“The Ülemiste Girl” is a monumental mural created by Von Bomb (Indrek Haas), completed in 2015, and it has become one of the best-known and most influential street art works in Estonia. The work depicts a young maiden with a red umbrella standing in rain made of binary code – a visual that combines both the technological and the poetic world.

The 1,780-square-metre painting, measuring 33 × 60 metres, is located in the Ülemiste City campus at Suur-Sõjamäe 12A. Created on the wall of a former industrial area, the work also reflects well the transformation of the surrounding area into a modern and innovative business environment, where technology and knowledge-based fields play a central role.

One of the work’s central visual elements is the so-called binary rain – code made up of zeros and ones, through which computers communicate with one another. The artist drew inspiration for using this image from the cult film “”The Matrix””, but Von Bomb has given it a local and more meaningful dimension. Hidden inside the binary code is a fragment from Debora Vaarandi’s poem “Ülemiste vanake ja noor linnaehitaja”, tying the work deeply to Estonian culture and local lore.

This reference also brings the legend of the Ülemiste area into play. The Old Man of Lake Ülemiste, who according to legend watches over the city and occasionally asks whether Tallinn is finished, is connected through the poem with the young city builder – a symbol representing development, diligence and a future-oriented way of thinking. The same youthful energy and constant change also characterise the Ülemiste City campus, which the work visually reflects.

Von Bomb is known for using the stencil technique and socially charged messages, but “The Ülemiste Girl” stands out because of its scale and layered meaning. The work combines technology, literature, folklore, urban space and identity into one whole, offering both a visual experience and deeper food for thought.

The result is an iconic work in urban space that is not merely an eye-catching painting, but a symbol of the story of the Ülemiste area – a place that can never truly be finished, but is constantly developing.