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Leipzig: Fairs, Music and Candles

A city of passages – twelve stories from the Main Station to the Leipzig Lark

12 stops 85 min 3 km

At a glance

Distance
3 km
Duration
85 min
Stops
12
Languages
Deutsch, English
Finish
The average candidate
An audio walk through Leipzig: from the Main Station with its two entrance halls through the arcades of Specks Hof to St Nicholas Church, across Augustusplatz to the Paulinum, into the Mädler Passage to Faust and Auerbach's Cellar, past young Goethe on the Naschmarkt and the Old Town Hall, to the Coffe Baum coffee house, the Stasi's Round Corner and St Thomas Church. Find out why Leipzig courtyards have two exits, how Bach got the job as the council's fallback choice, and how on 9 October 1989 candles and prayers shook a dictatorship. About 3 km, around 85 minutes, ending at the café with the Leipzig Lark – or with a Gose beer in Barfußgäßchen. With scenes from Leipzig legends and up-to-date 2026 information.
  • Runs in the browser — no app to install
  • Map with the route and your position
  • Stops play automatically when you arrive
  • 4 devices included — for you and your companions
  • Transcript of every stop
  • 12 months of access

Route

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Start: Leipzig Main Station (Hauptbahnhof), on the forecourt at Willy-Brandt-Platz facing the façade

  1. 1

    A city of passagesfree

    A station with two entrances – and a city where everything was meant to pass through.

  2. 2

    Carts that never turn aroundfree

    Why Leipzig courtyards have two exits – and palaces needed only at fair time.

  3. 3

    Seven people and a palm tree full version

    Seven people at the first prayer – and a palm that walked out of the church.

  4. 4

    A night with no known ending full version

    9 October 1989: fear, an appeal over the loudspeakers and seventy thousand people.

  5. 5

    We demand reconstruction full version

    A church disappears – and a banner at the Bach competition.

  6. 6

    The ride on the barrel full version

    Faust rides a barrel – and a suitcase maker saves the devil.

  7. 7

    A little Paris full version

    Young Goethe, a little Paris and the world's first daily paper.

  8. 8

    We'll have to settle for average full version

    A town hall in one year – and Bach as the fallback choice.

  9. 9

    Sweeter than a thousand kisses full version

    Coffee for Cupid and a father who tries to ban his daughter's coffee.

  10. 10

    Candles on the steps full version

    Candles on the secret police's steps.

  11. 11

    The average candidate full version

    The average candidate who made Leipzig world-famous.

  12. 12

    The bird that isn't full version

    A bird made of marzipan – and the most important passage of all.

Narrated by a synthetic (AI) voice — script and facts by the tripto.de editorial team.

Questions and answers

Do I need to install an app?

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How does it work on the walk?

In Walk mode the map shows where you are and each stop starts by itself when you arrive. You can also listen without GPS and pick the stops yourself.

Can I listen offline?

Yes. Before you set off you can download the recordings to your phone and listen without internet.

Can two of us listen?

Yes. One purchase works on up to 4 devices — everyone listens on their own phone.

How long do I have access?

12 months from the first time you open it. Stop whenever you like and continue another day — the guide remembers where you left off.

Leipzig: Fairs, Music and Candles

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