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Free cancellation available
The previous price was NZ$12 and current price is NZ$10 per adult
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Features

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

Overview

  • Dive into the belly of a sleeping steel giant. This captivating journey through the ironworks of the Völklinger Cabin takes you through a dystopian landscape of rusting pipes, giant concrete silos, and stationary machinery. Experience the extreme change from a deafening, fiery past to a cold, awe-inspiring present. Observe how wild nature and contemporary art reclaim a place of untamed human ambitions and dark historical truths.

    • 3.3 km self-guided tour with 8 stations over 122 min.
    • Ideal for everyone interested in history, memory, and art, design, and aesthetics
      Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals
    • Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Activity location

  • Völklingen Ironworks
    • 75-79 Rathausstraße
    • 66333, Völklingen, Saarland, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Völklingen Ironworks
    • 75-79 Rathausstraße
    • 66333, Völklingen, Saarland, Germany

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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Podcast Tour Saarbrücken Industrial Cathedral Völklinger Cabin in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 2 minutes2h 2m
    2h 2m
  • Opening hours: Thu 12:00 am-11:59 pm
  • English
Price details
NZ$11.98
NZ$9.58 x 1 AdultNZ$9.58
Total
The previous price was NZ$11.98 and current price is NZ$9.58
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

Völklingen Ironworks

  • 10m
The huge starting point where fine iron ore dust was baked into usable lumps – a first impression of the overwhelming dimensions of this place.

Völklingen Ironworks

  • 10m
Massive concrete silos, where raw materials were once stored and which now serve as an underground crypt and a canvas for contemporary urban art.

Gebläsehalle

  • 10m
The ultimate 'industrial cathedral', which houses huge iron flywheels in a massive, church-like hall, where the altered acoustics emphasise the stationary machines even more.

Völklingen Ironworks

  • 10m
The beast's belly: six mighty furnaces in which iron was melted at 2000 degrees Celsius amidst a dystopian tangle of rusting pipes.

Volklingen Ironworks

  • 10m
A dark, rough area where coal was baked into coke – a place that prompts reflection on the harsh working conditions and the forced labour used here.

Völklingen Ironworks

  • 10m
Raised railway tracks that convey a close feeling of industrial logistics and the sheer weight of the materials moved through this labyrinth.

Volklingen Ironworks

  • 10m
An iconic concrete structure that was essential for cooling the Inferno and reminds us of the elemental forces that were tamed and fought here.

Völklingen Ironworks

  • 10m
The emotional climax where wild nature reclaims the toxic legacy of the coke plant – a symbol of ecological resilience.

Location

Activity location

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    Völklingen Ironworks
    • 75-79 Rathausstraße
    • 66333, Völklingen, Saarland, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Völklingen Ironworks
    • 75-79 Rathausstraße
    • 66333, Völklingen, Saarland, Germany
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Völklingen Ironworks
    • 75-79 Rathausstraße
    • 66333, Völklingen, Saarland, Germany

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