All Lower Saxony Tours & Excursions in 2026 - page 3

Dive into the terrifying, meticulously planned grid of a city born from totalitarian ambition. Salzgitter is not just an industrial center; it is an artificial construct that was forcibly built in 1942 to feed the Nazi war machine. On this thoughtful and gloomy tour, you will strip away the layers of architectural idealism to expose the brutal human cost beneath it. From garden city illusions to the silent geometry of mass graves – discover how urban planning was used as a weapon and how a modern city struggles with the ghosts of its dark origins. - 10.6 km self-guided tour with 7 stations over 240 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

Join an exciting 60-minute walking journey through Osnabrück. Learn all the key facts about the city, dive into the local lifestyle, and feel its unique culture. From Dom St. Petrus to Hegertor, get to discover the city's most defining landmarks. Your Local will also share insider tips on the best cafes, restaurants, and lively bars in Osnabrück to ensure you get the most out of your stay. • See Osnabrück through a local's eyes, uncovering the city's true essence. • Discover Osnabrück’s medieval charm, showcasing its rich history. • Get top local tips on the best bars, cafes, and restaurants to visit. • Maximize your time, discovering more of Osnabrück in less time. • Enjoy the intimacy of a small group, with a maximum of 8 travellers.

Göttingen is not just a picturesque university city, but a permanent ideological battlefield. On this tour, you look behind the postcard-like facades and dive into the contested rooms that make up the true character of the city. From the mysterious, militant conservative student associations of the 19th century to the graffiti-covered strongholds of modern Antifa – you will discover how generations of students have fought for the soul of their society. This is a journey through the architecture of resistance, the paradox of institutional power, and the lasting legacy of radical protests. - 3.7 km self-guided tour with 6 stations over 109 min. - Ideal for everyone interested in power, protest & public spaces and power, protest & public space Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Discover Osnabrück like never before with the Secrets of Osnabrück 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 Osnabrück while exploring famous spots such as St. Peter's Cathedral, the Historic City Hall, St. Marienkirche, Theater Osnabrück and the Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche. 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 Osnabrück perfect for every type of explorer.

Salzgitter-Lebenstedt did not grow organically over centuries, but was designed on paper in the 1930s as the "city of the future" for the Reichswerke Hermann Göring. Accompany architecture expert Tom and local Emma on a profound journey through a city built on a fascist grid. Discover the reality of forced labor behind the propaganda, the effect of functionalist zoning separation, and the later struggle of the residents to give the authoritarian building plan life and a soul of their own. - 6.5 km self-guided tour with 7 stations over 160 min. - Ideal for everyone interested in urbanism, infrastructure, and innovation Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Discover how a single, war-scarred city could host the most complex diplomatic negotiations in European history and thus end the Thirty Years' War. Accompany Max, a historian for the big picture, and Lara, an expert on the hidden details of the city landscape. Experience Osnabrück's development from the diplomatic center of the 17th century to the modern city of peace. You learn about the logistical challenges of housing 109 foreign delegations, the change of Catholic and Protestant bishops, and the moving stories of Erich Maria Remarque and Felix Nussbaum. - 2.5 km self-guided tour with 7 stations over 101 min. - Ideal for everyone interested in history & memory and power, protest & public space Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Before there were sold-out arenas and thirteen million sold records, there were three guys, a toy keyboard, and a radical idea. This tour follows the incredible journey of the band Trio – the architects of one of the most iconic sounds of the New German Wave. You go from the days as a teacher training student at a politically charged university in the 70s through the smoky pub scene of Oldenburg to the station that marked your escape into rural isolation. Discover how the rejection of musical excesses and the search for minimalism created a worldwide pop phenomenon – a story about art, isolation, and the price of commercial triumph. 4.0 km self-guided tour with 4 stations over 105 min. Ideal for everyone interested in pop culture media landscapes and pop culture media Excitingly tells in a podcast style from experts and locals Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Before huge steelworks shaped the modern skyline, Salzgitter was a realm of bubbling brine springs, old forest smithies, and wandering musicians. Accompany a sociologist and a detail-oriented historian on a journey through the Middle Ages and the early modern period. You will discover the underground salt lodes from which the city arose, follow the traces of unscrupulous mercenaries who fought for this 'white gold', and explore the forgotten ruins of the forest smiths. This is the story of how geology shapes destiny and how a small community adapted to the turbulent tides of European history. - 1.6 km self-guided tour with 7 stations over 87 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

