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The previous price was AU$10 and current price is AU$8 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 26m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Descend into the dark, echoing mines of the Siegerland and immerse yourself in the scandalous, opulent world of the Baroque nobility. This tour explores the deep paradox of Siegen: a city where the brutal, bone-breaking work of iron mining financed the exquisite, immortal masterpieces of Peter Paul Rubens. Discover how a scandalous affair, a princely captivity, and the relentless hammering of water-powered forges shaped a city with two faces.

    • 1.6 km self-guided tour with 7 stations over 86 minutes
    • Ideal for art, design, aesthetics, history, and memory
      Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals
    • Suitable audio content, interactive guide, and navigation via the app

Activity location

  • Siegerlandmuseum
    • Burgstrasse
    • 57072, Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Oberes Schloss
    • 5 Burgstraße
    • 57072, Siegen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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Podcast Tour Siegen The Rough Forge and the Masterpiece in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 26 minutes1h 26m
    1h 26m
  • Opening hours: Wed 12:00 am-11:59 pm
  • English
Price details
AU$9.61
AU$7.69 x 1 AdultAU$7.69
Total
The previous price was AU$9.61 and current price is AU$7.69
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

Siegerlandmuseum

  • 10m
A medieval fortress that houses both original masterpieces by Rubens and an underground iron mine.

Untere Metzgerstraße 37

  • 10m
A simple memorial plaque marking the lost house where Peter Paul Rubens was born in exile.

Nikolaikirche

  • 10m
A 13th-century church, crowned with the golden 'crown,' a symbol of wealth and colonial connections.

Unteres Schloß 3

  • 10m
The residence of the Protestant rulers, with the imposing 'Thick Tower'.

Martinikirche

  • 10m
Siegens oldest church, which served the workers and miners on the outskirts of the city.

Henner und Frieder

  • 10m
Iconic bronze statues of a miner and a foundry worker, romanticizing the grueling industrial labour of the region.

Kölner Tor

  • 10m
The revitalised riverbanks, where the water that once powered the ironworks now offers a peaceful public space.

Location

Activity location

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    Siegerlandmuseum
    • Burgstrasse
    • 57072, Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Oberes Schloss
    • 5 Burgstraße
    • 57072, Siegen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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