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By Red Thread
Free cancellation available
The previous price was AU$10 and current price is AU$8 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 45m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Look behind the beautiful sandstone facades of Fürth and discover the two faces of industrial prosperity. This tour shows you how a modest craftsman's settlement transformed into a worldwide centre for toys and mirrors. You will admire the glittering wealth of the Gründerzeit villas, but also enter the hidden, cramped courtyards where families toiled under toxic conditions. Discover the brilliant innovations, the devastating human costs, and the forgotten workers who built this glittering city.

    3.4 km self-guided tour with 6 stations over 105 min.
    Ideal for everyone interested in urbanism, infrastructure innovation, and urbanism innovation
    Excitingly tells in a podcast style from experts and locals
    Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Activity location

  • Waagplatz
    • Waagplatz
    • 90762, Fürth, Bayern, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Waagplatz
    • Waagplatz
    • 90762, Fürth, Bayern, Germany

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Podcast Tour: Fürth's Golden Facades and Poisonous Shadows in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 45 minutes1h 45m
    1h 45m
  • Opening hours: Sat 12:00 am-11:59 pm
  • English
Price details
AU$9.72
AU$7.78 x 1 AdultAU$7.78
Total
The previous price was AU$9.72 and current price is AU$7.78
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

Waagplatz

  • 10m
The historical craft heart of Fürth, where early glassmakers and craftsmen established the city's reputation.

Gustavstraße

  • 10m
Behind beautiful facades are hidden the backyards where the decentralized toy assembly took place in a small space.

Mathildenstr.

  • 10m
A workers' street from the 19th century, where the massive health risks of early mirror making, especially mercury poisoning, claimed many victims.

Stadtmuseum Fuerth

  • 10m
The official archive of city history, which hosts exhibitions on goldsmiths, tin toys, and the mirror industry.

Hornschuchpromenade

  • 10m
A magnificent promenade, lined with splendid Gründerzeit villas built by wealthy mirror and toy manufacturers.

Eckart Plaza

  • 10m
The legacy of the bronze powder factories, which were essential for the reflective back of mirrors and the glossy finish of tin toys.

Location

Activity location

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    Waagplatz
    • Waagplatz
    • 90762, Fürth, Bayern, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Waagplatz
    • Waagplatz
    • 90762, Fürth, Bayern, Germany

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