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Explore Cochem at your own pace with a self-guided walking tour on your smartphone, no app needed. An audio guide tells the stories behind Reichsburg Cochem, the hilltop castle that French troops burned in 1689 and that was rebuilt in Neo-Gothic style in the 1870s, and leads you past the town gates, the Moselle promenade, the market square and more. Short quizzes at every stop keep the walk playful. The route is about 1 km and takes around 1.5 hours, and you can pause whenever you like. A free eSIM data package is available to keep you connected. There is no physical guide, everything you need is on your phone.

Leave the classic history books behind and dive into the architectural and human development of Hochlarmark. This walk through a German suburb leads through the soul of Europe's industrial heartbeat. From rust-kissed monuments of the coal boom to the geometric harmony of the workers' garden cities and the curved bridges of post-industrial leisure culture, you experience how a landscape of extraction transformed into a canvas of memory and hope. - 2.9 km self-guided tour with 6 stations over 98 min. - Ideal for everyone interested in urbanism, infrastructure innovation, and urbanism innovation Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Discover how the dramatic, unyielding topography of the Sauerland shaped an industrial power center. On this captivating tour, you will follow the courses of the four rivers of Hagen and learn how steep valleys and rushing water determined everything – from medieval blacksmithing to huge railway networks. We are shedding light on the ecological costs of this industrial boom and witnessing the modern ecological rebirth of a city. - 3.7 km self-guided tour with 4 stations over 91 min. - Ideal for urbanism, infrastructure & innovation Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Discover the raw, hidden soul of Siegen. This is not a typical walk through a picturesque German city. We dive deep into a 400-year-old paradox: how a revolutionary, sustainable forest system called Hauberg saved the region from ecological collapse while simultaneously crushing its working class to forge an iron empire. From the dark tunnels of the Schauberg mine under the Upper Castle to the strict half-timbered houses and the roaring riverbanks, you will uncover the brutal, brilliant machinery of early industrial capitalism. - 2.1 km self-guided tour with 7 stations over 94 min. - Ideal for everyone interested in history & memory and society & everyday life Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Look behind the velvet and silk history of Krefeld and discover a city whose heart beats on the ice. This self-guided podcast tour connects the city's iconic locations with the passionate history of Krefeld ice hockey and shows why the sport continues to define identity, everyday life, and community. Experience historical venues, fan culture, and modern arena atmosphere and find out what makes Krefeld one of Germany's most unique sports capitals. - 4.1 km self-guided tour with 6 stations over 116 min. - Ideal for everyone interested in society, everyday life, and history Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Discover Bielefeld like never before with the Secrets of Bielefeld City Game, a fun self-guided walking tour and city game packed with puzzles, riddles and hidden stories! This GPS-based exploration game lets you experience Bielefeld while exploring famous spots such as the Neustädter Marienkirche, Klosterplatz, the Theater am Alten Markt, Jahnplatz and the Katholisch-Apostolische Kirche. Play solo for a personal challenge or together with friends, family or colleagues. During the game you solve tricky questions, puzzles, riddles and creative photo tasks to score points, unlock extra clues and solve the final mystery. Pause whenever you want and continue later at your own pace. Compete for a place on the leaderboard or play competitively for team building, making this scavenger hunt and walking tour through Bielefeld perfect for every type of explorer.

You’re looking for a fun way to explore the city at your own pace? Then, this city-exploration game is made for you! You’ll entertain all your group with interesting questions, while still teaching them fun facts about the city. Your mission (should you choose to accept it): Jackson Wilde, the famous city-explorer, needs your help… Help him solve quizzes to gather as many points as possible. With this activity, you will be guided through the following locations: Hohenzollern Bridge, Cathedral, Great St. Martin's Church, Heinzelmännchen Fountain, Old Market, City Hall, Kolumba, and Hahnentor. Download the app on Android or iOS (or access it directly through your browser) to get access to a fun mission, multiple quizzes, as well as city guides about each monument. So, are you ready to explore Cologne?

