Fighting rush hours: education establishments in Amsterdam will have different class timetables
The local authorities have reached and agreement that is expected to reduce crowding on roads and public transport
All participants in the largest sports event in Estonia will wear face masks, while foreign runners and amateurs compete online
On Saturday, 12 September, the Estonian and Tallinn marathon championships will take place in the Reidi tee and Pirita tee areas of the capital city. Welcoming the event, the Mayor of Tallinn, Mikhail Kõlvart, a top athlete himself with a career in boxing and Taekwondo, said that the Tallinn Marathon is a well-known trade mark that has a significant impact on the economy of both Estonia and Tallinn.
“The Tallinn Marathon is the largest sports event in the Baltic States, which has become historic for Estonia in terms of the number of participants, and traditionally attracts at least ten thousand athletes from 50 countries. The organization of such major competitions helps to raise awareness of the environment and mobility among residents, and also promotes sustainable transport. The Tallinn Marathon events have attracted a quarter of a million sports fans to an active lifestyle over ten years,” Kõlvart told the municipal website.
According to the Tallinn Marathon organizer, Mati Lilliallik, the keywords for this year’s event are safety and risk reduction.
“Only citizens of the Republic of Estonia who have fulfilled the 136 standards set by the Athletics Association will be able to participate in the championship,” said Mati Lilliallik. - It will be a kind of "elite race", the organizers of which did everything to ensure its safety. All team members will wear face masks. Along with the distance judges, the police and security firms will be on duty on site. The number of service personnel exceeds the number of participants."
Due to the coronavirus threat, foreign runners and amateur athletes will not mix with the marathon participants this year, taking part in parallel virtual races instead, from 1 to 30 September. The most popular distance of the virtual races is the "combo-marathon", and among the participants there is Estonian Gerd Kanter, former Olympic and world champion discus thrower.
“It often seems that an ordinary person is unable to complete a full marathon distance at one push, while a distance split over a month suits everyone,” said Kanter, who started on 1 September and has covered 20 kilometres so far.
Drivers and pedestrians are asked to familiarize themselves with the traffic information about the race and avoid entering the competition route.
The local authorities have reached and agreement that is expected to reduce crowding on roads and public transport
The government’s new Living Islands Policy wants to reinvigorate offshore communities
The five islands have a combined area of more than 700 square metres
The government’s new Living Islands Policy wants to reinvigorate offshore communities
It will show all open-air sports facilities in the city, plus 12 running routes
The Baltic country prepares to respond to rising air traffic and to futureproof the sector
Almost three-quarters of civil servants have decided that going to the office is a thing of the past
Locally designed, a prototype will be created next year so that the residents of the city can have their say as well
The special offer popularizing railway journeys among the 18-30 age group will be available until 15 September
The special offer popularizing railway journeys among the 18-30 age group will be available until 15 September
In fact, in the UNESCO-protected old town priority will be given to long-term tenants
The camera and goggles system helps patients to receive emergency specialised care, while they are still en route to the hospital
The practical art objects are competing for one of the 2023 New European Bauhaus Prizes
Cast your vote before 24 May and do your part in promoting the NEB values
The new itineraries are part of the DiscoverEU programme, which lets 18-year-olds travel by train between important European sites
A talk with the first man to circumnavigate the globe with a solar plane, on whether sustainability can also be profitable
An interview with the president of the European Federation of Journalists
A talk with the head of Mission Zero Academy on the benefits for municipalities if they go the zero waste way