Explore Kiel
at your own pace

Audio tour · Kiel

Not AI. Not a history lecture.
A local in your ear.

Narrated by Kirk Wilson, the Kiwi guide behind Kiel Walking Tours. Also popular with day-trippers, students and independent travellers.

Kirk has spent years finding the stories Kiel doesn't put on signs. Emperors, mutinies, a canal that changed Europe, a statue hidden from the Nazis. It's all on your phone, offline, starting right outside your terminal. Put your headphones in. Press play and go.

Prefer Kirk in person? Free guided walks from Ostseekai when ships are in port

How it works

On your phone.
No guide to wait for.

Buy on VoiceMap · Download the free app · Head to Ostseekai · Press start. That's it. The GPS handles everything from there.

GPS plays the story automatically

Walk up to a stop and the commentary plays. You don't even need to tap — the app knows where you are and triggers the audio at exactly the right moment.

Works completely offline

Download at home or on the ship while you have wifi. Once it's on your phone, no signal or roaming needed. The maps work offline too.

Stop whenever you like

Grab a coffee, watch the seals, go into the church. The tour waits. When you move on, it picks up exactly where you left off and nudges you back on track if you drift.

One purchase, never expires

Use it the day you dock, or years later at home with headphones on. Share it with someone who missed the trip. It's yours.

Used by 2 million+ travellers worldwide · Learn more about the app →

What you'll see

Starts outside your terminal.
Ends at the brewery.

3km · 90 minutes · mostly flat · starts and ends near Ostseekai

START

Ostseekai Cruise Terminal

Walk off the ship and start immediately. No transfers, no buses.

1

Harbour seals & the waterfront

Wild seals at the GEOMAR research institute, ten minutes from the ship.

2

Kiel Castle & castle gardens

Where the Kaiser held court. The gardens hide more than they show.

3

Sailors' Mutiny Memorial

The men who refused to sail ended WWI. This is where it started.

4

Town Hall

The city that rebuilt from rubble and made different choices from everyone else.

5

St. Nikolai church & the Spirit Fighter

Hidden in an old lady's garden to save it from the Nazis. It stands outside St. Nikolai now.

END

Old Market Square

Tour ends here. One of Germany's oldest monastery breweries is right next door.

Prefer Kirk in person? Free guided walks from Ostseekai when ships are in port →

Getting back to Ostseekai terminal takes about 15 minutes heading north.

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Get the tour - $11.99

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