Uncover Nuremberg's Darkest Chapter
Step into a difficult but necessary part of Nuremberg's past. This rigorously factual audio walk traces the years of Nazi dictatorship, the vast rally grounds staged here, and the trials that brought the regime to justice. You will deeply understand the sensitive history of persecution and the dismantling of democracy. Grasp these events exactly where they happened, allowing you to reflect and learn at your own pace.
How It Works
No human person for guiding (tourguide), this is self-guided audio tour. You use your own smartphone to navigate and listen. No app download is required—just click the access link in your ticket to begin instantly. This route explores the free public sights, so no entrance tickets are needed or included.
What's included
Audio and Writing in different Languages
Audio Guide App
Headphones
What to expect
10m
A vast axis of granite, sixty metres wide and nearly two kilometres long, laid as a parade route for Hitler's army. The soldiers it was built for never marched here, and today its weathered slabs serve mostly as an overflow car park.
Silbersee
10m
A still, silver-grey lake that looks idyllic but hides one of the most poisoned secrets of the rally grounds. Its waters fill the abandoned pit of a stadium Hitler meant to be the largest on earth.
Grosser Dutzendteich
10m
A pair of calm medieval ponds at the heart of the former rally grounds, where families now paddle boats across water that once mirrored the unfinished Congress Hall. The peaceful surface hides how brutally the Nazis reshaped this beloved recreational landscape.
10m
The long stone tribune where Hitler stood before hundreds of thousands, and the most recognizable piece of Nazi architecture on the rally grounds. Its central rostrum once wore a colossal gilded swastika above a sea of massed crowds.
Zeppelinfeld
10m
A vast rectangular arena the size of twelve football pitches, anchored by the long stone grandstand from which Hitler addressed hundreds of thousands. This is the most infamous of all the surviving rally structures.
Kongresshalle Nurnberg
10m
The largest building the Nazi regime ever began, a colossal unfinished shell of brick and granite modelled on the Colosseum in Rome. Today a modern glass and steel walkway spears diagonally through its northern head, housing the Documentation Center that confronts the crimes once staged across these grounds.
10m
A restrained 1930 war memorial that the Nazis swallowed into a vast paved parade ground, staging their cult of the dead where a city had quietly grieved its own.
10m
A quiet stone on the Pegnitz river marks where Nuremberg's Grand Synagogue once stood, torn down by the Nazis in 1938. Its emptiness is the memorial.
Memorium Nuremberg Trials
10m
The wood panelled courtroom where the Nuremberg Trials brought the leaders of Nazi Germany to account before the world. Today it stands as the Memorium Nuremberg Trials, a museum devoted to the birth of modern international justice.
Meeting and pickup
Meeting point
Please note: There is no human person (tourguide) to meet you here. Simply open the link provided in your ticket on your smartphone to start the audio guide and navigation entirely on your own.
End point
Additional information
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
