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Big Summer Celebration Party
Car-free Avenue hosts the biggest event of the summer, where beloved artists perform. The concert performance is energetic, cross-generational and suitable for families to enjoy.
Half of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 title year has already taken place, and half a year of events and experiences are still to come. Let’s come together for a big summer celebration!
European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 Summer Celebration is a part of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 main programme.
Estonian National Museum
The Estonian National Museum was founded in Tartu in 1909 on the initiative and with the support of the nation – with the task to protect and develop the history and culture of Estonia.
Photo credit: VisitEstonia.com
Upside Down House
Upside Down House is a dizzying adventure for everybody – grown-ups and children. They literally have turned the house upside down. Upstairs is downstairs and vice versa.
Botanical Garden
The University of Tartu Botanical Gardens was founded in 1803, onto the area of the current Tiigi st. park. There are more than 10,000 species and varieties of plants in the garden.
The mission of the garden is to teach the visitors the diversity of the flora, saving usage of plantal resources and protection.
It is the oldest botanical garden in the Baltic States, operating for more than 200 years in the same location. The garden is designed by world-renowned botanists, professors Ledebour and Bunge. Guests can visit the greenhouses with a ticket, but the garden is open for everyone for free. There is a playground for children.
TYPA
TYPA is a design centre for print and paper art where we display a host of historic presses and traditional techniques from papermaking to letterpress book printing.
According to the feedback from Tripadvisor, they are ranked 1st among the 124 institutions and 28 museums in Tartu.
vSpa Water and Sauna Center
Many different kinds of saunas and water rituals will make you feel relaxed.
A. Le Coq Beer Museum
Tartu is the birthplace of beer brewing in Estonia and it has been a beer city for almost 100 years. A beer museum was opened in the territory of the A. Le Coq Brewery in 2003 and it introduces the history of industrial beer brewing.