Dive into the poignant, tragically beautiful world of Felix Nussbaum, a brilliant painter whose life and art were destroyed by the rise of fascism. This captivating journey takes you through the streets of Osnabrück, contrasting the warm, promising places of its youth with the terrifying bureaucratic centers of Nazi terror. The tour culminates in the architectural masterpiece of the Felix-Nussbaum House, where Daniel Libeskind's confusing design makes the psychological burden of exile physically tangible. Prepare yourself for an emotional, intellectual, and unforgettable confrontation with memory, art, and the resistance against forgetting. - 2.4 km self-guided tour with 6 stations over 90 min. - Ideal for everyone interested in history, memory, and art, design, and aesthetics Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Osnabrück 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 Dom St. Petrus, 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 the wondrous survival of a city that refused to be wiped out. In exactly eighteen minutes, Hildesheim's medieval heart was turned to ashes in 1945. But today his UNESCO World Heritage Sites stand proudly, and a legendary rose bush continues to bloom. Accompany Max, a historian for the big picture, and Vera, an expert on the microscopic details of the past. It takes you through a breathtaking story of Ottonian masterpieces, devastating destruction, and the tenacious resilience of stone and nature. - A 2.2 km self-guided tour with 7 stops in 95 min. - Ideal for travelers interested in history & memory as well as art, design & aesthetics Told in an immersive podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Get introduced to Celle in the most authentic way: through its highlights, history, local flavors, and with a trusted local guide by your side. Along the way, you will explore iconic landmarks such as Celler Schloss and the Hoppener Haus, as well as local favorites and hidden corners loved by locals. Engaging anecdotes and personal insights from your local guide will connect Celle history, culture, and tradition, bringing the city to life in an authentic and memorable way. To complete the experience, enjoy a tasting of a local specialty. Whether sweet, savory, or regional, you will taste a real part of Celle everyday culture and traditions. By the end of the tour, you will have a great introduction to Celle, its local culture, and how to explore it on your own. You will walk away with personal recommendations and local tips on where to eat and what to see next, helping you make the most of your time in the city.

Experience the city centre of Braunschweig in the mysterious glow of the evening hours and discover the most beautiful sights of Braunschweig in a completely new way. Between illuminated alleys, historic squares and the special flair of the city centre, an exciting escape game full of gripping story and tricky puzzles awaits you. Spend an unforgettable time together with your loved ones between adventure and night atmosphere.

Embark on a fascinating journey through 300 million years of Earth's history. The Piesberg quarry is not just a hole in the ground; it is a monumental palimpsest in which ancient tropical coal swamps, the brutal industrial ambition of the 19th century, and the modern ecological reclamation are written over one another. Join us as we hike along the edge of a huge, active quarry, splitting stones to find ancient fossils, and discover how nature is reclaiming the scars of human extraction in a striking way. - 5.8 km self-guided tour with 8 stations over 159 min. - Ideal for everyone interested in spirituality, myths & nature and history & memory Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Dive into the ice-cold, schnapps-infused, and surprisingly profound world of Oldenburg's Winter Obsession. This tour is not an ordinary food tour, but an insight into the cabbage ride – a regional ritual in which a humble winter vegetable shapes social hierarchies, drives political lobbying, and turns forests into playgrounds. Discover how a survival food from the 19th century became the beating heart of the identity of an entire city. - 5.8 km self-guided tour with 6 stations over 149 min. - Ideal for fans of culinary arts, identity, society, and everyday life Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

How does a city survive the apocalypse? In 1945, Hildesheim was reduced to rubble and ashes in a single night. But from the rubble, a wondrous story of rebirth emerged, anchored by a single, ancient rose bush. Accompany Anna, a cultural scientist, and Adam, a historian, on their quest for the roots of resilience – through reconstructed medieval squares, revived churches, and to the legendary Thousand-Year Rose. This is not just a historical tour; it is a deep, emotional journey about how a community decides to remember, rebuild, and flourish anew. - 2.4 km self-guided tour with 6 stations over 89 min. - Ideal for everyone interested in spirituality, myths & nature and history & memory Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Discover the psychological and architectural depths of the reconstruction of Hildesheim after the war. Behind the medieval facades hides a story of survival, trauma, and the modernist dream of the 1950s. This tour shows concrete, clinker, and pastel-colored tiles not as flaws, but as bold witnesses to the rebirth of a city from the ashes of the Second World War. - 1.9 km self-guided tour with 6 stations over 82 min. - Ideal for everyone interested in history, memory, art, design, and aesthetics Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app