It`s August 1913 and it is hot and dry. Sleepy streets are dusty, yearning for rain. In the sun shines the city symbol – the Stone Bridge and beside it , the barges swirl quietly in the streams of the river Emajõgi.
On the banks of the Emajõgi River you will find the Bellevue Hotel, the first Estonian cinema, cinema “Illusion”, the Hugo Treffner Private Gymnasium and one of the city`s most magnificent Art Nouveau buildings, the Hotel Jakor. The university town is slowly recovering from the lull of summer.
VR Tartu 1913
This virtual tour takes you on a journey into the past of our university town. What did the city look like, which was still a part of the Russian empire, but on whose streets the first companies of Estonian peasants began to operate. A university town where many later key figures of Estonian and Latvian national awakening lived and studied.
Special programs
Interactive workshops for schools
Bring learning to life!
The Stone Bridge was opened on 16 September 1784. The bridge was built on the orders of Empress Catherine II of Russia. It was destroyed during the Second World War in 1941. Today, the Bridge Kaarsild stands on the foundation of the Stone Bridge.
Come and travel in the historic Tartu as it was more then 100 years ago!
Production: BLUERAY
Service Provider: BLUERAY
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
OPENING TIMES
- Upon reservation – at least 3 days in advance, min order EUR 120
- Duration of the VR tour: ~40 min
RATES
- Full ticket €12
- Discount ticket (children (7-18), pensioners) €9
- Family ticket (at least 1 grown-up and 1 child) €9 per person
- Group ticket (from 10 persons) €10 per person
- Interactive workshops for schools €13 per student
ACCESS
- Starting point is a glass pavilion on the Bridge Kaarsild.
- VR tours take place outdoors.
- Audio guide in Estonian, Russian, English, Latvian, Lithuanian, Finnish, French and German.
- The VR tour is accessible to visitors in wheelchairs.
- VR may cause cyber sickness.
- Suitable for children 7+ years old.
GETTING TO OUR TIME PORTAL
Starting point at the bridge Kaarsild, Tartu, Estonia
Google Maps: VR Tartu 1913