Use free audioguides to navigate around Poznań! With audioguides you are free to explore the attractions of the city at your own pace and according to your own plan. Should you get tired of sightseeing, you can always take a break and get some rest, while relishing a St. Martin's Crescent Roll, or sit at a cafe and try delicacies from Poznań restaurants. After that you can get back on the tour.
Audioguides, available as mp3 files. The map with the marked route for the each tour is available below.
How does it work?
1. Download the files (part 1 and part 2)
2. Transfer them onto your mp3 player, mobile phone or other sound player
3. Embark on an exciting tour across the city
NINETEENTH-CENTURY POZNAŃ - duration 50 min
The "Nineteenth-century Poznań"audioguide will take you through those monuments and elements of the city which were created under the Prussian partition, i.e. between the 19th Century and the outbreak of World War I. During this period, the Germans, wishing to impose their national character on the city, undertook a number of projects to make Poznań a German-friendly place. Facilities established by them included libraries, museums, and theatres; the early 20th Century saw the erection of the monumental Castle District.
We start the tour at Wolności Square, near the Raczyński Library, and finish it in front of the former Emperor's Castle.
The most interesting attraction and places marked by numbers in the audio guide:
1. Raczyński Library
2. National Museum
3. Bazar Hotel
4. Arkadia building
5. University Library
6. Polish Theatre
7. Collegium Maius
8. Great Theatre
9. Collegium Minus
10. Imperial Castle
See also: Description of the trip and attractions on the route