Tourist Attractions & Sightseeing

Sculpture of Johann Voldemar Jannsen on Rüütli street situates the modern city sculpture perfect example - the life-size sculpture of Johann Voldemar Jannsen, the father of Estonian journalism. Hard hat in one hand and newspaper in the other he is like ...

Karl Menning was the founder of Estonian professional theatre. Having sold his inheritance he turned to Europe to study theatre and life. He also served as a diplomat during the very tense time around the birth of Estonian republic looking for internati...

The English author of Irish roots, Oscar Wilde and the Estonian author Eduard Vilde never met but they could have had for they were from the same generation. It is not known though that Wilde would have visited Tartu. It is known that Vilde visited USA ...

Oskar Luts (1887--1953) is an author fallen short of the academic recognition but injustly so. His funny and sweet characters from Spring have become national archetypes and given name to prizes and institutions. Google knows better too, it celebrated h...