Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2015/Travel

Travel to the meeting

Participants are expected to arrive in Tartu on Thursday, September 10th.

There is an airport in Tartu, but it is connected by flight only with Finland's capital Helsinki.

Probably you will arrive in Tallinn airport. From there, quite frequent buses go to Tartu. You can buy a ticket from the bus driver.

If you want to go sightseeing in Tallinn, bus nr 2 will take you from the airport to town centre (line destination Reisisadam, not Mõigu, the two directions have the same stop). When in the town centre, you can take a train to Tartu from the main train station "Balti jaam" or a bus to Tartu from the Tallinn bus station.

Another option is to arrive in Riga airport (Latvia). Buses from there to Tartu are operated by Lux Express and Ecolines. You have to buy a bus ticket in advance.

Buses Riga - Tartu:

08:55-12:50 Lux Express Riga bus station - Tartu 16 EUR
18:45-22:40 Lux Express Riga bus station - Tartu 16 EUR (departure from Riga airport 17:45, 17 EUR)
19:00-22:55 Ecolines Riga bus station - Tartu 12 EUR (departure from Riga airport 18:20)
22:00-01:35 Ecolines Riga bus station - Tartu 12 EUR (departure from Riga airport 21:20)
22:45-02:25 Simple Express Riga bus station - Tartu 11 EUR (departure from Riga airport 22:00, 12 EUR)
23:55-03:35 Lux Express Riga bus station - Tartu 16 EUR

Train Riga - Tartu:: due to schedule changes there is no reasonable train connection.

To get from Riga Airport to city center, use bus 22, use ticket machine at bus stop (€1.15).

If anyone needs guidance from airport to city center/bus terminal in Riga, User:Papuass is willing to assist.

Further information can be found in the Wikivoyage article about Tartu.

Get-together and dinner in Tartu on Thursday evening (September 10th) at 19:00 will take place in Ülikooli kohvik (Ülikooli 20, next to the main building of University of Tartu).

Transportation from Tartu to Voore Puhkekeskus is organized at 9:30 in the morning of Friday, September 11th. The bus will take us on in front of the hotel "Tartu".

If you are planning to arrive later or have any questions, please contact Teele Vaalma, teele@wikimedia.ee.

Travel from the meeting

Transportation from Voore Puhkekeskus to Tartu is organized in the evening of Sunday, September 13th.

From the Tartu bus station, quite frequent buses go to Tallinn airport. You can buy a ticket at the bus station or from the bus driver. If you are a scholarship recipient, please ask Teele to buy you a ticket online.

Buses from Tartu bus station to Riga airport (Latvia) are operated by Lux Express and Ecolines. You have to buy a bus ticket in advance.

Buses Tartu - Riga:

03:00-06:55 Lux Express Tartu - Riga bus station 16 EUR
03:10-07:00 Ecolines Tartu - Riga bus station 12 EUR (arrival at Riga airport 8:00)
04:05-07:45 Simple Express Tartu - Riga bus station 11 EUR (arrival at Riga airport 8:15, 12 EUR)
06:30-10:30 Ecolines Tartu - Riga bus station 12 EUR (arrival at Riga airport 11:30)
07:20-11:15 Lux Express Tartu - Riga bus station 16 EUR (arrival at Riga airport 11:45, 17 EUR)
18:40-22:20 Lux Express Tartu - Riga bus station 16 EUR

Train Tartu - Riga on Monday:

14:58–16:08 Tartu - Valga changing trains 17:03-20:51 Valga - Riga 10 EUR in total

If you have any questions, please contact Teele Vaalma, teele@wikimedia.ee.