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Tartu In Your Pocket: Summer/Autumn 2009

Tartu In Your Pocket: Summer/Autumn 2009

If you’re holding this guide in your hands, it means that you probably have an interest in Tartu, otherwise known as “The City of Good Thoughts”. Tartu, or Dorpat as it was once called, is Estonia’s second largest city in terms of population but largest when it comes to ideas - it was here that both independence movements were initiated, and it’s thanks to a Tartu student organisation that Estonia now has its tricolour flag; Tartu is also the birthplace of the mighty Song Festival, which moved the hearts of women and men and stopped an army.

The Song Festival, although now held in Tallinn, celebrates its 140th birthday this year and to commemorate this important event, we’ve come up with a special festival feature that you can find on here. Tartu will also come alive with the sound of music on June 13 when a celebratory ‘Song Festival’ is held at the festival grounds. You can find more details about this fantastic happening in the Culture section (p.10).

We’ve also come up with a pretty excellent list of other events to keep you occupied while enjoying your stay in this delightful city, and as usual we give you the complete low-down on where to eat and how to spend your nights in this university town.

So go ahead, put Tartu in your pocket, grab a friend or even a complete stranger and hit the town armed with the knowledge that as long as you have this handy guide, you probably won’t get lost and you certainly won’t get bored.

As always, please feel free to let us know if you have any suggestions or comments that might make our guide even better than it is. Please send your comments to nsi(at)inyourpocket.com.

Your input helps us to be at our best.

Thanks, and happy journeys.

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OUR Tartu HIGHLIGHTS

  • Hostel Narva mnt. 27

    Hostel Narva mnt. 27
    Tartu - Hotels - Budget
    Tartu Student Village is the organisation that runs Tartu University's dorms, which have been recently renovated and provide much nicer accommodation than you'd ever expect for a student resi
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  • Barclay

    Barclay
    Tartu - Hotels - Upmarket
    A definite feeling of old-fashioned elegance comes through in this stylish hotel. Rooms in the 1912-era building have high ceilings and tastefully mint-green tones. You&
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  • Starest

    Starest
    Tartu - Hotels - Budget
    Starest has unbelievably spiffy rooms for the price. All are brightly decorated, have wood floors and Sat-TV. Nearly all have their own shower/WC, others share with one neighbour.
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  • Hostel Raatuse

    Hostel Raatuse
    Tartu - Hotels - Budget
    A quick jaunt across the footbridge from Town Hall Square brings you to this sprawling dorm building, built in 2002. Every three rooms shares an immaculate, institutionally grey kitchen and shower/WC
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  • Hiie Maja

    Hiie Maja
    Tartu - Hotels - Rooms in private homes
    Just your average, ordinary, everyday residential house, with simple and comfy rooms upstairs. All rooms share the shower/WC. There's a common room with TV, internet-connected comp
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  • Park

    Park
    Tartu - Hotels - Mid-range
    True to its name, this hotel sits in a downtown park, just a short walk from all the major sights. Opened in 1940, it's not the newest of hotels, and has the creaky floors to prove it.
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    It is re-opening as of July 1 with a new menu and new look. The menu blew me away.[...]
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    Da Vinci deserves zero stars for its shabby serving portions. It's an upscale sham with absolutely no gelato tack. I asked for a grand size for up to four flavors and I received miniature bites of nothingness for 7 bucks. These servings were und[...]
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    I used to think the old Atlantis was one of the best designed clubs I had ever been in. It different areas with music for kids and for grown-ups, good space for dancing, good areas for viewing, and good areas for talking, with rotating couches [...]
  • Krooks
    I recently visited this Pub while on vacation in Estonia. My impression of this place can be condensed into a single word.... Amazing!The food and drinks were great and reasonably priced. The atmosphere was very interesting, you could spend quite [...]
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  • Dorpat
    Quite artfully, there had been rebates mentioned on the hotel website when a reservation was made (15% when staying a week and more if much longer), but upon my check-out this was removed. So, for regular medium-term guests (e.g. staying i[...]
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    This Hostel is one of the best I ever stayed at, with everything you need in the room including Kitchen, Fast internet, etc... The localization is perfect and the staff was very helpful and friendly. Not mentioning that the prices are really good.[...]
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