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Kaarsild Bridge – View of Tartu Town Hall loop from Tartu
02:13
21.3km
90m
Running
Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: August 2, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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587 m
Riia Street Tunnel
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11.7 km
Swimming Dock
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12.9 km
Kaarsild Bridge
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19.1 km
University of Tartu
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19.3 km
Tartu Town Hall
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The town hall of the university city of Tartu (German Dorpat) is located in the center of the largest southern Estonian city at the entrance to Toompea. It is the third town hall in the same place in the more than eight hundred year history of the Hanseatic city. The previous building from 1693 collapsed in 1726 after being severely damaged in the Northern War. The devastating fire in the old town in 1775 created both a need and an opportunity to erect a new council building.
Architect Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walther from Rostock drew up the design for the new representative council building. The Dutch early classicism served him as a model. The town hall was built on a foundation of alder wood. The building was officially inaugurated in 1786 and finally completed in 1789 (Wikipedia).
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19.4 km
Kissing Students Fountain (Suudlevad Tudengid)
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19.7 km
View of Tartu Town Hall
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Tartu Cathedral
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The future Tartu Toompea on the Emajõgi River was probably one of the largest pagan Estonian strongholds from earliest times. It was destroyed in 1224 by the Christian invaders of Livonia. Shortly after the conquest, the Christians began to build a bishop's castle, the Castrum Tarbatae, at this strategic point. The castle was lost in a fire in 1667. The Dorpat observatory now stands on the spot. Archaeological excavations have uncovered parts of the old ramparts of the Estonian fortress.
The construction of a Gothic cathedral on the north side of Toompea probably started in the second half of the 13th century. It was surrounded by a cemetery and houses for members of the cathedral chapter. The cathedral was under the double patronage of the apostles Peter and Paul, the city patrons of Tartu. It was the main church of the diocese of Tartu and one of the largest sacred buildings in Eastern Europe.
The church was originally planned as a basilica and was later given the character of a hall church with the three-nave choir. In 1299 the choir and nave were already in use. Around 1470, the high chancel with its columns and arches was completed in the brick Gothic style. The cathedral was completed in the late 15th century with the erection of the two massive and fortress-like 66m high twin towers on the western facade. A wall separated the area of the Cathedral and the Bishop's Castle from Tartu's Lower Town.
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21.3 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
14.2 km
4.94 km
902 m
633 m
467 m
Surfaces
8.22 km
7.65 km
2.56 km
1.55 km
579 m
569 m
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