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Brick Towers, Fallen Bells and Sinners Self Guided Tour of Lübeck
Lübeck
About
Lübeck's most famous gate was saved from demolition by a single vote: 42 to 41. This self-guided audio tour takes you past that tilting gate, through streets called Purgatory and Hell, to the church where merchants built their vault twenty metres taller than the bishop's cathedral, just to prove a point.
Along the way, you'll hear how the salt warehouses became a vampire's lair in Nosferatu, why Bach walked four hundred kilometres to hear one organist, and how a medieval courtroom used two different doors so the crowd outside could read the verdict without a word being spoken.
The tour works entirely offline across this UNESCO World Heritage island, with no fixed start time. Pause for marz...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 4 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 4 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
Museum Holstentor
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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Wassertreppe 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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Brick Towers, Fallen Bells and Sinners Self Guided Tour of Lübeck
Lübeck
About
Lübeck's most famous gate was saved from demolition by a single vote: 42 to 41. This self-guided audio tour takes you past that tilting gate, through streets called Purgatory and Hell, to the church where merchants built their vault twenty metres taller than the bishop's cathedral, just to prove a point.
Along the way, you'll hear how the salt warehouses became a vampire's lair in Nosferatu, why Bach walked four hundred kilometres to hear one organist, and how a medieval courtroom used two different doors so the crowd outside could read the verdict without a word being spoken.
The tour works entirely offline across this UNESCO World Heritage island, with no fixed start time. Pause for marz...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 4 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 4 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
Museum Holstentor
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
Wassertreppe Lübeck
Itinerary
1
Holstentor
Stand before the tilting gate that survived demolition by a single vote, 42 to 41.
2
Salzspeicher
Spot the warehouses where a vampire's shadow still appears in the windows every evening at dusk.
3
An der Obertrave
Pause on the bridge and trace the outline of a medieval island that was never breached by force.
4
Lubeck Cathedral
Look up at the towers the merchants set out to humiliate, then find the hidden signature inside a hollow finger.
5
Fegefeuer
Walk a medieval route from Purgatory through Hell to Paradise, and search for the devil's plaque along the way.
6
Halbturm
Notice the half tower deliberately built without a back wall to trap anyone who climbed inside.
7
St. Peter's Church
Step into a church stripped bare after the war, where a neon sign now winks at confused visitors.
8
Café Niederegger - Stammhaus
Taste the marzipan that earned EU protection, then identify the life-sized figures sculpted from it upstairs.
9
Markt
Count the two courtroom doors and work out which one meant you walked free.
10
Marienkirche
Meet the devil who helped build a church he thought was a wine bar, then find what the bombing shook loose.
11
St. Catherine's Church
Search the façade for the sculptures a museum director hid under his mother-in-law's veranda from the Nazis.
12
Gunter Grass-Haus
Weigh two Nobel laureates side by side, each carrying a secret that nearly undid their legacy.
13
Heiligen-Geist-Hospital
Peer into the tiny wooden cubicles where elderly residents lived, six square metres each, until the 1970s.
14
St.-Jakobi-Kirche Lübeck - Ev.-Luth. Kirchengemeinde St. Jakobi Lübeck
Listen for the only historic organs left in Lübeck, everything else was lost in a single night.
15
Schiffergesellschaft
Sit where captains once sorted themselves by sailing route and dine beneath ship models hung five centuries ago.
16
Engelsgrube
Read the street name and guess angels, then learn why the real origin has nothing to do with heaven.
17
Wassertreppe Lübeck
Watch a nineteenth-century swing bridge rotate sixty degrees in three minutes, still working as it always has.
