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Podcast Tour Karlsruhe Echoes in Concrete The Digital Bauhaus

1 h 5 min Free cancellation
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Podcast Tour Karlsruhe Echoes in Concrete The Digital Bauhaus

About this activity

Enter a paradox. Hall building A is a huge former munitions factory that once fueled the darkest chapters of the Second World War. Today it is a utopian laboratory for the future of digital art and design. Accompany Clara, a down-to-earth design enthusiast, and Victor, a passionate architectural historian, on their journey through the ghosts of industrial past and the bright screens of the 'Electronic Bauhaus'. This immersive, consciousness-expanding audio walk will challenge everything you think you know about architecture, memorial culture, and the power of art to rewrite history.

  • 0.8 km self-guided tour with 6 stations over 65 min.
  • Ideal for everyone interested in art, design, aesthetics, and history

Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals

  • Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app
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At a glance

Duration
1 h 5 min
Confirmation
Instant confirmation
Ticket
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group
Up to 99 people
People per booking
1–30
Audio guide
German, English
Operated by
Red Thread

Ages: Adults (13–99 years)

What is included

Included

  • Included: Exciting audio output in podcast style with experts and locals
  • Included: Interactive guide in the app for questions about history and surroundings
  • Included: Verified facts incorporated into an exciting story
  • Included: Point-to-point navigation between stops

Itinerary

  1. Zentrum Fuer Kunst Und Medien

    10 min

    At the Place of Human Rights, the dark industrial past of the location is introduced and the history of forced labor is contrasted with today's commitment to human rights.

  2. Filmpalast am ZKM

    10 min

    The ZKM forecourt opens up to the 300-meter-long hall building A and focuses on the architectural rescue and the preservation of its raw industrial aesthetic.

  3. Zentrum Fuer Kunst Und Medien

    10 min

    In the ZKM foyer and ZKM_Kubus, the digital world begins: The Klangdom makes spatial acoustic art immediately tangible.

  4. Zentrum Fuer Kunst Und Medien

    10 min

    The ZKM | Museum of Media Art in Lichthöfen 1 and 2 shows the development of traditional art towards interactive, screen-based, and algorithmic media.

  5. Stop 5

    10 min

    The pedagogical core of the complex continues the Bauhaus legacy through interdisciplinary training in design, art, and theory.

  6. Staedtische Galerie

    10 min

    The City Gallery offers an grounding contrast and reconnects the high-tech focus of the ZKM with classical art history.

Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

  • From Karlsruhe main station with local public transport towards Platz der Menschenrechte. From the nearest stop, it's the last few minutes on foot. Please check the current connection on the day of travel.

End point

  • Walk from the Municipal Gallery Karlsruhe to the nearest stop and take local public transport back to Karlsruhe Central Station. Please check the current connection on the day of travel.

Using your ticket

Thank you for your Booking Referral! We are very much looking forward to giving you a great tour experience with the Red-Thread app.

Since it is a self-guided tour, you have complete freedom: You start whenever suits you — at your own pace, without time pressure or a fixed group.

So you redeem your voucher:

1. Download the app: Download the free app "Red Thread: Discover Homeland" on the Apple App Store or Google Play.

Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/red-thread-discover-home/id6757938513

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.voltaire.redthread

2. Redeem code: Open the app, scan the QR code on your ticket — or enter your voucher code.

3. For groups: Each person needs the app on their own smartphone and enters their own code from the ticket — one code per person.

After redemption, you have 14 days of access — the time runs from redemption, not from Booking Referral.

More information on our website: https://redthread.world

We wish you a lot of fun on your Red-Thread tour!

Cancellation

Free cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

If you cancel You get back
At least one day before 100%
Less than a day before 0%

Good to know

  • Service animals allowed

  • Public transportation options are available nearby

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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