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Elva
Tartu, Estonia · Europe
About Elva
Elva is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Nõo, 25km from Tartu Cathedral.
Elva is in Tartu, Estonia, with about 5,600 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Nõo, about 9 km away.
Elva is a town in Elva Parish, Tartu County, Estonia.
Elva has two large lakes: Lake Verevi, with a sandy and well-developed beach area that is very popular in the summer, and Lake Arbi, with wet reed grown shores.
Elva's largest employer (and in all of southern Estonia) is GPV Estonia AS, subsidiary of GPV Group,Read more
providing electronics manufacturing services in industrial electronics. Elva has one school, Elva Gümnaasium, offering education from 1st grade to high school graduation.
A dominant element in Elva is the train station which today is a visitors' information center, and which used to be an important trade route in the past centuries.
Detailed information on hikes on foot or by bicycle can be obtained from the visitors' information center. The Elva River, with old water mill sites and rapid banks, is popular for canoeing. In winter skiers can participate in the Tartu Marathon, belonging to the Worldloppet series. Its 60 km track from Otepää to Elva can be cycled through on mountain bikes in summer.
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What is there to see near Elva?
Within an hour or so of Elva: Tartu (25 km), Tartu Cathedral (25 km).
Where is Elva?
Elva is in Tartu, Estonia, about 9 km from Nõo.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 5,616
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Estonia
- Region
- Tartu
- Timezone
- Europe/Tallinn
- Coordinates
- 58.2225, 26.4211
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Worth the detour from Elva
2 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Tartu Cathedral
Ruined red-brick Gothic cathedral on Toome Hill above Tartu, with parkland walks and a museum tower giving views over the university city.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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- 68 kmSuur MunamägiThe highest point in the Baltic states at 318 metres, topped by an observation tower reached by a short road and forest path.
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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