s Old Town and brought artworks into public spaces. We invite people to stop, even for a moment, and step out of the daily rush to notice the beauty and intrigue around them.
In the residential quarters developed by Merko, our responsibility doesn’t begin or end at the apartment building’s front door — it extends to the shared areas around the buildings. We design green spaces full of possibilities, encouraging people to relax, meet and enjoy time together. Public space gives places their identity and offers value to everyone moving through the city.
“At home and in our home city, we share responsibility for the environment we’ve created — or that those before us have entrusted us to protect and improve. If we have the chance to make something better, we give in to the temptation — and do it.”
The medieval defensive walls and towers of the Old Town were given a modern lighting solution that highlights and celebrates the craftsmanship of their builders from centuries past.
This artwork, placed atop a former lighting mast in the Noblessner area, brings new life to the urban space and gives a former industrial object new value.
The 2.5-metre-tall bronze monk sculptures in the Danish King’s Garden serve as a reminder that Tallinn’s Old Town is a stronghold of ghost stories.
To celebrate Merko’s 35th anniversary, we installed works by several Estonian artists in the underground car park beneath Freedom Square.
