Student Prison
Guide
Photo: Stefan Kühn · CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$11MuseumAllow 30–60 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A few small cells up a narrow stair behind the old university, every wall and ceiling covered in students' graffiti, drawings, names and silhouettes.
A brief history
From the 1820s until 1914 the university locked up its own students here for drunkenness, duels or pranks; a stay became something to boast about.
Tips
- Best time
- Any time; it's small
- Cost
- About €6 combined (check)
- Allow
- 30–60 min
- Hours
- Usually Tuesday to Sunday 10:00–18:00 from April to October, shorter and closed Sundays in winter; closed Mondays (check)
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Source: Seed (CC0). Written in Flewaway's words by AI from this open data, not yet checked by a person. Prices, hours and rules change, so check before you go.
Good to know
- Area
- The old town: The long main street, the squares, the churches and the university between the river and the castle hill. Lively, central and dearer to stay in.
- Access
- Not step-free (stairs)
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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