All audio guides and multimedia tours at a glance
Discover Dornbirn digitally: with the walking tours and audio guides by i.appear, you experience history, culture and regional identity right on location – multimedia, interactive and free of charge. Everything runs in your smartphone browser, no app download and no registration.
Our walking tours in Dornbirn cover three worlds: historical journeys through time, regional experiences and media literacy for schools. At every location, 3D models, augmented reality, audio guide segments, videos and interactive maps are waiting for you.
i.history – Travel through time in Dornbirn
On the hist.appear tour, you set out on a journey through time across historical Dornbirn. An interactive map and a colour-coded timeline guide you through different eras. In 11 interactive locations, hist.appear spans an arc from witch trials through the bourgeoisie of the late modern era and industrial history to migration in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Start the tour →On the Stadtspuren tour, you discover the traces of industrialisation along the Dornbirner Ach and the Müllerbach – forces that still shape this city today. You learn how the great textile factories of Dornbirn grew from small craft workshops, who stood behind the family businesses and how the architecture changed over time.
Start the tour →In 2026, Dornbirn celebrates its 125th anniversary as a city. To mark the occasion, we are developing a tour that brings the history of the 1901 city elevation to life and presents the most important milestones of the city’s development.
Start the tour →From May 2026, the Frauenspuren tour tells the story of women in Dornbirn over the past 300 years. At locations across the city centre, you meet women who have left their mark – as entrepreneurs, artists, politicians and activists.
Start the tour →i.dentity – Regional identity in Dornbirn
The Innenstadt erleben tour leads you through the heart of Dornbirn – from the Marktplatz via the Eisengasse to the Oberdorf. At each location, there are stories about architecture, commerce, culture and the personalities of the city.
Start the tour →On the Oberdorf entdecken tour, you explore Dornbirn’s oldest settlement with its historic Rhine Valley houses, the Rotes Haus and the Marktplatz. Locations tell of bourgeois life, craftsmanship, customs and the architecture of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Start the tour →On the Messepark / Talking Tree tour, you experience the history of the Messepark site and meet the talking tree who tells you about the area’s past, present and future. A playful family tour with interactive locations and multimedia experiences.
Start the tour →i.grow – Media literacy and democracy education in Dornbirn
Send your students on a journey through time across historical Dornbirn. In 11 interactive locations, the content becomes a multimedia and immersive experience – right where the history happened. The locations can be flexibly integrated into your lessons, individually or in combination. hist.appear was developed based on a master’s thesis at the University of Vienna. Companion materials are available for preparation and follow-up in the classroom.
Start the tour →The “Buntes Dornbirn” ethics tour offers a complete package on the topic of plural society with references to the present and the past. Your students meet people from different generations and walks of life, hear voices from different bubbles and get to know stories of people who talk about themselves and their everyday lives. In terms of content, the tour offers many starting points for ethics, civic education and interdisciplinary work.
Start the tour →1. Scan the QR code
On site at the starting point or in advance via the link – the walking tour opens directly in your browser.
2. Discover the locations
Follow the map to the locations. GPS unlocks the content – audio guide, 3D models, AR and videos.
3. Experience and marvel
Immerse yourself in history and culture. No download, no account, no advertising – just Dornbirn, pure.
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