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The previous price was £6 and current price is £4 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 15m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Discover how the obsession of a restless chemist for invisible materials transformed a quiet university town into an industrial centre that revolutionized global science and completely reshaped modern cuisine. This is the storey of Jenaer Glas – a narrative about utopian capitalists, Bauhaus visionaries, and the transparent revolution that changed our view of the world.

    • 4.8 km self-guided tour with 7 stations over 135 min.
    • Ideal for everyone interested in history & memory and art, design & aesthetics
      Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals
    • Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Activity location

  • Schott Villa
    • Otto-Schott-Str. 13
    • 07745, Jena, Thuringia, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • SCHOTT Villa
    • 7 Otto-Schott-Straße
    • 07745, Jena, Thüringen, Germany

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Podcast Tour Expectations Exceed The Jena Glass Revolution in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 15 minutes2h 15m
    2h 15m
  • Opening hours: Fri 00:00-23:59
  • English
Price details
£5.01
£4.01 x 1 Adult£4.01
Total
The previous price was £5.01 and current price is £4.01
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
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Schott Villa

  • 10m
The elegant former residence of Otto Schott, where the chemical formula for heat-resistant borosilicate glass was perfected.

Otto-Schott-Straße 13

  • 10m
The huge industrial complex where borosilicate glass was scaled up from lab experiments to global mass production.

Volkshaus Jena

  • 10m
A monumental public building, financed by the wealth from glass production, that should provide education, culture, and hygiene for the working class.

Ernst-Abbe-Denkmal

  • 10m
A monument to Ernst Abbe, the mathematician, whose theoretical work made the perfection of Jena glass possible.

Deutsches Optisches Museum

  • 10m
A museum that displays the optical instruments that first used the flawless clarity of Jena glass and thus revolutionized global science.

Stadtmuseum Jena

  • 10m
Home of the iconic Wagenfeld tea service, illustrating how Bauhaus design and Jena glass changed domestic life.

Kaffeehaus Gräfe Bäckerei & Konditorei

  • 10m
A historic local cafe where the sensual experience of drinking from glass brings the themes of the tour into the present.

Location

Activity location

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    Schott Villa
    • Otto-Schott-Str. 13
    • 07745, Jena, Thuringia, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    SCHOTT Villa
    • 7 Otto-Schott-Straße
    • 07745, Jena, Thüringen, Germany

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