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Live tours in Tartu

Explore Tartu, Estonia, live with a local who lives there. A guide walks you past Tartu University main building, Tartu Cathedral ruins and Tartu Town Hall on a video call, or talks you through it by phone.

7 live tours From 17,00 €

Explore Tartu live with a local

Sessions run live, not as a recording: you join at a time in your own time zone, and the guide follows whatever you want to see or ask about. Town Hall Square area is worth asking about: the compact centre around the square, the university and the market.

Every date has a minimum group size: if it does not fill up, it is cancelled and you are refunded in full automatically. Small groups, real answers, no script.

What a live session shows

  • Tartu University main building The neoclassical main building of Estonia's oldest university, completed in 1809.
  • Tartu Cathedral ruins The brick ruins of a medieval cathedral on Toome Hill, part of which now houses a university museum.
  • Tartu Town Hall A pink Baroque-Classicist building completed in 1789, still the seat of city government.
  • Kissing Students Fountain A bronze fountain on Town Hall Square, unveiled in 1998 and now one of the city's best known landmarks.
  • Angel's Bridge A footbridge on Toome Hill built in 1838 to mark a university jubilee.
  • Devil's Bridge A stone bridge on Toome Hill built shortly after Angel's Bridge, its name's origin still debated locally.
  • Supilinn A district of small wooden houses on streets named after vegetables.
  • Karlova A district of Art Nouveau and wooden houses south of the centre.

Neighbourhoods

  • Town Hall Square area the compact centre around the square, the university and the market
  • Toome Hill the wooded hill above the centre, holding the cathedral ruins and two footbridges
  • Supilinn the vegetable-named streets of small wooden houses by the river

Food to know

  • Mulgi kapsad
  • Verivorst blood sausage
  • Kama
  • Rye bread
  • Karask barley bread

Book a live tour in Tartu

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Local guides in Tartu

Good to know about Tartu

Do I need to be in Tartu to join a session?

No. You join from wherever you are; the guide is the one in Tartu, live on camera or on the phone.

How long does a session last?

Between 0.5 and 1.3 hours, depending on the guide and the topic.

What language is the session in?

Guides here offer Estonian, English and Russian; pick the one you want when you book.

What if I lose connection partway through?

Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up.

Can I ask the guide anything, or is it a fixed script?

Anything. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.