Tourist Attractions & Sightseeing

Tartu Dome Church was once the biggest sacral building in Old Livonia. Its beginning goes back to the 13th century, it bore severe damages during the Reformation and the Livonian War. Its final end became with a fire in 1624. The inhabitable pa...

The science made in Tartu Observatory has changed the understanding of the Universe. The director of the observatory F.G.W. Struve (1793--1864) led the fixing of the geodetic line now known after his name. The line had an important role in understanding...

An urban legend says the stones meant for Tartu railway station were "put aside" and Veski villa was built of them instead. The villa does resemble to a railway station and the station is built of pulp… The first railway in Estonia was opened ...