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Free cancellation available
The previous price was S$9 and current price is S$7 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 51m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Discover the hidden digital heartbeat of Germany. This immersive tour takes you behind the classic facades of Karlsruhe and reveals its secret identity as the birthplace of the German internet and as a pioneering, yet controversial, smart city. Accompany a city planner and a technology historian as they debate the promises of the digital utopia, the ghosts of the industrial past, and the hacker ethos fighting for privacy in the age of absolute connectivity.

    • 6.6 km self-guided tour with 6 stations over 171 min.
    • Ideal for everyone interested in urbanism, infrastructure & innovation and urbanism & innovation
      Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals
    • Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Activity location

  • KIT-Fakultät für Informatik
    • 5 Am Fasanengarten
    • 76131, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • KIT-Fakultät für Informatik
    • 5 Am Fasanengarten
    • 76131, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Podcast Tour The Silicon Woods The Digital Soul of Karlsruhe in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 51 minutes2h 51m
    2h 51m
  • Opening hours: Thu 0:00-23:59
  • English
Price details
S$8.59
S$6.87 x 2 AdultsS$13.74
Total
The previous price was S$17.18 and current price is S$13.74
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 storey
  • Inclusions
    Point-to-point navigation between stops

Know before you book

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

Activity itinerary

KIT-Fakultät für Informatik

  • 10m
The birthplace of the German internet, where the first email was received in 1984.

FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik

  • 10m
A centre that translates the academic roots of the internet into applied smart city technologies.

Perfekt Futur

  • 10m
A former slaughterhouse transformed into a vibrant startup park with the help of shipping containers.

Steinstraße 23

  • 10m
The local branch of the Chaos Computer Club, which represents the hacker ethos and digital civil rights.

Rathaus Am Marktplatz

  • 10m
The administrative heart of the city, where digital governance and civic reality meet.

ZKM | Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medien

  • 10m
The Digital Bauhaus researches the social and artistic impact of the internet.

Location

Activity location

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    KIT-Fakultät für Informatik
    • 5 Am Fasanengarten
    • 76131, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    KIT-Fakultät für Informatik
    • 5 Am Fasanengarten
    • 76131, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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