Pop-up restaurants, food trucks and concerts will take place this weekend during the Tartu Food and Wine Festival which opens for the fifth time on Friday (August 5).
The Estonian town of Tartu to have a car-free avenue
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Tartu, the second-largest town in Estonia, will have a special car-free avenue from 9 July until 8 August this summer; the avenue will host a cultural programme.
The car-free avenue will be at the section of Tartu’s Vabaduse Puiestee – a long road between the town’s old part and the river Emajõgi.
The car-free avenue was first organised in the summer of 2020. “This year, the car-free avenue will also be expanded to the adjacent park,” the town’s mayor, Urmas Klaas, said in a statement.
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The town’s aim is to attract people to “spend time safely”, offering them a cultural programme and activities that “enliven the urban space”.
A part of Tartu s Vabaduse puiestee will once again be made into a Car-free Avenue from July 9-August 8. The popular initiative from last year will see improvements and additions made to its cultural program and activities, the city announced. Autovabaduse (Car-free) puiestee was one of the more memorable events from last summer. We decided to bring it back this year so that the people of Tartu and our visitors could spend quality time in the city center. This year, Autovabaduse puiestee will be extended to the nearby park and the themes of the month-long event are urban space and environment, Mayor of Tartu Urmas Klaas said.