diff --git a/app/components/live-atc/cockpit/CockpitShell.vue b/app/components/live-atc/cockpit/CockpitShell.vue
index 5b6114c..1d6d7fe 100644
--- a/app/components/live-atc/cockpit/CockpitShell.vue
+++ b/app/components/live-atc/cockpit/CockpitShell.vue
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ onMounted(() => {
               location="bottom"
           >
             <template #activator="{ props: tip }">
-              <NuxtLink class="bridge-connect-hint" to="/bridge" v-bind="tip">
+              <NuxtLink class="bridge-connect-hint" to="/bridge/connect" v-bind="tip">
                 <v-icon size="15">mdi-bridge</v-icon>
                 <span class="bridge-connect-hint-label">Connect simulator</span>
               </NuxtLink>
diff --git a/app/pages/bridge/connect.vue b/app/pages/bridge/connect.vue
index efe110d..612cc52 100644
--- a/app/pages/bridge/connect.vue
+++ b/app/pages/bridge/connect.vue
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ const token = computed(() => {
 
 const hasToken = computed(() => token.value.length >= 6)
 const manualTokenReady = computed(() => manualTokenInput.value.length === 6)
-const loginTarget = computed(() => `/login?redirect=${encodeURIComponent(route.fullPath || '/bridge')}`)
+const loginTarget = computed(() => `/login?redirect=${encodeURIComponent(route.fullPath || '/bridge/connect')}`)
 
 const authDisplayName = computed(() => {
   if (!user.value) return ''
diff --git a/app/pages/bridge/index.vue b/app/pages/bridge/index.vue
index 101c3c1..18a11b2 100644
--- a/app/pages/bridge/index.vue
+++ b/app/pages/bridge/index.vue
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-// /bridge is the address everything points at — the Live ATC card on the front
-// page, the cockpit's "connect a bridge" hint, and the post-login redirect the
-// pairing screen builds for itself. The page behind it is /bridge/connect, so
-// the bare path resolved to nothing and every one of those links 404'd.
+// /bridge is where the app sends anyone who does not have the desktop Bridge
+// yet — the Live ATC card on the front page and the experience switcher in the
+// classroom. There is no page for it here (only /bridge/connect, which pairs an
+// already-installed Bridge with a code), so the bare path resolved to nothing
+// and those links 404'd. The download lives on the website, so forward there.
+const BRIDGE_DOWNLOAD_URL = 'https://opensquawk.de/bridge'
+
 definePageMeta({
   layout: false,
   // Redirect from middleware, not from setup: an `await navigateTo()` in setup
   // suspends the first render and the navigation aborts it, leaving the URL
   // changed and the screen blank until a reload (see /start and /login).
-  middleware: [to => navigateTo({ path: '/bridge/connect', query: to.query }, { replace: true })],
+  middleware: [() => navigateTo(BRIDGE_DOWNLOAD_URL, { external: true, replace: true })],
 })
 </script>
 
diff --git a/app/pages/classroom.vue b/app/pages/classroom.vue
index da06aaf..fe47b36 100644
--- a/app/pages/classroom.vue
+++ b/app/pages/classroom.vue
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
                 <v-icon size="16" class="experience-option-check">mdi-check</v-icon>
               </div>
               <NuxtLink
-                  to="/live-atc"
+                  to="/bridge"
                   role="menuitemradio"
                   class="experience-option"
                   aria-checked="false"