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A Singaporean View: The Tartu Market, a Landmark To Be Visited
Saburi Ken, a Singaporean student at UT, would take his friends to Tartu Market, an under-appreciated historical monument that sells the freshest meat and awesome diary products. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Student life, Tartu
Tagged BA, food culture, landmark, market, prices, Singapore, student life, Tartu, Tartu market, tourism, travel
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UT Gangnam Style: Behind the Scenes
In less than a month, a group of our students produced an incredible Gangnam style video that collected 35,000 views within a week since its release. This is a behind-the-scenes story of how it all happened. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Events, Student life, Tartu
Tagged filming, Gangnam style, student, student life, student video, Tartu, University of Tartu
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Mika Keränen: I Need Colder Seasons To Think and Work
This is a podcast interview with Mika Keränen, a writer, alumnus and lecturer of Finnish at the University of Tartu. Mika: “If your happiness is somewhere between the bushes of Botanical Garden, or near the riverbanks where the self-made thinkers sit, then you are in the right place – in Tartu.” Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Student life, Studies, Tartu
Tagged alumnus, autumn, Botanical Garden, Finland, Finnish, frienship, history, podcast, Sofi Oksanen, student life, teacher, winter, writer
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Student Interview: Voronezh Is Like Tartu, but 10 Times Bigger
This is an interview with Ekaterina Bogdanova from Voronezh State University in Russia. Ekaterina is on her exchange semester in Tartu in autumn 2012. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Student life, Studies, Tartu
Tagged exchange semester, Russia, student, student life, Tartu, Voronezh
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Student Interview: A Book Brought Me to Estonia
This is a twitterview with Maeva from France who arrived to Tartu for her Erasmus year. Maeva’s journey to Estonia started two years ago when she read the Purge (in Finnish: Puhdistus), an award-winning novel by a Finnish-Estonian writer Sofi Oksanen. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Student life, Studies, Tartu
Tagged Puhdistus, Sofi Oksanen, student interview, student life, twitterview
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The Colours of Spring in Estonia
Cintia Elb, an international student at the University of Tartu, portrays the beautiful colours of Estonian spring in artistic photos. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Events, Student life, Tartu
Tagged colours, photos, spring, student life, Tartu Student Days
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