Tartu Sights

Student's Lock-Up

#2 of 48 things to do in Tartu

#3 of 248 things to do in Estonia

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Good for: Almost everyone

Not good for: those who don't like stairs.

  • Address
    • Toomemägi Tartu University
  • Price
    • admission KR5
  • Hours
    • 11:00-17:00 Mon-Fri

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Lonely Planet review for Student's Lock-Up

The Student's Lock-Up is fascinating; it's where 19th-century students were held in solitary confinement for various infractions. Back then, if you failed to return library books on time, you'd net two days in the attic; insulting a lady, four days; insulting a (more sensitive?) cloakroom attendant, five days; duelling, up to three weeks. Today one of these rather comfy rooms, with walls covered in original graffiti, is open for viewing.

 

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    Not so well known attraction.

    wyleyone recommends this,

    If the way students were punished many years ago interests you, this is the place to go! This location is located in the university building in Tartu. To go there, you have to go to the Tartu Art Museum and buy a ticket for 1€. Once you have your ticket you begin your ascent to the attic of the school where you go into a very tiny room that students would be placed into if they broke a rule. It is a unique area due to the fact that there are many drawings that the students there put on the walls while in their confinement. There were five of these rooms, but four of them were destroyed from a fire. Not a very well known attraction, but it is worth seeing. You'll never turn in a library book late again!!

    Good for: Almost everyone

    Not good for: those who don't like stairs.

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