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internet and mail
You can use the computers with internet access
in the computer classes (arvutiklass) on the main campus of Tallinn University. Free internet access is also available at libraries all around Tallinn, you just have to apply for a reader’s card.
If you have a laptop then wireless Internet (WiFi) is the easiest solution for your everyday needs. Free WiFi is available in the university buildings. In addition, several cafes and public areas in Tallinn
city centre are covered by a free WiFi network. To find suitable wireless networks and further information, see www.wifi.ee.
Mail
Stamps can be purchased at post offices and newsstands. There is a post office located at Narva Road 1, opposite to the Viru Shopping Centre.
Estonian Post - www.omniva.ee tranSPortation in tallinn
You can find the public transportation timetables at soiduplaan.tallinn.ee.
Public transportation (buses, trolleybuses and trams) operates regularly from 05.00 to 24.00. The public transport is free of charge for the citizens of Tallinn. Everybody else needs to pay for their travels, but there are discounts for students.
Single ride tickets on paper can only be bought from the driver. The full price ticket costs 1,6 € and the discount ticket 0,8 € (with an ISIC card from Estonia or your home country). If you need to buy a ticket from the driver, enter at the front door; tickets are only sold at stops, not while the vehicle is moving.
Newsstands do not sell tickets on paper,
instead Public Transport Cards are available.
It is necessary to load money on your Public Transport Card in the newsstand, with your mobile or on internet (www.pilet.ee). With the Public Transport Card a 1-hour ticket costs 1,1 € and the discount 1-hour ticket 0,55 €. For using the discount tickets, you need to personalise your Public Transport Card to recognise your student status. You need to have an Estonian ID card to personalise your Public Transport Card and this can be done for 1 € at the newsstand or for free at www.pilet.ee. In the newsstand you have to show your Estonian Student Card or
ISIC card (from Estonia or your home country), at www.pilet.ee you need to tick the field “I am
a passenger travelling on a discounted ticket and I can prove my right to the discount with a document evidencing this right”.
There are 1-day, 3-day, 5-day and 30-day tickets available, for 3 €, 5 €, 6 € and 23 € respectively, which can be used with the Public Transport Card. There is also a discount 30-day card for students for 8.50 €. For using the discount 30-day card, you need to personalise your Public Transport Card for 1 € at the newsstand or for free at www.pilet.ee.
You can use the public transport for free, once you register your place of residence in Tallinn at the Population Register and receive your Estonian ID card. You need to personalise your Public Transport Card for 1 € at the newsstand or for free at www.pilet.ee (if you have personalised your card before and then become a citizen of Tallinn, then you need to personalise your card again).
If you are travelling with the Public Transport Card, you need to validate your card each time you enter the vehicle. The orange validators
are located at each door and you need to place your card in front of the validator, which will either state your right to travel for free or charge the ticket money from your card. Passengers travelling without validating their Public Transport Card will be fined.
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