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Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps “In Your Pocket: A cheeky, well- OTEPÄÄ written series of guidebooks.” The New York Times Winter 2009/Spring 2010 Winter fun guide More than just skiing What’s on? Seasonal events N°1 - 25kr / €1.60 www.inyourpocket.com CONTENTS 3 Get In Your Pocket before you go ESSENT IA L CI TY GUID ES The full In Your Pocket range is available to purchase online at: Contents Foreword 4 www.inyourpocket.com/clickandbuy A quick word from the IYP team Arriving in Otepää 5 Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps Photo: Aldo Luud TIRANA BUCHAREST WARSAW ST. PETERSBURG PRAGUE Find your way to the winter capital 2006 - 2007 April - May 2006 August - September 2006 April 2006 August - September 2006 Sightseeing 16 The Basics 6 Put on your boots and grab your camera Helpful hints to get you started A New Look We‘ve never looked better: In Your Pocket gets a makeover Active Otepää 18 Blogging Culture & Events 8 Bucharest Our guide to the best Snowboarding, winter golf and more! politically incorrect comment online Going to the The best of everything that’s happening chapel Karlštejn’s renovated Easter Greetings jewel Egg breaking & church Shopping fever walking… Wilanów Let’s rock Tirana’s first malls Explore the Polish 20 Visiting the Bohemian Useful addresses Versailles Russian in Russia Facade art The best ways to discover Paradise Painting the city pink Out of town the language Where to stay 9 Poland‘s top spa town: Nałęczów April 2006 N°24 Culture & Events Internet connections and other necessaries www.inyourpocket.com N°4 - 400 lek N°40 - 8.00 lei N°34 - 5zł (w tym 7% VAT) Simple Minds, t.A.T.u. & N°34 - 100 Kč www.inyourpocket.com www.inyourpocket.com www.inyourpocket.com www.inyourpocket.com ISSN 1641-5264 NEW Cosmonaut’s Day A bed for every budget LOOK ! Maps 14 Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps Dining & Nightlife Otepää centre map 21 KRAKÓW TALLINN BELFAST COLOGNE From gourmet restaurants to casual pubs Otepää district map 22 August - September 2006 April - May 2006 August - September 2006 June - July 2006 Football events Win or lose, this is where to party River tours Wine and dine on the Rhine The Great Outdoors Cycling, skydiving and country pursuits Gastro Tourism Seafood, whiskey and St. George’s Market Tarnów Touring Narva Explore the Pearl of the Cool sights at the EU‘s Renaissance eastern border Leisure IYP gets a new Getting active in Kraków N°41 - 5zł (w tym 7% VAT) N°47 - 35kr look www.inyourpocket.com www.inyourpocket.com ISSN 1508-2334 The inside scoop on the new look inside N°1 N°7 - Free copy Complimentary copy www.inyourpocket.com www.inyourpocket.com Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps BERLIN GDAŃSK RIGA HAMBURG ŁÓDŹ Including SOPOT & GDYNIA August - September 2006 August - November 2006 April - May 2006 June - July 2006 September - December 2006 Kashubia Exploring the Polish Alps Hot spots Hockey Fever Harbour tours Hollyłódź The Baltic’s Beaches Poland‘s cinema city Everything you need to Down in the docks Museum night know about IIHF World 100 museums in one Championship in Riga Football events Stars in your night Win or lose, this is eyes Explore Latvia where to party From Polanski to Max Factor, read about the N°23 - €1.75 Floating the N°20 - 5zł (w tym 7% VAT) N°60 - 1.20Ls Take a day trip to N°2 - 5zł (w tym 7% VAT) www.inyourpocket.com www.inyourpocket.com www.inyourpocket.com the seaside towns of www.inyourpocket.com famous natives. boat ISSN 1640-3592 Jūrmala and Liepāja ISSN 1896-1169 Spree river tours N°1 Complimentary copy www.inyourpocket.com Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps SKOPJE FRANKFURT SHKODRA PRISTINA KAISERSLAUTERN 2006 - 2007 August - September 2006 2006 - 2007 2006 - 2007 June - July 2006 Football events Win or lose, this is where to party Feature 2 - max Skopje Shkodra 2 lines snapshots snapshots Short description of the The Marubi photo The Marubi photo feature. Should be max. collection collection 3 lines. Around town Around town Daytrips to the lake, Daytrips to the lake, beach and mountains beach and mountains Football events Beach bars Win or lose, this is Cocktail in hand, toes where to