How you explore a new city

JavaScript isn't enabled in your browser, so this file can't be opened. Enable and reload.

How you explore a new city — 3 minutes

You explore cities on your own terms: no flag, no crowd, no timetable. We are a tiny studio in Munich making audio walks for people like you, and we would much rather ask than guess. This is about YOUR trips — anywhere in the world, not only here. Three minutes, no sign-up, no email needed. Thank you 🙏

How old are you? *

18–24

25–29

30–34

35–39

40–45

46 or older

If you listened to an audio walk in a city, which language would you choose? *

English

German

Italian

Spanish

Russian

French

Other:

Who do you usually explore with? *

On my own

With my partner

With friends

It depends on the trip

What ruins a city for you?

Choose everything that applies.

Walking behind a guide with a flag, in a crowd of thirty strangers

Somebody else's speed — I cannot stay longer, I cannot skip ahead

Walking past a beautiful building with no idea what it is

A flat, monotone voice that puts you to sleep

Realising I spent my short trip on tourist traps

A fixed schedule — no stopping for a beer or a coffee

Feeling like a tourist instead of someone who gets this place

Paying €150 or more for a private guide, just to get two decent hours

I saw everything and understood nothing

Honestly, none of this bothers me

Other:

Two perfect hours in a new city look like…

Choose up to 3.

I went at my own speed and stopped whenever I felt like it

Real stories and city secrets, not facts copied from a sign

I found places most visitors never see

I felt like a local instead of a tourist

It was clever and funny, not a university lecture

I stopped for a drink in a hidden courtyard, then carried on

I finally understood the city instead of just walking through it

I learned something that stayed with me afterwards

I came home with a story worth telling

I found something new in a city I thought I already knew

Other:

Which one sounds more like you? *

Give me the stories — I want to understand the city

Give me the game — I want puzzles and a challenge

Both, equally

Neither — I just want a nice walk

Have you ever used a city audio guide, an audio walk, or a city quest app? *

For example Questo, Rick Steves Audio Europe, izi.TRAVEL, Explorial, VoiceMap.

Yes, and I liked it

Yes, but I was disappointed

No, but I am curious

No, and it is not really my thing

Think of the worst tour or audio guide you have ever had. What went wrong?

Choose everything that applies. Please be honest — this is the most useful answer for us.

Boring — read out like a robot

Only facts and dates, no real story

The puzzles were too easy — the answer was on the sign in front of us

The route was confusing, or the GPS did not work

We looked at the phone instead of the city

I could have read the same thing on Wikipedia for free

Technical problems — the sound stopped, the battery died

Too expensive for what we got

It could have been about any city — no soul in it

I did not learn anything I still remember

A guide dragged us around like a school class

So shallow that Wikipedia would have taught me more

Nothing, it was fine

I have never done one

Other:

Now think of the best one. What made it good?

Choose everything that applies.

The person telling it was fun to listen to

It told a real story instead of listing facts

It was funny

It showed me places I would never have found alone

I finally understood what I was looking at

It felt made by someone who really lives there

I still remember what I learned

It felt like a story, not a tour

It made me want to read more about the place afterwards

I have never had a good one

Other:

Where do you look for things to do in a city you are visiting?

Choose everything you use.

Google search

Instagram

TikTok or YouTube

TripAdvisor

GetYourGuide, Tiqets or Viator

Google Maps — reviews and 'near me'

Reddit or travel forums

Travel blogs or guidebooks

Friends who have been there

I ask ChatGPT or another AI

Newsletters and Substack

Podcasts

Other:

When do you actually decide what you are going to do there? *

Weeks before, while planning the trip

A day or two before, or on the way

The evening before, in the hotel

In the morning, when the day starts

I do not plan at all — I just walk and see what happens

How much does each of these matter to you in a city audio walk? *

One answer in each row.

Don't care

Nice to have

Must have

A real story with a plot

Different characters and voices, not one person reading

Humour

Learning something true and interesting about the city

Clever puzzles that actually make you think

Hidden places that only locals know

It simply works — offline, and it does not kill your battery

Fancy tech: AR, VR, 3D reconstructions

If you could keep only ONE of them, which one would you keep? *

Yes, this is unfair. That is the whole point.

A real story with a plot

Different characters and voices

Humour

Learning something true and interesting

Clever puzzles

Hidden places that only locals know

It simply works

Fancy tech: AR, VR, 3D

How would you listen to the audio while walking? *

Everyone with their own earphones

One phone on speaker, so we all hear it

We pass the phone around and take turns

One person listens and tells the others

I would rather read than listen

On a trip, how much do you normally pay per person for a couple of hours of something interesting? *

A tour, an audio guide, a museum, an activity — whatever you actually book.

Nothing — I only do free things

Up to €10

€10 to €20

€20 to €40

€40 to €70

More than €70

€19 for a two-hour audio quest — one price for everyone with you — feels… *

Cheap

Fair

A bit expensive

Too expensive

What would really stop you from buying one?

Choose everything that applies. Honesty helps us more than politeness.

Too much money for a walk I could do for free

I like figuring a city out by myself

I would rather pay a real human guide

I do not want a phone in my hand on holiday

I cannot tell in advance what I would actually get

I am afraid it would be boring

I worry about technical problems — GPS, battery, offline

I tried something like this before and it was bad

Nothing — I would simply try it

Other:

One last thing 💛

This part is optional — but it is the part that really helps us build it.

Would you like any of these?

A 15-minute chat with us about how you travel — free, and you get early access with a discount

To play one of our quests for free, before anyone else

No thanks, I am just answering the questions

If you said yes to either one — your email or Telegram:

We will only use it to contact you about this. No newsletter, no spam, nothing to sell you.

Submit

Clear form

Never submit passwords through Google Forms.

This content is neither created nor endorsed by Google. - Terms of Service - Privacy Policy

Does this form look suspicious? Report

Forms