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About Tartu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tartu, the second largest city in Estonia with a population of about 98 000 people (2025), is the biggest centre in South Estonia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tartu is known as Estonia\u2019s cultural \u201cheart and soul\u201d \u2013 the city hosts various concerts, festivals, plays, conferences and sporting events throughout the year. It is home to over 20 museums and has been part of the UNESCO Creative Cities network as an International City of Literature since 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2024, Tartu was the European Capital of Culture<\/a>, catching the eye of major publications such as\u00a0National Geographic Traveller<\/a>, which called it \u201cone of the 30 most exciting destinations to visit in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n More information about Tartu can be found here: <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n About Tartu University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tartu is Estonia\u2019s university city. The University of Tartu<\/a> is Estonia\u2019s largest and oldest university, founded in 1632 by Gustav Adolf II, the king of Sweden. It is the leading research university in Estonia and the only Estonian-language universitas \u2013 comprehensive university \u2013 in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n More than 17,000 people work and study at the university. Every fifth resident of Tartu is a student at the university!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The University of Tartu is among the first 400 in two of the world\u2019s most prestigious university rankings and among 1% of the world\u2019s most cited universities and research institutions in 15 fields of research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Read more about The University of Tartu here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Food & drink<\/strong> in Tartu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tartu is the centre of South Estonian flavours. Here you will come upon plenty of cosy cafes and diverse restaurants, on whose menus authentic Estonian food as well as dishes from different nations can be found.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recommendations from the local team<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n All venues should offer vegetarian options, but we recommend checking their menus in advance on their websites. More recommendations about food & drink in Tartu can be found here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About Tartu Tartu, the second largest city in Estonia with a population of about 98 000 people (2025), is the biggest centre in South Estonia. Tartu is known as Estonia\u2019s cultural \u201cheart and soul\u201d \u2013 the city hosts various concerts, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":310,"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-66","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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