How to get to Tartu
Accommodation
Conference Agenda
Conference packages
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General Information

TARTU

Tartu is the second largest city of Estonia. It is located in southeastern part of the country, about 185 kms from Tallinn. This cosy town has about 100000 inhabitants, but it is still small enough that many of the targets can be reached by walking. We can see two parts – the historical area and the business area. The centre of the city is the Town Hall Square (Raekoja Plats). The University of Tartu is the oldest and the biggest in Estonia. Its main building is located in the historical area.

Our conference will include a walking tour in Tartu on Saturday and during that most important sights of the centre will be seen. Tartu has several interesting museums. For those who want to take closer look we recommend an extra day in Tartu, but during the conference it is also possible to visit briefly 1-2 smaller museums. Here is a list of some museums and other attractions. More can be found at visittartu.com.

Estonian National Museum is located about 2 kms from the city centre. This fairly new museum is huge – we recommend to reserve several hours to visit that.

A small but impressive KGB Museum is at Riia highway, not far from the centre.

Tartu Toy Museum is a speciality in the historical centre.

The Estonian Sport and Olympic Museum is also located in the historical centre.

The Tartu University Museum is in the Toompea hill, in the old cathedral.

A Le Coq Beer Museum is located close to the historical centre.

The Tartu University Astronomy Tower is at Toompea Hill and gives you a beautiful view over the city and its premises.

AHHAA Science Centre is right behind our conference hotel.

TYPA Art Galleries (widget centre) have nice workshops available. Kastani 42, near the railway station.

St Paul’s Church of Tartu was designed by Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen. It is located at Riia highway near the railway station.

Villa Tammekann was designed by Alvar Aalto. It is located at Kreutzwald Street in a villa area, not far from the centre.

The Tartu University Botanical Gardens are in the centre.

How to get to Tartu

First of all, we offer a reasonably priced bus ride from Tallinn on Friday 20th of September at 12:30 hours. The bus will take us first to Türi in central Estonia, where we’ll visit the Estonian Brodcastin Museum. A lunch break is Türi will also be made. We hope that many of you will join this ride.

From Helsinki Finnair serves Tartu with two daily connections. A bit more expensive but quick and easy way to get there. Tartu airport is located about 11 kms south. Taxi to the city should be max 15 euros. Currently no other flights to Tartu airport are available.

Bus connections from Tallinn bus station run at least hourly through all day. Our conference hotel is located right at the Tartu bus station. Bus connections from Riga are also available, four times daily. Bussireisid.ee.

The train connection from Tallinn doesn’t differ much from the bus connection, but there are not many connections daily. The train station in Tartu is located somewhat further (about 1,5 kms from the conference hotel).

Accommodation

Our conference hotel in Tartu is called Hotel Tartu. It is an elderly hotel with basic working services. A new part was built recently with good conference and sauna facilities and some new rooms. We recommend staying here, because attending the conference is thus flexible.

For those wanting to have some luxury or maybe good spa facilities, we recommend to check Hotel V Spa (near the conference hotel), Lydia Hotel or Antonius Hotel (both in the historical area).

Conference Agenda

Friday 20 September

A group transport from Tallinn will leave the D-Terminal of the Port of Tallinn at 12.45 and pick up passengers at Viru bus stop (Musumägi) near hotel Viru at the Pärnu Maantie (direction south-west). This transport will also visit The Estonian Broadcasting Museum in Türi (central Estonia) and it should arrive at the conference hotel in Tartu at 18 hours. A lunch is served in Türi (Kohvik-Resto Ajatu).

The following agenda is preliminary and subject to changes. All presentations will be held in the conference room Meloodia (new part of the hotel, 5th floor).

19.00 Conference will be opened outside the hotel and the EDXC flag will be put up.
19.15 Presentation of Tartu and The Cultural Capital 2024 Project. Saile Mägi, international marketing manager, Tartu2024.
19.45 Pirate Radio in Film and Television. Jopi Nyman.
20.30 Notes on DX and shortwave meetings around the world. Risto Vähäkainu.

Saturday 21 September

08.00 Breakfast
10.00 The FM DXing today. Jukka Kotovirta
11.45 A walking tour in Tartu (two groups, one in English and one in Finnish)
13.00 Lunch at the Gunpowder Cellar
14.00 Finnish SW radio today: RealMix Radio, Radio Blacksmith Knoll, Radio Piko, Scandinavian Weekend Radio, SLART. Joakim Weckström, David Mawby, Risto Vähäkainu.
14.30 10 000 DX-verifications. Jim Solatie shares the story of his DX career, discussing his experiences at Aihkiniemi and various other DX sites, including some unmanned remote locations.
16.00 Coffee break.
16.30 Notes about the history of EDXC. Risto Vähäkainu et al.
17.15 Life and Radio. Presentation by David Mawby featuring his life on radio starting during 1960’s in London and ending up to Turku, Finland.
19.30 EDXC Banquet at the hotel restaurant

Sunday 22 September

08.00 Breakfast
10.00 Number Stations. David Mawby.
10.30 Panel discussion upon the present and the future of DX in Europe
11.45 Closing of the conference
13.00 Bus trip to Valga
20.30 Return to the hotel

Monday 23 September

08.00 Breakfast
No official agenda.
Somebody might think of a visit to the transmitter site of Radio Eli 1035 kHz. Unfortunately, we haven’t reached any contact to the station, but we think it is well audible in Tartu! The transmitter site is in Pajukurmu about 25 kms east of Tartu (2-3 kms north of Kavastu). At the end the road to the place is quite small (Sooranna tee). Maybe 45 minutes from Tartu one way by taxi.
People will leave Tartu depending on their own schedule. A bigger part of Finns will take the bus leaving Tartu at noon, as we have a group booking to Tallink ferry leaving Tallinn at 16.30.

Conference packages

These prices are not final. We are still waiting for information about transports and other services.

Basic conference package
-3 nights in a double room (including breakfasts)
-bus from Tallinna including the museum
-lunch Saturday
-banquet
-trip to Valga
Estimated 220 euros

Same in a single room
Estimated 295 euros

Superior rooms (the new part of the hotel) are available for extra charge. Prices with only two nights or without some services can be counted upon request.

Please inform us, if you need special meals or other special services.

Contact email: rv at sdxl.fi