Walking tour to the history of Cologne Cathedral with VR elements

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The back of Cologne Cathedral from 1926 — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

With the support of 6 VR stations, the 60-minute city tour brings more than 700 years of cathedral history to life.

Visitors will be taken on an emotional journey, starting from the planning of the cathedral building in the Middle Ages, to the laying of the second foundation stone after a long construction break, through the horrors of the 2nd century. World War I, right up to the present.

A classic city tour around the cathedral is combined with a virtual reality experience.

In a varied tour you will learn about the background of the cathedral building, learn all kinds of exciting facts and figures and dive directly into important times for the cathedral building. You put on glasses at the stations and look directly into the past.

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At a glance

Duration: one hour
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 15 people
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: German
Operated by: TimeRide

Ages: Youth (6–12 years) · Adults (13–100 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Tour outside around the cathedral
Included: VR glasses
Included: Live Guide

Not included

Not included: Access to the cathedral

Itinerary

Modell Einer Kreuzblume Vom Kolner Dom, In Originalgrosse.

10 min Admission included

First, the visitor to station 1 gets a

Overview map explaining the different construction phases of the cathedral. After that, the

virtual image into a 360° painting from around 1300. It shows the moment as bishop

and master cathedral builder in the atrium of the old cathedral, which had stood on the same site since 870, the

The cathedral was completed many centuries later as Cologne Cathedral.
Roncalliplatz

20 min Admission included

At Station 2, the group of visitors is located on Roncalli Square and looks out over

through the VR glasses into the year 1520. While you are in the midst of everyday market activity

of this period, look at the construction site of the cathedral in the Renaissance period, briefly

before the construction work ceases for three hundred years. Up on the South Tower

The construction crane is already enthroned, which has been a landmark of the city for centuries

will apply.

At Station 3, the visitor sees the cathedral from almost the same perspective and in the same

Construction condition, but about 300 years later. Since 1815, the Prussians have been in Cologne,

important infrastructure projects. In 1842, the Emperor himself invites

As protector of the prestige building, one for the solemn second laying of the foundation stone of the cathedral.

And you're in the middle of the festivities. And now it will be fast ... the Cologne-based

Cathedral was completed in 1880 as a German national symbol.
Domherrenfriedhof

10 min Admission included

At Station 4, at the Domherrenfriedhof, the view of a still young

Cathedral around 1926. It shows not only the magnificent Cologne before the 2. World War I, but

You can also see why the cathedral has been given its dark colour, looking at the main train station where a steam locomotive is currently entering. Your black smoke

is heading towards the cathedral.
Cologne Central Station

10 min Admission included

You will experience the lively traffic on the station forecourt, including cars and trams, before a wailing siren

the next VR scene. The animated beauty of the 1920s is passé. Their journey through time can be seen in the same place in 1945. Around it a rubble landscape. The formerly splendid Wilhelmine Central Station is heavily damaged and can only be recognized in its basic structure, with its characteristic entrance portal.
Stop 5

10 min

On the way to the last stop, visitors learn about the severe post-war years and the construction of the city. Cologne Cathedral has also been

hard hit, but as a symbol of the Kölsche Hätz he always gave hope for better times. At the end it goes back to the dome plate. At Station 6, you will find yourself surrounded by the crowds that gather around the cathedral every day, learning how the cathedral became the symbol of the city of Cologne and how it attracts millions of visitors from all over the world every year.