Archives: Audio Guides

Beemster – A World Heritage Site

These days, Beemster seems to be just another North Holland polder. But appearances are deceptive because this landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During this i-Tour, you will see for yourself what makes this polder so special. You will cycle thr…

Gullan Gullan to Mindil

Darwin’s cultural heritage is embedded in Aboriginal culture and Aboriginal land. It is multi-layered, rich and conflicted. Come along with Aboriginal Elder Tibby Quall and his family, walk from Gullan Gullan to Mindil, hear the stories that belon…

Urban legends of Kazan

We would like to invite you for a walk around the historic center of Kazan! The tour includes not only the history of the most interesting places in the city but also mysterious legends that are passed down by the citizens from generation to generation….

Water and Land

Discover Waterland by bike!Pumping-stations, turbaries, ribbon development villages and canals. During this i-Tour in Waterland, you will cycle straight through the landscape of an Old Dutch postcard. You will discover how this area on the borderline be…

Khabarovsk. “The City of Military Glory”

  In 2012, Khabarovsk became the fortieth city, which received the high title of “The City of Military Glory”.   In the audio guide “Khabarovsk – The City of Military Glory” you can fully familiarize yourself with…

Chris Greene Lake Park Birdwalk – The road (Albemarle, VA)

Welcome to our birding tour of Chris Greene Lake Park in Albemarle County Virginia. On this walk, we are going to go along the road, but there are many other options for bird walks. We did this walk on 8/23/2020 but the walk can be done any time of year…

St. Kilda Walking Tour

From riches to rags and back again. This is a walking tour of St Kilda’s domestic architecture and changing fortunes of the seaside suburb. Narrated by Peter Mares from ABC Radio National, the tour guides you through some St Kilda streets that show ho…

Visit Dijon, the capital of Burgundy, with Tim Richards

Dijon has always been one of the most historic and elegant cities in France. For a couple of centuries it was the capital of the hugely rich and influential Duchy of Burgundy – often outshining France’s royal court. It was not bombed by either side …

water in Trondheim

Welcome! In this excursion, you’ll see some interesting water issues in Trondheim.

Along the walls of Antico Corso

This audiotour will take you to the discovery of the ancient walls of the city of Catania: an intense story of skillful buildings and reconstructions, a story that also tells about natural disasters which totally  upset the appearance of the ancien…

Catania – The black city

Catania, called “The black city” because of the volcanic stone extensively used in Architecture, is an urban centre continuously reconstructed from its ashes. This is a story of fire, devastation and rebirth, shaped by the unpredictable will…

Books in Baltimore, Then and Now

Where have all the bookstores gone? Baltimore was once home to dozens, perhaps hundreds of bookstores. On this tour, you’ll visit the sites and learn about the colorful characters that have fed the minds of Baltimoreans throughout the city. T…

Slow Violence Activity 6

This tour is of the local Baltimore city area. my goal is to show the effects of slow violence and how the communities have begun to fight against the effects of slow violence I want to focus on the idea of air quality because the greater Baltimore area…

Heathland of Blaricum walking tour

Welcome to the heathlands! This 11 km walk takes you through rolling countryside with much heathlands, but also it has forests and a hidden gem, the fields of the Huizer Stretch. Starting point of the walking tour: Restaurant De Tafelberg, Oude Naarderw…

The resort Rauschen – Svetlogorsk

The original name of Svetlogorsk was Rauschen, that means “sound of the sea”. Officially Rauschen has been a resort since 24 july 1820. The popularity of the city as resort increase substantially starting in 1900, when the railroad from Koni…

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