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Lübeck's Medieval Streets: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
Lübeck
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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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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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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Lübeck's medieval skyline – seven church towers rising above a river island – tells only part of the story. On this self-guided audio tour, you'll trace how Hanseatic wealth shaped the city's grand architecture while uncovering the lives of three Nobel Prize laureates who called Lübeck home. The tour starts at the Holstentor, the iconic 1464 red-brick gate whose twin towers have been slowly tilting toward each other for centuries. From there, you'll cross into the Old Town along Braunstrasse, one of the city's oldest streets, passing a baroque merchant's house from the 1600s and a 1905 postal building. You'll reach the medieval Market Square, where a farmers' market still operates. The route...
Highlights
From 1 hour to 1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 1 hour to 1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Lifetime access to this tour in English before your booking date and after it
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
App for Android and iOS
Directions to the starting point so that when you’re in the right place, the tour will start
Smartphone and headphones
Transportation
Food and drink
Personal expenses for admission fees not included during the tour
Meeting Points
Departure
Museum Holstentor
This tour starts at The Holstentor. Before arrival, please install the mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
Return
Tour ends at Fischergrube
Lübeck's Medieval Streets: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
Lübeck
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Lübeck's medieval skyline – seven church towers rising above a river island – tells only part of the story. On this self-guided audio tour, you'll trace how Hanseatic wealth shaped the city's grand architecture while uncovering the lives of three Nobel Prize laureates who called Lübeck home. The tour starts at the Holstentor, the iconic 1464 red-brick gate whose twin towers have been slowly tilting toward each other for centuries. From there, you'll cross into the Old Town along Braunstrasse, one of the city's oldest streets, passing a baroque merchant's house from the 1600s and a 1905 postal building. You'll reach the medieval Market Square, where a farmers' market still operates. The route...
Highlights
From 1 hour to 1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 1 hour to 1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Lifetime access to this tour in English before your booking date and after it
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
App for Android and iOS
Directions to the starting point so that when you’re in the right place, the tour will start
Smartphone and headphones
Transportation
Food and drink
Personal expenses for admission fees not included during the tour
Meeting Points
Departure
Museum Holstentor
This tour starts at The Holstentor. Before arrival, please install the mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
Return
Tour ends at Fischergrube
Itinerary
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Marienkirche
Marvel at the twin brick towers of Marienkirche, one of the tallest brick Gothic churches in the world. You'll learn how this soaring landmark inspired church builders across the Baltic region for centuries.
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Buddenbrookhaus
Explore the Buddenbrookhaus, the historic merchant home tied to Nobel laureate Thomas Mann's family. You'll discover how his novel Buddenbrooks drew directly on the lives lived within these walls.
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Gunter Grass-Haus
Visit the Günter Grass House, dedicated to the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Tin Drum. You'll hear the full story behind his most famous novel and the city that shaped his imagination.
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Willy Brandt House, Lubeck
Step into the Willy Brandt House, honouring the Nobel Peace Prize-winning chancellor born in Lübeck. You'll learn how his policy of Ostpolitik reshaped Germany's relationship with the East during the Cold War.
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Lübeck
Take in the wider Hansestadt Lübeck, the free imperial city whose wealth once rivalled Europe's greatest trading powers. You'll understand how Hanseatic League trade routes turned this compact island city into a medieval powerhouse.
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Enjoy the sights and scents of Niederegger, the marzipan store founded in 1806 and still family-owned in its eighth generation. You'll get a taste of the sweet treat that has made Lübeck famous far beyond Germany.
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Wander into the Füchtingshof, a 1639 merchant-funded courtyard built to house the widows of sea captains. You'll picture the quiet lives sheltered here, funded by the wealth of Lübeck's seafaring trade.
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St.-Jakobi-Kirche Lübeck - Ev.-Luth. Kirchengemeinde St. Jakobi Lübeck
Pass St.-Jakobi-Kirche, home to the preserved lifeboat from the Pamir, a four-masted barque that sank in 1957. You'll reflect on the more than 80 lives lost, memorialised inside this seafarers' church.
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Schiffergesellschaft
See the Schiffergesellschaft, a 16th-century guildhall built for Lübeck's captains and shipowners. You'll imagine the maritime deals struck and stories swapped within this richly decorated merchant hall.
