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Emperors, Trials and Rebirth Self Guided Tour of Nuremberg
(3) Reviews
Nürnberg
Important Information
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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For nearly four centuries, the crown, sceptre, and orb of the Holy Roman Empire were locked inside a hospital chapel in this city — until Napoleon's army forced their evacuation and Hitler ordered them brought back. This self-guided audio tour of Nuremberg traces the stories behind that kind of history across 22 stops.
From the medieval Meat Bridge engineered like Venice's Rialto to the tunnels where citizens hid priceless art from Allied bombs, this Nuremberg walking tour covers 600 years of empire, rebellion, and reinvention. You'll stand where the Reformation took hold, walk a corridor of pillars confronting the city's darkest chapter, and discover a fountain built to disguise a subway v...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 3 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 3 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
1-year access to audio on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
Audio and written guide included
Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation
Any physical devices or headphones
Human tour guide at location
Meeting Points
Departure
Ehekarussell
This is a self-guided audio tour on our self-guided tour app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from us sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for our company in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support.
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Weißgerbergasse
Emperors, Trials and Rebirth Self Guided Tour of Nuremberg
(3) Reviews
Nürnberg
About
For nearly four centuries, the crown, sceptre, and orb of the Holy Roman Empire were locked inside a hospital chapel in this city — until Napoleon's army forced their evacuation and Hitler ordered them brought back. This self-guided audio tour of Nuremberg traces the stories behind that kind of history across 22 stops.
From the medieval Meat Bridge engineered like Venice's Rialto to the tunnels where citizens hid priceless art from Allied bombs, this Nuremberg walking tour covers 600 years of empire, rebellion, and reinvention. You'll stand where the Reformation took hold, walk a corridor of pillars confronting the city's darkest chapter, and discover a fountain built to disguise a subway v...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 3 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 3 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
1-year access to audio on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
Audio and written guide included
Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation
Any physical devices or headphones
Human tour guide at location
Meeting Points
Departure
Ehekarussell
This is a self-guided audio tour on our self-guided tour app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from us sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for our company in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support.
Return
Weißgerbergasse
Itinerary
1
Ehekarussell
Walk around the bronze marriage scenes that were built to hide a subway ventilation shaft.
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White Tower
Stand before the toll gate that helped keep a city unbesieged for the entire Middle Ages.
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Strasse der Menschenrechte
Pass through thirty pillars inscribed in thirty languages — placed here to answer for laws once written in this same city.
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St. Lawrence Church
Step inside one of the first churches in Germany to break with Rome and embrace Luther's revolution.
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St. Lawrence Church
Read a stone Bible carved for a congregation that couldn't read a single word.
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St. Lawrence Church
Look up at the wooden masterpiece that survived the war only because citizens carried it into tunnels beneath the castle.
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Fleischbrucke
Cross a bridge engineered like Venice's Rialto, then find the stone ox that was never a calf.
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Heilig-Geist-Spital
Peer into the chapel where the Holy Roman Empire's crown jewels were guarded for nearly four centuries.
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Hauptmarkt
Stand in a market square built on ground that was cleared by a pogrom — and sanctioned by an emperor.
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Schöner Brunnen
Search for the loose brass ring locals say grants wishes — and notice who's watching from the pillar above.
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Frauenkirche
Wait for noon and watch mechanical figures re-enact an oath sworn to an emperor in this very square.
12
Frauenkirche
Spot the altarpiece panel where a medieval painter hid Nuremberg's own skyline inside a biblical scene.
13
Nurnberger Rathaus
Pause at the building where diplomats once feasted upstairs while prisoners suffered in dungeons directly below.
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St. Sebaldus Church
Face the crucifix that was carved with its eyes open — and consider why that unsettled an entire congregation.
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St. Sebaldus Church
Trace the carved figures flanking the entrance and find the prince holding a church in the palm of his hand.
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St. Sebaldus Church
See the bronze shrine where a saint's bones rest inside a masterwork that took its creator over a decade to finish.
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Albrecht-Durer-Haus
Enter the studio of the artist who turned a simple watercolour of a hare into one of the most recognised paintings on earth.
18
Kaiserburg Nurnberg
Climb to the fortress where every Holy Roman Emperor was required to hold court — and find out what happened when one refused.
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Kaiserburg Nurnberg
Look down from walls that were never breached and trace the layers of power built into the hilltop over five centuries.
20
Historischer Kunstbunker
Descend into the tunnels where Nuremberg hid its greatest treasures from the bombs — and where American soldiers found a stolen crown.
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Weinstadel
Walk the bridge once reserved for the city's executioner — the one man nobody in Nuremberg would live beside.
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Weissgerbergasse
Stroll the last intact row of medieval half-timbered houses and ask why this street survived when ninety percent of the Old Town didn't.
