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Tartu
Estonia's intellectual capital and oldest city, home to one of Northern Europe's most prestigious universities and a vibrant cultural scene.
16 km · about 30 min drive
Tartu, Estonia · Europe
Nõo is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Elva, 16km from Tartu Cathedral.
Nõo is a town located in Tartu, Estonia. With a population of 1,476, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Nõo sits in Estonia, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Tallinn time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Nõo to your route.
Nõo (German: Nüggen) is a small borough (Estonian: alevik) in Tartu County, in southern Estonia. It's located about 15 km southwest of the city of Tartu by the Tartu–Valga–Riga railway and the European route E264 (also known as Via Hanseatica). Nõo is the administrative centre of Nõo Parish. As of the 2011 census, theRead more
settlement's population was 1,492.
Nõo was first mentioned in 1319 as Nughen and as a separate church parish in 1483, during the times when it belonged to the Bishopric of Dorpat. Nõo St. Laurence Lutheran Church is believed to have been built around the 1250s to 1260s.
According to Bengt Gottfried Forselius schooling took place in Nõo already in 1686. Since 1688 a local parish school has been working in Nõo. In 1953 the primary school was reorganized as a secondary school. In 1965 a computing centre was established, the school was given the first school computer in the USSR – the Ural-1. In 1994 Nõo school was separated into Nõo Secondary Science Gymnasium (Nõo Reaalgümnaasium) and Nõo Primary School (Nõo Põhikool).
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Nõo is located in Tartu, Estonia, Europe. The coordinates are 58.2756 latitude, 26.5375 longitude.
Nõo has a population of approximately 1,476 people, making it a town in Estonia.
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Estonia's intellectual capital and oldest city, home to one of Northern Europe's most prestigious universities and a vibrant cultural scene.
16 km · about 30 min drive
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Ruined red-brick Gothic cathedral on Toome Hill above Tartu, with parkland walks and a museum tower giving views over the university city.
16 km · about 30 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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