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By Red Thread
Free cancellation available
The previous price was NZ$13 and current price is NZ$10 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 58m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Enter a matrix from the 17th century. Mannheim is not just a city; it is a huge, alphanumeric chessboard, designed by absolute rulers and shaped by centuries of human resilience. On this Red Thread Tour, we decode the square city and find out how a rigid, control-built grid unintentionally fostered radical tolerance, devastating efficiency, and ultimately incredible adaptability. Discover the hidden psychology behind the streets without names.

    • 1.5 km self-guided tour with 4 stations over 58 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

  • Mannheim Baroque Palace
    • Bismarckstraße
    • 68161, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Mannheim Baroque Palace
    • Bismarckstraße
    • 68161, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Podcast Tour The Deciphering of the Mannheim Square City in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 58 minutes58m
    58m
  • Opening hours: Sun 12:00 am-11:59 pm
  • English
Price details
NZ$12.02
NZ$9.62 x 1 AdultNZ$9.62
Total
The previous price was NZ$12.02 and current price is NZ$9.62
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

Mannheim Baroque Palace

  • 10m
The architectural anchor of the grid system, whose construction began in 1720. It illustrates the absolute power of the electors, who shaped the rational layout of the city.

Altes Rathaus und Pfarrkirche St. Sebastian

  • 10m
The historical centre of the grid at G1. The Baroque Old Town Hall and the Lower Parish Church share a single building here.

Jüdische Gemeinde Mannheim

  • 10m
This modern centre in F3 honours Mannheim's long history of Jewish life and confronts us with the dark side of the city's rational grid.

Paradeplatz

  • 10m
The central node where the logic of the grid converges. The historical Grupello Pyramid stands here and forms the modern heart of the square city.

Location

Activity location

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    Mannheim Baroque Palace
    • Bismarckstraße
    • 68161, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Mannheim Baroque Palace
    • Bismarckstraße
    • 68161, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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