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Bamberg Old Town UNESCO World Heritage Walk

Bamberg Old Town UNESCO World Heritage Walk

Bamberg · Germany

9 stops3.7 km44 min
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Quizzes
  • Offline

Follow Bamberg’s Old Town through a sequence of historic buildings, a cathedral, a museum, a townhall, a square, a fountain and a memorial. Begin with the historic old town attraction, then visit the Neue Residenz, Domplatz, the Historical Museum Bamberg and Bamberg Cathedral before continuing to the Altes Rathaus, Am Kranen, Maximilian Fountain and Berganza-Denkmal. Each stop adds a different view of the places and civic stories that make the Old Town a UNESCO World Heritage subject. Take this welcoming walk to connect Bamberg’s best-known historic landmarks in one coherent route.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 9. The rest are in the app.

  1. Bamberg historic old town (UNESCO world heritage site)

    Bamberg historic old town (UNESCO world heritage site)

    A medieval town of timber houses shaped by emperors, bishops, war, and surviving urban life.

  2. Neue Residenz

    Neue Residenz

    A prince-bishops’ residence built in two eras, now holding Bamberg’s library and gallery.

  3. Domplatz

    Domplatz

    Domplatz, an attraction in Bamberg, Germany

  4. 3 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Historical Museum Bamberg

    Historical Museum Bamberg

    A museum stop for Bamberg’s long transformation from imperial city to Bavarian town.

  6. Bamberg Cathedral

    Bamberg Cathedral

    A cathedral rebuilt by fire, reshaped by fashion, and crowned by an imperial tomb.

  7. Old City Hall

    Old City Hall

    A town hall built in the Regnitz to mediate between Bamberg’s rival halves

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 3 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

3 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 9 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

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  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Something to answer

    A few questions as you leave a stop, written from the story you just heard.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.