Discover Krefeld's fascinating heritage as the city of velvet and silk barons on a self-guided podcast tour. Among historical weaving mills, magnificent city palaces, and modern architecture, you will learn how the "black gold" of the textile industry shaped an entire city. - Exciting stories about weavers, entrepreneurs, and design pioneers - Seven carefully selected stations from the Ponzelar Monument to Haus Lange and Haus Ester - Flexible start without fixed group or time pressure Audio guide in German and English

Dive into the raw, visually impressive streets of the Cologne district of Ehrenfeld. This is not just a tour along beautiful murals; it is a captivating journey through a neighborhood that is fighting for its soul. Discover how illegal graffiti, massive commissioned works, and tiny paste-ups serve as a visual diary of resistance, industrial decay, and unstoppable gentrification. Listen closely – the walls here are speaking to you. - 4.1 km self-guided tour with 6 stations over 115 min. - Ideal for everyone interested in art, design & aesthetics and urbanism & innovation Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Cologne transforms into a festive wonderland during the holiday season, and the Free Christmas Market Tour is your guide to its enchanting markets. Discover the history behind Cologne’s most iconic Christmas markets and learn about the local traditions that make the season so special, with plenty of chances to buy a mug of Glühwein along the way if you’d like one. This 2.5-hour walking tour takes you through five major markets, including the famous Dom Christmas Market, with engaging stories that show what makes Christmas in Cologne unique. Enjoy a warm atmosphere and delightful company as you explore the heart of this festive city. - Guided tour through Cologne’s largest Christmas markets - Learn about local holiday traditions, with optional stops to buy Glühwein (not included) - Approximately 2.5 hours long, perfect for winter exploration - Available in English and Spanish with a maximum group size of 15

Düsseldorf unites two worlds: haute couture, polished granite, and ostentatious wealth on the one side, and Rhineland merriment and egalitarian Altbier culture on the other. This tour leads through the invisible boundaries between modern art, architectural masterpieces, historic markets, and traditional breweries. Discover why the contradiction between Prada and the local pub is the secret of Düsseldorf's soul. - 3.2 km self-guided tour with 8 stations over 119 min. - Ideal for social gatherings & everyday life as well as art, design & aesthetics Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Dive into a post-apocalyptic wonderland where steel, slag, and spores have created a new, unexpected landscape. This self-guided podcast tour explores the industrial heritage of Duisburg and shows how nature is reclaiming abandoned facilities. Discover blast furnaces, bunkers, basins, and the Old Emscher as impressive testimonies to the Anthropocene. - 4.9 km self-guided tour with 6 stations over 136 min. - Ideal for everyone interested in urbanism, infrastructure & innovation and urbanism & innovation Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Bonn itself becomes the puzzle in this self-guided outdoor escape game - no venue, no host, just your team and the streets. Magnus has taken the formulas and scattered the proof across the old centre, and every location holds a code, a riddle or a photo task waiting to be cracked. Roles matter here: one player reads, another looks, and the team moves on only once you agree. Send two or more teams out at the same time and the hunt becomes a contest, which is what makes this city escape game work as well for a team-building afternoon as for a day out with friends. Reading clues while the city moves around you is part of the challenge.

Discover Cologne like never before with the Secrets of Cologne City Game, a fun self-guided walking tour and city game packed with puzzles, riddles and hidden stories! This GPS-based exploration game lets you experience Cologne while exploring famous spots such as Cologne Cathedral, the Hohenzollern Bridge, Cologne City Hall, Museum Ludwig, Groß St. Martin, the Farina Fragrance Museum and Peters Brauhaus. Play solo for a personal challenge or together with friends, family or colleagues. During the game you solve tricky questions, puzzles, riddles and creative photo tasks to score points, unlock extra clues and solve the final mystery. Pause whenever you want and continue later at your own pace. Compete for a place on the leaderboard or play competitively for team building, making this scavenger hunt and walking tour through Cologne perfect for every type of explorer.

Bonn becomes the crime scene in this self-guided detective game, where the clues are hidden in plain sight in the streets around you. The case is the murder of Balthasar, and the evidence is scattered across the old centre - past Remigiusplatz, Münsterplatz, Beethoven-Denkmal and Sterntor. You decode messages, photograph what does not add up and press digital witnesses whose stories never quite line up. Every puzzle you crack removes a name from the list of suspects. Play as a couple, bring the children along, or send two or three teams out at the same time and turn the investigation into a race - which is what makes this murder mystery game work as well for a team outing as for a day out. The last answer is waiting somewhere in the centre of Bonn.

RWTH Aachen is celebrated worldwide as a giant of engineering and high-tech innovation. But beneath the shiny surface of its status as an excellent university hides a rough, hidden reality. Accompany Lukas, a sociologist, and his good friend Angela from Aachen as they look behind the scenes of this prestigious institution. You will discover the intense socioeconomic struggles, the alarming reality of mental health, and the vibrant, grassroots counterculture that the students have built to survive. This is not a tour of monuments; it is a journey into the psychological and physical spaces where academic pressure meets human resilience. - 3.6 km self-guided tour with 6 stations over 108 min. - Ideal for social gatherings & everyday life as well as power, protest & public space Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals

Discover Koblenz like never before with the Secrets of Koblenz City Game, a fun self-guided walking tour and city game packed with puzzles, riddles and hidden stories! This GPS-based exploration game lets you experience Koblenz while exploring famous spots such as the Kurfürstliches Schloss, the Liebfrauenkirche, the Florinsmarkt, Theater Koblenz and the Mittelrheinmuseum. Play solo for a personal challenge or together with friends, family or colleagues. During the game you solve tricky questions, puzzles, riddles and creative photo tasks to score points, unlock extra clues and solve the final mystery. Pause whenever you want and continue later at your own pace. Compete for a place on the leaderboard or play competitively for team building, making this scavenger hunt and walking tour through Koblenz perfect for every type of explorer.

