"Tartu the Christmas City", is the university city's other, current claim to fame. Its Town Hall Square is full of glass pavilions, including one from which writers broadcast poetry online and another housing happy chickens that lay Christmas eggs. But the crowning glory of this year's Village of Light is the skating rink, built around the "Kissing students" fountain. See www.joululinntartu.ee and on Facebook.
Photo: Krister Rajandu/ Tartu Facebook page