1. Tartu Student Spring Days Anni Adamson Tartu Raatuse Gymnasium Supervised by Ludmilla Alver 2010

2. TARTU  the oldest town of Estonia the first historic mention in 1030 the first historic mention in 1030

3. TARTU  is the second largest town of Estonia  is the centre of Southern Estonia  The Emajõgi River, which connects the two largest lakes of Estonia, flows through the town

4. THE UNIVERSITY OF TARTU  The University of Tartu was founded in 1632 by the Swedish king Gustav Adolf II  Tartu is the intellectual capital of Estonia

5. THE UNIVERSITY OF TARTU  Tartu is the town of young people and students  Roughly 20% of its 100,000 inhabitants are university students  Today there are 17,400 students from all over the world

7. Student Life  There is a legend among students as how difficult it is to leave Tartu.

8. Student life  During every semester there are a lot of student events: - international food - international food festival; festival; - international film - international film nights; nights; - sledging; - sledging; - sauna days; - sauna days; - bog walking - bog walking weekends; weekends; - and many more. - and many more.

9. Tartu Student Spring Days  The most popular event is Student Spring Days  This is a tradition from 1960’s from 1960’s  It is held during one week at the end of April and the beginning of May

10. Mascot of Student Days  Villem is a yellow dog and he is active, friendly and playful.

11. Traditional events  Washing the head of a former professor Karl Ernst von Baer’s statue on Toome Hill with champagne on Devils’ Night (April 30)

12. Rubber Boat rally on the river Emajõgi

13. Day Club  The best place to meet your friends and schoolmates during the festival is the Pirogov Park.

14. Quiz show  The quiz show is called “Mälukas” (black-out) (black-out)  It is a fun quiz on students’ knowledge before the exams  The 3-membered teams challenge the colourful information which is stored in their grey braincells

15. Nightly Song Festival  It takes place at Kassitoome Valley.  There is no conductor conducting the choir.  Organizers put the songs’ lyrics on the studentdays webpage, so everybody can print them out and arrange their own songbooks.

16. Student Fair

18. Costume Relay Race  This is a chance to run around the Vabaduse Square in a crazy outfit

19. Karsumm  Karsumm is an event for students who are keen on “flying”  Each participant has to build an aircraft and try to fly as far as possible

21. Bambus

22. Bambus

23. Tartu – the city of good thoughts

24. Thank you for your attention!