Cities are not simply built; they are fought for. Join us on a journey through Bielefeld and discover the hidden battlefield between the concrete modernism of the post-war period and the vibrant, chaotic reality of human-centered communities. From beautiful architectural lies to grassroots revolutions – experience how a city reclaims its soul from the car. - 3.8 km self-guided tour with 7 stations over 120 min. - Ideal for everyone interested in urbanism, infrastructure & innovation and urbanism & innovation Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Dusseldorf itself becomes the puzzle in this self-guided outdoor escape game - no venue, no host, just your team and the streets. Magnus has taken the formulas and scattered the proof across the old centre, past Mutter-Ey-Straße, St. Andreas, Mühlenstraße and Lambertusstraße, and every location holds a code, a riddle or a photo task waiting to be cracked. Roles matter here: one player reads, another looks, and the team moves on only once you agree. Send two or more teams out at the same time and the hunt becomes a contest, which is what makes this city escape game work as well for a team-building afternoon as for a day out with friends. Reading clues while the city moves around you is part of the challenge.

Dive into the rough, unpretentious, and eerily proud soul of the Ruhr area. This tour uses Herbert Grönemeyer's legendary 1984 album "4630 Bochum" as a poetic map to explore a city that has transformed from a heavy industry and mining metropolis into a modern cultural center. Discover the stories behind the lyrics, the taste of the working class, and the pulse of steel that still echoes through these streets. - An 8.0 km self-guided tour with 7 stops in 182 min. - Ideal for travelers interested in pop culture media landscapes and sensual emotional cities Told in an immersive podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Discover Dusseldorf like never before with the Secrets of Dusseldorf City Game, a fun self-guided walking tour and city game packed with puzzles, riddles and hidden stories! This GPS-based exploration game lets you experience Dusseldorf while exploring famous spots such as the Basilika St. Lambertus, the Schlossturm, Burgplatz, the Marktplatz, the Kunstsammlung K20 and St. Andreas Church. Play solo for a personal challenge or together with friends, family or colleagues. During the game you solve tricky questions, puzzles, riddles and creative photo tasks to score points, unlock extra clues and solve the final mystery. Pause whenever you want and continue later at your own pace. Compete for a place on the leaderboard or play competitively for team building, making this scavenger hunt and walking tour through Dusseldorf perfect for every type of explorer.

Discover Bonn's incredible transformation. The city, formerly the provisional capital of West Germany, faced an existential crisis when the government moved to Berlin. But Bonn reinvented itself as a center for global climate protection and international diplomacy. On this tour, you will explore the architectural traces of the Cold War, stand where the fall of the Berlin Wall was announced, and look up at the towers where the future of our planet is negotiated today. Find out how the city on the Rhine became the pulsating heart of global sustainability. - 4.8 km self-guided tour with 7 stations over 144 min. - Ideal for everyone interested in power, protest & public spaces Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Look behind the confetti and discover the secret political history of the Mainz Carnival. This is not just the story of a wild street party; it is a captivating narrative about how completely normal citizens used laughter, dialect, and papier-mâché as weapons to conduct psychological warfare against absolute monarchs and military occupiers. Accompany an experienced historian and a curious local as they decipher the hidden rebellion woven deep into the fabric of the city. - A 2.9 km self-guided tour with 7 stops in 106 min. - Ideal for travelers interested in power, protest & public spaces and history & memory Told in an immersive podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

The KiddyTrip city rally in Cologne offers families a fun and educational way to explore the city. With charming Heinzelmännchen Erwin as a guide, the digital rally takes you over 2.5 km through Cologne's old town, where exciting puzzles and interesting facts await you. Find out why bananas are important to Cologne, for example, as you discover Cologne Cathedral, Hohenzollern Bridge and many other sights. The rally can be started at any time and interrupted at will, so you can play at your own pace. Access to the self-guided city rally for Cologne. Our easy-to-use browser app allows you to start city rallies at any time and make them at your own pace. No app download is required, the game is launched through your browser in a flash.