{"id":7,"date":"2024-04-04T05:27:32","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T02:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/epic-xs\/how-get-there\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T05:28:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T02:28:21","slug":"how-get-there","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/epic-xs\/how-get-there\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get there?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tThe event takes place in Tartu city centre at the VSpa Hotel and Conference Centre (https:\/\/vspahotel.ee\/en\/<\/a>).\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAddress is\u00a0Riia 2, Tartu, 51004, Estonia. Find it on the map<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tTallinn Airport<\/u><\/strong>
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\n\tTallinn Airport<\/strong> offers connections with various countries in Europe. Transport between Tallinn and Tartu takes\u00a0approximately 2-2.5\u00a0hours.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tGetting from Tallinn Airport to Tartu:<\/u><\/strong>
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\n\tBy bus<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThere is a direct bus from Tallinn Airport to Tartu. The bus goes at least hourly\u00a0from 7\u00a0am to 11 pm.\u00a0LuxExpress buses are very comfortable \u2013 there\u2019s free WiFi, individual multimedia screens, some buses offer warm drinks, and all of them have a toilet available. Tickets can be bought here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.tpilet.ee\/en\/<\/a>. Tickets cost around 10 EUR. They accept electronic tickets. Tartu bus station is less than a 5 minute walk from the VSpa hotel.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tNB!<\/strong> Please note that buses are usually quite busy during\u00a0the weekends\/-beginnings, so it is advisable to buy the tickets several days in advance.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tInsert \u2018Tallinn Airport\u2019 as the departure stop, if you plan to come directly from airport.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tGoogle can help you find a Tallinn-Tartu shuttle bus, if your flight arrives\/leaves at night.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBy train<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTrain leaves from \u00dclemiste train station, which is approx. 1 km from the airport. Train tickets can be bought on the train from the conductor or online (https:\/\/elron.ee\/en\/<\/a>). Tickets cost around 10 EUR. Second class tickets do not have assigned seats, so getting a seat depends on availability. If you do want to assure yourself a seat, it is advisable to buy a 1st class seat, which costs a couple of euros extra.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTartu train station is ~2 km from VSpa hotel. You can order\u00a0a taxi \u2013 there are probably some in front of the train station, or order a ride through the Bolt App (information below). Taking a taxi in Tartu is not expensive (usual prices are less than 10 euros for a ride within the city), but be prepared to pay in cash.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tNB!<\/strong> Please note that trains\u00a0are usually quite busy during\u00a0the weekends\/-beginnings, so it is advisable to buy the 1st class ticket a couple of days in advance.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBy taxi<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThis is not advisable for several reasons, but if you have no other option\u2026 Some taxis are willing to drive the 200 km, so you have to find the right taxi driver or call a\u00a0taxi centre. Prices vary (~150-200 EUR). You should either agree on the price before getting on the taxi or they will keep the meter running (you do the math).\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tTartu Airport<\/u><\/strong>
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\n\tIt is possible to fly to Tartu Airport<\/strong>, which is a tiny airport (maybe even the tiniest in the world) and offers one flight per day to and from Helsinki Airport (operated by Finnair). The flight from Helsinki takes 40 minutes.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTartu Airport is located approx. 10 km from Tartu city centre. Taxi costs around 15 EUR. You can also download the Bolt App<\/strong> (local Uber), which is usually cheaper than regular taxi, you can pay directly by credit card or by cash, and receive a receipt on your email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 The event takes place in Tartu city centre at the VSpa Hotel and Conference Centre (https:\/\/vspahotel.ee\/en\/). Address is\u00a0Riia 2, Tartu, 51004, Estonia. Find it on the map. \u00a0 Tallinn Airport Tallinn Airport offers connections with various countries in Europe. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/epic-xs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/epic-xs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/epic-xs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/epic-xs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/epic-xs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/epic-xs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/epic-xs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/epic-xs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}