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A German king gave his wife a hilltop as a wedding gift — then asked for it back to build a second Rome. This app-based self-guided walking tour of Bamberg traces that power struggle through 20 stops across the UNESCO-listed old town.
You'll hear how citizens built their town hall on a river because the bishop refused them land, why a one-Pfennig beer price hike sparked a citywide revolt, and how a brass doorknob inspired the author of The Nutcracker.
The route winds from the merchants' island to the cathedral hill, where a mysterious medieval horseman and the only papal tomb north of the Alps await.
Start whenever you like, pause for a Rauchbier at Schlenkerla, and pick up where you left off — audio works offline at your own pace. If you'd rather wander than be herded on someone else's schedule, this is your kind of tour.
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Itinerary
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1Gruner Markt
Find out why locals renamed a Roman sea god after a piece of cutlery.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2
Step beneath a dome that isn't there — and see if your eyes agree.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3Am Kranen
Stand where every merchant on the river was forced to stop and sell, whether they wanted to or not.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4Igor Mitoraj Centurione I
Walk around a bronze Roman head and watch your brain refuse to believe what it sees.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
5
Frame the single view that tells the story of a city divided against itself for centuries.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6Altes Rathaus
Cross the bridge where citizens built a town hall on land that belonged to nobody.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
7Little Venice
Look for the wooden balconies that reveal what these houses were really built for.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
8
Enter the square where prince-bishops raised armies, levied taxes, and burned their own citizens.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
9Bamberg Cathedral
Search for a horseman whose identity has puzzled scholars for eight hundred years.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
10Alte Hofhaltung
Pass through the courtyard where a king was murdered over a broken marriage promise.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
11Neue Residenz Bamberg
Peer from the window where Napoleon's chief of staff fell to his death seventeen days before Waterloo.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
12Schlenkerla, Rauchbierbrauerei
Taste the flavour every beer on earth once had — and hear why only two breweries still make it.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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See the palace so impractical its owner had to build a second one down the street.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
14
Rub the brass face that launched The Nutcracker and wrecked its creator's career.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
15
Visit the only Protestant church in the world that was consecrated by a pope.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
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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.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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