Maali’s guidebook for Tartu
Cool things to do with children
Tartu Toy Museum: this is the coziest little museum I've ever seen. It's stock full of all kinds of toys from different eras; a treat for children (and most probably also their parents, for nostalgic reasons :)
17 preporuka/e lokalaca
Tartu Toy Museum
8 LutsuTartu Toy Museum: this is the coziest little museum I've ever seen. It's stock full of all kinds of toys from different eras; a treat for children (and most probably also their parents, for nostalgic reasons :)
The main destination for families with kids. Lots of fun science-y stuff to experience, touch and see.
52 preporuka/e lokalaca
AHHAA Znanstveni centar
1 SadamaThe main destination for families with kids. Lots of fun science-y stuff to experience, touch and see.
Food and where to find it
The place is very simple but they make great Georgian and Armenian food. There is usually a real grandmother in the kitchen, making perfect homestyle meals.
Smile Cafe
15b RiiaThe place is very simple but they make great Georgian and Armenian food. There is usually a real grandmother in the kitchen, making perfect homestyle meals.
Kivi Konsum
25a Narva mntThe closest decent grocery store, on the way to the old town.
Kohvik Spargel
13 KaleviFancy but always fresh food, artsy café in a nice house.
Events
Local gathering place of all kinds of subcultures. Features a vegan fast food kiosk and a bar with friendly young people. Various concerts, poetry nights and parties are held there.
15 preporuka/e lokalaca
Genialistide Klubi
5 MagasiniLocal gathering place of all kinds of subcultures. Features a vegan fast food kiosk and a bar with friendly young people. Various concerts, poetry nights and parties are held there.
Bars and cafés
Barlova
29 TäheCool bar in a cozy neighborhood. Often there's live music.
Best place to have some glasses of wine with friends. The locale can be impossibly busy but if you score a table, it's usually fun. Good wine, good snacks.
24 preporuka/e lokalaca
Wine and Vine
8 RüütliBest place to have some glasses of wine with friends. The locale can be impossibly busy but if you score a table, it's usually fun. Good wine, good snacks.
NAIIV
5 Vabaduse pstCraft beers, slightly hipstery people, nice bar for a night out.
Sightseeing/simply nice places
Lovely little botanical garden. In wintertime, go enjoy the warmth in the cactus section upstairs. In summertime, good place for a picnic. In spring, rhododendrons!
29 preporuka/e lokalaca
Botanički vrt Sveučilišta u Tartuu
38 LaiLovely little botanical garden. In wintertime, go enjoy the warmth in the cactus section upstairs. In summertime, good place for a picnic. In spring, rhododendrons!
Well, it's big and it's close :) To be honest, I've never been there myself, but from the previous location of the museum I remember there being lots of objects of anthropological interest: national handicrafts (obviously), but also people's stories, Soviet-time trivia etc.
Estonian National Museum
2 Muuseumi teeWell, it's big and it's close :) To be honest, I've never been there myself, but from the previous location of the museum I remember there being lots of objects of anthropological interest: national handicrafts (obviously), but also people's stories, Soviet-time trivia etc.