Tallinn, Estonia
Practical information document for Courses:
Digital STEAM
Digital Turn
Game-based learning
Benchmarking (last three days)
Travel information
Tallinn airport is located only 4 km from the city centre.
For information about public transport from and to the airport: http://www.tallinnairport.ee/eng/transport/publictransport
For taxi: http://www.tallinn-airport.ee/eng/transport/publictransport
Course venue
Mon – Wed: Tallinn University, Narva Road 25 (www.tlu.ee), Room T-412 (Terra Building, see campus map: http://www.tlu.ee/en/university/campus )
Thu – Fri: Science Museum Energiakeskus (www.energiakeskus.ee )
The course will start on Sunday 17:00 at the lobby of the Park Inn Hotel with informal gettogether and presentations of participants.
Day 7 (Saturday) is the final day, the course activities will end around 13:00.
Please bring your own device, as we cannot provide them.
Before the course you will receive information about preparatory activities and a list of apps to be downloaded.
Accommodation
You have to take care yourself of booking the hotel. You can make booking directly to the hotel or through booking sites like booking.com, Tripadvisor, Expedia, Trivago etc. Booking sites offer search for hotels, apartments and bed and breakfast.
Recommended hotels (within 5–10 min walk from both, the University and the Old Town): Park Inn Central (our top recommendation, but a bit pricy): https://www.radissonhotels.com/en-us/hotels/park-inn-tallinn
Hotel Portus (mid-price, next to the harbour): http://www.tallinncityhotelportus.com
Poska Villa (mid-price guesthouse, next to a park): http://www.hot.ee/p/poskavilla/english.htm
Bed and breakfast addresses.
https://www.bedandbreakfast.eu/bed-and-breakfast/tallinn/estonia/c588409
Also airbnb might be an option (see https://www.airbnb.com ).
IMPORTANT: if you choose a hotel that is not near to the venue, please check the distance from the course venue and possibilities for public transport before you make your booking.
Public transport
Public transport info: http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/PUBLIC-TRANSPORT-CARD
Lunches and dinners
For lunch the university is best option. For dinner you are free to go where you want. For Sunday night we will propose a restaurant. IMPORTANT: Lunches and Dinners are not included in the course fee.
Exact place and price of the dinner will come later. Estimated prices for lunches and dinners:
Lunch at the university cafeteria: 4-6 EUR Dinner at the restaurant: 10-20 EUR Sample of nearby restaurants:
- Villa Thai http://www.villathai.ee/index.php?keel=2
- NOP http://blog.nop.ee/inglise
- Pizzeria: http://basiilik.ee/?page_id=660
Communication FDto
Before the course we will send you a description of preparatory tasks, list of participants and detailed programme by email.
More Information www.visittallinn.ee/eng