Looming hostel offers Tartu guests a unique and cozy accommodation experience, inspiration and a social environment. 

The hostel operates according to sustainable principles and encourages its guests and community members to think along and see different ways to operate sustainably and with respect for the environment.

We value recycling and a reasonable attitude to the resources available to us. With our activities, we want to reduce the ecological footprint of both ourselves and our visitors.

In Looming hostel:

• 90% of the furniture comes from thrift stores, is recycled or built from recycled materials. 
• We use ecological and environmentally friendly cleaning products or vinegar solution.
• We wash our bed linen in-house using biological cleaning agents, which are also suitable for allergy sufferers. 
• We don’t iron our bed linen – we prefer to leave it on the clothesline to straighten. 
• We offer breakfast only for groups and by preorder. For daily breakfast you can buy a DIY porridge or muesli breakfast kit from reception. Hostel breakfast is always vegetarian! 
• With the help of guests, we sort the waste generated in the hostel into household waste, packaging, paper and cardboard, bottles, glass packaging and bio-waste. 
• We train people working in our collective to be environmentally aware and let them apply their knowledge on a daily basis. 
• We ask our visitors to follow environmentally friendly practices and share their knowledge with us and other visitors.