OSLO
HELSINKI
925 km
SAINT PETERSBURG 330 km
220 km
TALLINN STOCKHOLM 510 km
180 km
ESTONIA
MOSCOW
TARTU
717 km
PECHORY 111 km
RIGA
210 km
COPENHAGEN 900 km
VILNIUS 430 km
BERLIN 1055 км
How to get to Tartu BY PLANE Tartu is situated in South Estonia and directly accessible by plane via Helsinki. Helsinki-Tartu flights are operated by Finnair (www.finnair.com) and the flight takes 50 minutes. Tickets for the flights leaving from Tartu Airport (www.tartu-airport.ee) can be bought on the Finnair website. You can also travel to Tartu through Tallinn and Riga. Tallinn Airport (www.tallinn-airport.ee), providing numerous international flight connections, is located just outside the city centre of the capital, on the road to Tartu. It is comfortable to rent a car, take a bus or use Airport Shuttle (www.tartaline.ee) service. Riga International Airport (www.riga-airport.com) is connected with Tartu through Lux Express (www.luxexpress.eu) and Ecolines buses (www.ecolines.net). BY BUS The trip from Tallinn to Tartu takes around 2.5 hours, with buses leaving Tallinn every half an hour or so from 5:40 to 23:00 (www.tpilet.ee). Every hour on the hour from 6:00 to 23:00, comfortable Lux Express buses depart on the Tartu-Tallinn-Tartu route. You can read newspapers, use the free WiFi, listen to music or watch movies on the bus. All Lux Express buses stop at Tallinn Airport in both directions. There are also international bus connections with the Latvian capital city Riga (www.ecolines.net, www.luxexpress. eu) as well as with St. Petersburg (www.luxexpress.eu), Pechory and Pskov (www.tpilet.ee) in Russia.
BY TRAIN Tartu Railway Station is 1.5 km from the city centre and you can take trains between Tartu and a number of destinations such as Tallinn (incl. Jõgeva, Tapa, Aegviidu), Valga (incl. Elva) and Koidula (incl. Põlva, Piusa) several times a day (www.elron.ee). Connections to Narva and Jõhvi are also available through Tapa as well as to Riga, Latvia, through Valga and Valka (www.pv.lv). From the Tartu Railway Station, you can take the bus no. 20 or a taxi to the city centre or take a short walk while looking at the sights. BY CAR Tartu, the second largest city in Estonia, is also the biggest centre in South Estonia and many important national roads pass through here. Tallinn (186 km), Pärnu (170 km) and Narva (182 km) are only about a 2.5-hour drive away, while Riga is only 260 km or about 3.5 hours to the south-west. Driving here also means you can stop and admire some of Estonia’s prettiest and most interesting sights along the way! For ideas, see www.visit estonia.com. Those travelling between Riga, Tartu and St. Petersburg can plan their trip through Estonia using the Via Hanseatica travel planner (www.viahanseatica. info). Visitors who want to explore Tartu and the county first-hand can hire a car or a bike – information about both options is available from the Tartu Visitor Centre (info@visittartu.com) and online at www.visittartu.com.