Almost one month passed since I’ve arrived in Tartu, Estonia. I’ve got many new experiences here, meeting new friends, walking around, and back to student’s life again. I’ve taken some photos during my first month here, and I will make this post as a simple photo essay. Here we go …
1. Tartu Town Hall and #Tartu2024
Tartu has won the bid to be Estonia’s European Capital of Culture in 2024.
This 2nd largest city of Estonia has been a valued cultural city through centuries, and also considered as the intellectual center of the country.
The first national elite stemmed from the local university, the first newspapers and cultural societies began their work here, national theater emerged, and the first national song festival took place here as well.
2. The New Delta Centre Building and Emajõgi River
As stated here, the Delta Centre building will be the most important hub of information technology, mathematics, and economics, which supports advancing science in entrepreneurship and engages entrepreneurs in the development of the university’s core activities. This new building will be finished by 2020, so most of the University of Tartu students will move here to study by spring 2020 semester. Can’t wait to experience it! :)
The Emajõgi river is the second largest river in Estonia and it has a meaning “Mother River” (ema = mother ; jõgi = river). According to Wikipedia, Tartu became an important trading center in Ancient Estonia, because the Emajõgi river has been widely used as a waterway and trade route.
3. Jänese matkarada Hiking Trail
Fifty percents of Estonia area was a forest. That’s one of the reasons why the air quality in this country felt so fresh. In my first weeks living in Tartu, I always try to spend my Sunday morning to walk around the hiking trail near the city. One of them is Jänese matkarada which means “Rabbit Hiking Trail” in English.
4. University of Tartu Opening Ceremony at Kassitoome
In the sunny day of autumns season, all the students and UT staff do the opening ceremony to welcome every new student who arriving in Tartu. After traditional speeches, the ceremony continues with a concert performance “Languages of the University”.
5. University of Tartu Library
Visiting a library become my hobbies since my living experience in Australia. It’s a window of knowledge to the world and the best place to get focused on reading and studying. To get a library card, we need to register online and pay 1.6 EUR to reception staff.
