Free time
tARTuFF
Black Nights Film Festival’s summer sub-festival Tartuff is a unique outdoor film festival taking place in the heart of the beautiful Tartu Old Town, Estonia. The festival screens a diverse selection of genre and documentary films, focusing on the most important thing in the world – love.
More info: https://tartuff.ee/en/
Tartu Food and Wine Festival
This year, the Tartu Food and Wine Festival is celebrating its fifth anniversary. The festival’s food area will be set up along Vabaduse Boulevard, near Kaarsild Bridge, where you can try and buy the products of small Estonian producers, dine in nice pop-up restaurants, or grab a lite bite from street food trucks and enjoy yourself in the picnic area decorated with lights in the park.
Photo credits: Evelin Lumi / Marek Metslaid
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.
