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Price is $7 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 32m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Dive into the rough, beating heart of German industry and discover a revolutionary philosophy. This tour contrasts the huge chemical plants and working-class neighborhoods of Ludwigshafen with Ernst Bloch's “Principle of Hope.” Find out why true utopia is not found in flawless fantasies, but is forged in the smoke, sweat, and struggle of industrial machinery. You will learn to recognize the “not yet” in the rough reality around you.

    • 3.8 km self-guided tour with 4 stations over 92 min.
    • Ideal for everyone interested in history & memory and senses & emotions
      Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals
    • Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Activity location

  • Ernst-Bloch-Zentrum
    • Walzmuehlstr. 63
    • 67061, Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Ernst-Bloch-Zentrum
    • 63 Walzmühlstraße
    • 67061, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

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Podcast Tour Ludwigshafen Ernst Bloch's industrial hope in Multilingual

  • Earn $0.20
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 32 minutes1h 32m
    1h 32m
  • Opening hours: Wed 12:00am-11:59pm
  • English
Price details
$6.68 x 1 Adult$6.68
Total
Price is $6.68

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 story
  • Inclusions
    Point-to-point navigation between stops

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Ernst-Bloch-Zentrum

  • 10m
The perfect starting point, which houses his archive, his library, and his study. Here you will learn about his life and the philosophical core concept of the 'Not-Yet-Conscious'.

Wilhelm-Hack-Museum

  • 10m
The huge Miró wall of the museum illustrates Bloch's idea of art as a 'pre-appearance' of a utopian future and brings vibrant hope into a cityscape of post-war concrete.

Goerdelerplatz

  • 10m
The heart of the historic working-class district Hemshof. Discover here Bloch's Marxist roots and his belief that hope arises from lack, hunger, and the struggle of the working class for a better life.

Karl-Müller-Straße 2

  • 10m
The ultimate symbol of Ludwigshafen's rough industrialism. In conclusion, it is about Bloch's concept of 'home' – not a romanticized past, but a future built through work, transformation, and the principle of hope.

Location

Activity location

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    Ernst-Bloch-Zentrum
    • Walzmuehlstr. 63
    • 67061, Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Ernst-Bloch-Zentrum
    • 63 Walzmühlstraße
    • 67061, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

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