party Nuustaku Holiday Homes. Photo: Marianne Aldur in sand Going Palatine Dram tram Strolling in the forest N°1 - Complimentary copy N°23 - €1.75 Sipping ebbelwei on the N°1 - Complimentary copy N°1 - €3 www.inyourpocket.com www.inyourpocket.com cider express www.inyourpocket.com www.inyourpocket.com N°1 Complimentary copy www.inyourpocket.com otepaa.inyourpocket.com Winter 2009/Spring 2010 4 FOREWORD ARRIVING 5 For winter getaways in Estonia, there’s only one name you Otepää sits in the southeastern part of Estonia, 227km need to know: Otepää. Officially dubbed Estonia’s ‘Winter Europe In Your Pocket from Tallinn. Whatever mode of transport you use to get Capital’, this town of 3,925 is located 227 km southwest here, chances are you’ll be using southern Estonia’s larg- of Tallinn in the hilly corner of the country. That bit of est city, Tartu, as a gateway. Once you reach Tartu, getting geographical luck means Otepää is ringed with ski resorts to Otepää is a snap. – including the nation’s only downhill ski resorts – and attracts thousands of skiers and snowboarders from Because so many activities and attractions are out of around the Baltic region and beyond during its winter high town, we highly recommend having your own set of wheels season. Otepää is also the centre of annual international to get around. That said, with a little planning, it’s com- ski events such as the Tartu Marathon and the FIS Cross pletely feasible to arrive by bus and get to where you’re Country World Cup. going by foot or taxi. There’s plenty to do here for non-skiers as well. Snowtubing, snowmobiling, sleigh rides and any other By bus kind of snow-related activities are on offer. The town itself, The bus ride from Tallinn takes 4 to 4.5 hours. Though there with its historic church, smart hotels and quirky pubs, is one direct bus each morning, the more convenient (and By plane is the perfect place to relax with a cup of hot chocolate faster) routes from the capital involve an easy transfer in Reaching Otepää from abroad just got easier thanks to the after an action-packed day. If your idea of a good time is Tartu. Check www.bussireisid.ee or www.peatus.ee for the introduction of international flights to nearby Tartu. Check a bit slower paced, you can book a relaxation package schedule details and for booking the tickets. You can buy a www.estonian-air.com and www.airbaltic.com for details on in one of the town’s two health spas, or check into one single ticket for the entire trip on one of the six daily routes, routes from Stockholm and Riga. If you’re flying to Estonia of the area’s countryside tourist farms to get a taste of or assemble your own trip by hopping one of the three dozen from elsewhere though, chances are that you’ll be landing in rural hospitality and a first-hand glimpse of the nation’s daily buses to Tartu and catching the next bus to Otepää Tallinn (see Tallinn In Your Pocket for arrival details). stunning, wintertime landscapes. from there. The whole ride will cost you about 175kr. If you’re already in Tartu, you’ll find about 10 daily buses to Otepää. Whatever your agenda, you’re bound to have a fantastic These take 45 minutes to an hour and cost 35 - 50kr. From By train time in Otepää, and we’ve put together this first stand- Riga, you should take the daily Eurolines bus to Tartu and Starting from January 2010 it will be possible to reach Otepää alone Otepää In Your Pocket guide to help you make continue from there. by train... almost. The nearest station is Palupera, 12km from that happen. So turn the page and start planning your Otepää. Estonia’s passenger train operator Edelaraudtee winter escape! Otepää Bus Station Tartu mnt. 1. It’s more of a bus stop will offer two connections from Tallinn to Palupera each than a proper station, but it’s conveniently connected to the day, one direct and one requiring a change in Tartu. The If you have any questions or comments feel free to write It has been another great year for In Your Pocket. Otepää Visitors’ Centre and an R-Kiosk shop. trip takes about 4 hours and costs 117kr. For schedules, us at [email protected]. If you want to get even more We now publish a record 57 guides and mini-guides see www.edel.ee. interactive be sure to check out our Facebook fanpage.