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DIRECTORY
Booking and Prices
Piletilevi
∑ piletilevi.ee
Classical Music
and Ballet
Vanemuine
Vanemuise 6, Tartu. Tel 744 0100.
∑ vanemuine.ee
Music Festivals
Eesti Muusikafestivalid
∑ festivals.ee
Performers at one of the many folk festivals held in Estonia
Nightlife
Cinema
something more laid-back, Atlantis
head to Möku, which has a Films are shown in their Narva mnt 2, Tartu. Tel 738 5485.
casual, bohemian feel. original language with Russian ∑ atlantis.ee
Pärnu also has a lively subtitles, though the choice Eduard Vilde Lokaal
nightlife. Lime Lounge is a of films outside Tallinn is Vallikraavi 4, Tartu.
stylish place for a drink, while decidedly poor. Most Tel 734 3400. ∑ vilde.ee
Postipoiss is a restaurant-cum- rea sonably large towns have
pub with frequent live music. a small cinema which shows German Pub
The slickest nightclub in town the latest blockbusters a few Puškina 10, Narva. Tel 359 1548.
is Sugar, while Mirage, another weeks after they are shown in ∑ germanpub.ee
club, is often packed. the capital. Hollywood films Illusioon
In Narva, head for the are regularly shown at Pärnu’s Raatuse 97, Tartu. Tel 742 4341.
German Pub for a drink small Apollo Kino. Tartu’s ∑ illusion.ee
in enjoyable surroundings. trendy Kino Ekraan, located John Bull Pub
Lemon Lounge, the club in in a shopping mall, is part of Lossipark 4, Kuressaare.
Haapsalu, is the place to head the same chain as Forum Tel 453 9988.
for fun weekend night outs. Cinemas Astri. Lemon Lounge
Kuressaare has a good choice The Black Nights Film Festival Posti 41, Haapsalu. Tel 473 7770.
of quality restau rants, pubs (see p53), celebrated in
and bars. With an attractive November and December, Lime Lounge
outdoor deck, the John Bull travels to Tartu, Viljandi, Narva, Hommiku 17, Pärnu. Tel 449 2190.
Pub is cheerful. Jöhvi and Kärdla, while Pärnu ∑ limelounge.ee
has a small film festival of its Mirage
own in July. Rüütli 40, Pärnu. Tel 447 2404.
Folk Festivals ∑ mirage.ee
Some of the most important Möku
festivals take place in July. Of Magasini 5, Tartu. Tel 2527 1030.
these, the Viljandi Folk Festival
is the biggest, attracting vast Postipoiss
numbers of dancers, musicians Vee 12, Pärnu. Tel 446 4864.
∑ trahterpostipoiss.ee
and singers each year. Another is
the Hiiu Folk Festival in Hiiumaa Sugar
(see pp94–5), which has a parti- Vee 10, Pärnu. Tel 442 1100.
cularly authentic ambience ∑ sugarclub.ee
created by its rustic setting. Cinema
August is also a busy month.
The splendid Narva Historic Apollo Kino
Festival stages an enactment of Lai 5, Pärnu. Tel 633 6000.
the Great Northern War (see p37) ∑ apollokino.ee
in Narva. Obinitsa hosts several Forum Cinemas Astri
festivals cele brating Setu culture Tallinna 41, Narva.
(see p124). The White Lady Days, ∑ forumcinemas.ee
held on the August full moon,
is a festival filled with merry- Kino Ekraan
making in the grounds of the Poster for an Estonian-language film, Riia 14, Tartu. Tel 734 3380.
castle in Haapsalu (see p92). Sigade Revolutsioon ∑ forumcinemas.ee