May 10, 2015
Tartu, the second largest city of Estonia, is even more popular than Tallinn among students. The university was founded in 1632 by a Swedish King, and is one of the oldest in this area of Europe.
On May 1st a yearly procession of the korporatsioon (student cooperations) took place. They marched through the old town of the city, to the city hall, where the principal (in the middle of the small picture) gave a small speech to the students. A famous symbol is the “kissing students” statue, where two students get close under an umbrella in the rain. Of course there was also an reenactment of this with the students. After the official ceremony, almost every student went out and celebrated in Tartu. So it was a lot of fun.
