Tartu (until the end of the 19th century - the city of Yuryev) is a small town and if you do not go to museums, you can see its main sights in half a day. First of all, this is the Old Town with classic West-European narrow streets, like toy houses and a wide Town Hall Square, its appearance was formed from the 15th to the 17th century.

Undoubtedly, the town's pride is the Town Hall Square, its uniqueness lies in an unconventional layout, namely, it is rectangular . Walking around the Town Hall is sure to pay attention to the so-called "falling house" . The house began to fall down on its side almost immediately after its construction . In Soviet times it was restored and it has a Intourist Department . Just 20 meters from the "Curved House" Museum of Contemporary Art is located . The museum exposition changes every 2-3 weeks . A few minutes walk from the Town Hall stands one more important sight of the city of Tartu , namely - the church of St. John, which is famous for its terracotta figures. A number of figures have survived to this day. It is known that there were more than 2000. Next and very interesting is the Toy Museum, perhaps the only one in the Baltics. Be sure to visit the museum! Also in Tartu there is a charming fountain "Kissing students" with a bronze sculpture of a young couple under an umbrella

There is not a faraway museum of the KGB, whose main audience is Finnish tourists.

Do not ignore the hill of Toomemyagi, where there are quite interesting objects . Firstly, it's the Dome Cathedral. For the first time the cathedral suffered during the Livonian War, the second time in the first world war. In the surviving part of the cathedral is located the museum of the Tartu University.

Do not ignore visiting the university observatory. The observatory was organized in 1814 on the initiative of Vasily Yakovlevich Struve. It is from here that the famous Struve Geodetic Arc, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, begins

From the Town Hall Square you can go down to the Emajõgi River, from where you can see a beautiful view of the Old Town.