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The public transport of Tallinn will switch over to winter working hours on 1 September, which means that the timetables of many bus routes and all tram and trolleybus routes will change.

Next weekend, on September 10 and 11, the Tallinn Marathon will bring more than ten thousand runners from more than forty countries to Tallinn, causing several temporary changes to traffic and public transport in the city.

The City of Tallinn is providing €68,480 to 14 ventures as part of this year’s last round of grants for cultural non-profit activities.

At the start of this year's school year, in addition to the €320 allowance for children entering the first grade, the City of Tallinn will also pay all primary, secondary and vocational school pupils a €50 allowance to start the school year - applications for the school allowance can be submitted until 30 November

This week, the ACES of Europe Validation Committee got to know the opportunities for sports and the organisation of sports in Tallinn – the prerequisites for the title of European Capital of Sport 2025 are created by local and national sport events taking place here in addition to the infrastructure supporting sports. The winner will be declared this November.

Tallinn’s ice-skating rinks will open on November 19. All townspeople are welcome to join the winter fun. The capital's schools have the opportunity to organize free physical education classes on the ice rinks and there will also be free access to all senior citizens.

On Friday, 18 November, a construction contract was signed at the Children's Museum Miiamilla (L. Koidula 21c) for the creation of the main project of the indoor and outdoor exhibition of the new permanent exhibition "Children's World Spaces". The activities of the new permanent exhibition are designed for the whole family to discover and will cost about €766 000.

On Thursday, 29 September at 10 am, a committee for the future of the Estonian National Opera building is convening for the first time at the Tallinn Strategic Management Office (Kaarli pst 1). The aim of the meeting is to offer a comprehensive and realistic vision of the building’s development.

Jevgeni Ossinovski, chairman of the Tallinn City Council, who is currently visiting Ukraine gave 50 used laptops to Lyceum 25 in Zhytomyr. The laptops were donated by the City of Tallinn.

The Tallinn City Government has submitted to the City Council a 2023 city budget with a total amount of 1.14 billion euros, which is 66.5 million or 6.2% more than the 2022 budget. The focus of next year’s budget will be on social security, with most of the investment going into roads, streets and education.