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The white Old Observatory with its round tower and rotating dome among green trees on Toome Hill, under a blue sky.
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Ivo Kruusamägi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Tartu Old Observatory

Tartu Old Observatory was built between 1808 and 1810 to designs by Johann Wilhelm Krause on the eastern slope of Toome Hill. Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve worked here and measured the distance to the star Vega; as the first point of the Struve Geodetic Arc it is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is now a museum of the University of Tartu.

When to go

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Sat11:00–17:00
Sun11:00–17:00

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Toome Hill

park

Town Hall Square

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Main Building of the University of Tartu

historic building

Tartu Art Museum

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Tartu Cathedral

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St. John's Church

church

University of Tartu Botanical Garden

botanical garden

AHHAA Science Centre

museum

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