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The previous price was RM 28 and current price is RM 22 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 40m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Enter the permeable heart of Europe. This is not just a walk through a historic German city; it is an investigation of the concept of boundaries itself. From medieval customs dodgers to post-war coffee smugglers – discover how people in Aachen outwitted the lines drawn by emperors and politicians on maps for centuries. You will explore the tension between grand European visions and the raw, everyday reality of life on the border.

    • 3.1 km self-guided tour with 6 stations over 100 min.
    • Ideal for everyone interested in identity, migration & globalization and history & memory
      Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals
    • Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Activity location

  • Grashaus
    • Fischmarkt 3
    • 52062, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Grashaus
    • 3 Fischmarkt
    • 52062, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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Self-guided podcast tour The Borderland Paradoxon from Aachen in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 40 minutes1h 40m
    1h 40m
  • Opening hours: Tue 0:00-23:59
  • English
Price details
RM 27.30
RM 21.84 x 2 AdultsRM 43.68
Total
The previous price was RM 54.60 and current price is RM 43.68
20% off

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Exciting audio output in podcast style with experts and locals
  • Inclusions
    Interactive guide in the app for questions about history and surroundings
  • Inclusions
    Verified facts incorporated into an exciting story
  • Inclusions
    Point-to-point navigation between stops

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Grashaus

  • 10m
A former town hall, court, and prison from the 13th century, which now serves as a community center and symbolizes the transition from medieval urban control to modern European integration.

City Hall Aachen

  • 10m
The historic town hall, built on the ruins of Charlemagne's palace, where the Karl Prize is awarded today.

Centre Charlemagne

  • 10m
The city museum, which focuses on the realm of Charles the Great and the violent, changing history of regional borders.

Couven Museum

  • 10m
An 18th-century townhouse that shows the common Aachen-Liège regional style and the complexity of bourgeois life in the border region.

Ponttor

  • 10m
A massive city gate from the 14th century that guarded trade routes and gave rise to the region's early smuggling networks.

Westpark

  • 10m
A quiet city park facing the western borders and serving as a starting point to talk about the 'Aachen Coffee Front,' a massive coffee smuggling operation after the Second World War.

Location

Activity location

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    Grashaus
    • Fischmarkt 3
    • 52062, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Grashaus
    • 3 Fischmarkt
    • 52062, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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