Spring Days in Tartu

Kevad on käes! - Spring is at hand, so all Estonians celebrate the warm weather.
In Tartu, the city stops during a week with the traditional Student Spring Days.

During the weekend, there are many concerts, competitions, and events for young people to celebrate! Take a look at some of the events in the 2009 Program:

Wednesday - Wet T-shirt Competition
Thursday - Downhill Box car racing
Sunday - Red Bull Flying Machines

Or you can see the pictures from the events of previous years, like:

Wet T-shirt competition

Female Mud Fight

Beer cage climbing

Bambus - Downhill kart racing

Red Bull Flying Machines

Sounds Interesting? All this together with a great mood, beer and food waits you in the city of good thoughts

Tourism in Estonia - How to Shop Tax Free

If you are traveler residing in a non-EU country, you can get back the VAT (18% in Estonia) payed when you bring your purchased items back home. When buying something big, like electronics, this can be a big discount!

First, if you want the money back, make sure you buy your item in a store with the "TAX FREE" sign, and ask for the shop to fill a Refund Cheque! (You might need to show your passport for filling the form)

Second, when leaving Estonia, or leaving EU, show your purchases, receipt and passport to a Customs Office and get your refund Cheque stamped. (Can be done before or after check-in in airports).

Last, show your Stamped Refund Cheque and passport to a Refund Office before leaving EU (usually every international airport has one) and ask for the credit in your credit card or the refund in cash! (If you want cash, you can get the amount converted to the local currency, or in Euros).

Easy! But there's some tricks. You have 3 months after the purchase to ask for the refund, and there's a minimum purchase value for asking the tax refund. For Estonia, this value is 2000 eek (around 180 U$D).

Have you ever got your tax money back? Was it easy? Add your info in the comments!