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The previous price was £6 and current price is £4 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 56m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Embark on an inspiring and profound journey through the medieval streets of Magdeburg. This is not just a walk past old buildings; it is an exploration of the source code of European civil liberty. Discover how a group of ambitious merchants, a visionary scribe, and a powerful archbishop negotiated for centuries to bring the Magdeburg Law into being – a legal framework that spread to over a thousand cities. Uncover the hidden tensions between freedom and exclusion and experience how the spirits of medieval cartels still shape our understanding of urban life today.

    • 3.6 km self-guided tour with 7 stations over 116 min.
    • Ideal for everyone interested in history, memory and power, protest, and public space
      Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals
    • Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Activity location

  • Denkmal Eike von Repgow
    • Platz des 17. Juni
    • 39112, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Ministry of the Interior and Sports of the State of Saxony-Anhalt
    • 2 Halberstädter Straße
    • 39112, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

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Podcast Tour Magdeburg: The Architecture of Autonomy in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 56 minutes1h 56m
    1h 56m
  • Opening hours: Wed 00:00-23:59
  • English
Price details
£5.08
£4.06 x 1 Adult£4.06
Total
The previous price was £5.08 and current price is £4.06
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

Denkmal Eike von Repgow

  • 10m
The monument to Eike von Repgow, the visionary who recorded customary law in the Sachsenspiegel, in front of a historic building from 1913.

Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg

  • 10m
A building in the style of Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Gothic from the early 20th century, which preserves the history of Magdeburg law.

Domplatz

  • 10m
The historical seat of the archbishop, where the tension between feudal power and bourgeois autonomy began.

Buttergasse Club

  • 10m
One of the largest Romanesque public arcades in Germany, representing the immense power of the trade guilds.

Rathaus der Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg

  • 10m
The historical seat of the bench, which functioned as the supreme court for Eastern Europe.

Magdeburger Roland

  • 10m
The towering stone statue, the bourgeois autonomy, market rights, and the complex memory of freedom symbolises.

Petriförder

  • 10m
The Elbe bank, where the right of convoy fuelled the immense wealth and power of the city.

Location

Activity location

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    Denkmal Eike von Repgow
    • Platz des 17. Juni
    • 39112, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Ministry of the Interior and Sports of the State of Saxony-Anhalt
    • 2 Halberstädter Straße
    • 39112, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

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