Things to do in

Ulm

Join a city center walking tour with a professional guide and discover historical and contemporary facts about Ulm and Neu Ulm. Visit the historic town hall with the richly ornamented astronomic clock and the extravagant painting of the facade. In keeping with the motto “Medieval Meets Modern”, see several new buildings which have been recently erected in the heart of Ulm. These buildings pay tribute to unique modern architecture and are called the new center of Ulm. Stroll through the charming Fishermen's and Tanners' Quarters – the most historic part of the city center. Its old narrow streets, walk along bridges and jetties, and get a sense of how the city looked during the Middle Ages. See the magnificent Ulm Minster Lutheran Church which has the highest church tower in the world. Admire the beauty of its interior and learn more about its construction from your expert guide.

Start the adventure at the Löwenbrunnen on Münsterplatz. First, visit the Ulm Minster, the largest Protestant church in Germany. You can climb the tower to get breathtaking views of the city. Then, pass by the preserved city wall, the still existing moat houses, and the Albert Einstein fountain. Continue your way through the Berblinger Tower and the crooked butcher's tower in the old fishing and tanning district. Then riddle yourself to the Schwörhaus and the town hall. Your city game box contains 11 sealed and numbered envelopes, each holding riddles that need to be solved. Follow clear and precise directions and find your way to the various sights. Once you solve a riddle you will be given a number, which reveals which envelope to open next. You won’t know ahead of time in which succession the Scavenger Hunt City Game envelopes need to be opened. Have fun while you receive detailed information regarding the historical background of every attraction. The Scavenger Hunt Box contains 11 sealed and numbered envelopes. These contain puzzles that need to be solved. Guided by clear and unambiguous directions, make your way through the inner city of Ulm. Solve the puzzles and let the clues lead you to the next destination. Each solved puzzle will yield a number that will tell you which envelope to open next. You will not know in advance what order the scavenger hunt city envelopes need to be opened. The envelopes will also contain detailed background information of each attraction, its history, its current use, and much more. Decide for yourself when to start your Scavenger Hunt through Ulm and how much time to spend at each location. Take a break from your Scavenger Hunt whenever you feel like it, or even continue your scavenger hunt on a different day. Order the Box and enjoy this special sightseeing tour whenever you want. Please note that the scavenger box will be shipped to you and needs approximately 4 days.

Experience a unique outdoor escape game right on your smartphone. Take on the role of a profiler who travels back in time to solve a tricky case. Complex challenges await you in this adventure that will lead you deeper and deeper into the swamp of organized crime. The puzzles are location independent, so you can look forward to tricky and exciting tasks. But after each level, you'll learn interesting facts about the environment around you. While solving the puzzles of this thrilling case, you'll wander past some of Ulm's most fascinating sights. Grab your smartphones and head to the starting point to get started. Whether you work together as a team or split into smaller groups and teams, you can expect an exciting walk with breathtaking sights and relaxing breaks. Solve tricky puzzles, combine clues, discover surprising facts about each location, and enjoy the freedom to walk at your own pace. This game is ideal for escape game enthusiasts and puzzle fans who are looking for a challenging challenge for their group and don't want to miss out on the city's interesting locations.

Solve a murder and at the same time see all the highlights of the city center of Ulm. Play this unique game with a group of friends or your family. You will receive instructions, a photo frame and an answer form in advance via email. You'll also receive a map of the city where the murder took place. The center is divided into sections where you have to look for a location where you can take a group selfie. Once you've located the spot, send a selfie via WhatsApp to your game instructor. If the location's correct, they'll send you the next clue about the murder. As you walk along the nicest places in the centre of the city, you will collect more and more clues about the murder. These clues will then need to be combined to find out.. ... who is the murderer? ... where did the murder take place? ... what was the murder weapon? ... when did the crime happen? ... who is the victim? During the game you will have enough time to enter a cafe or shop that you pass and to admire some of the highlights of Ulm.

Use the UlmCard for 24 or 48 hours and get the best out of your stay: free tower climb to the highest church tower in the world, free guided tour through the city including Ulm Minster, free entrance to many exciting museums and exhibitions, gastronomic delicacies, free souvenirs and more! All free UlmCard services at a glance: Sightseeing • Tourist-Information Ulm/Neu-Ulm: Guided city tour including Ulm Minster • Ulm Minster: Tower climb to the highest church tower in the world Museums/Exhibitions • The Einsteins–Museum of an Ulm family: Free entrance • Danube Swabian Central Museum: Free entrance • Edwin Scharff Museum: Free entrance • Local History Museum: Postcard with a historical city view • HfG-Archiv Ulm: Free entrance • Wiblingen Monastery: Free entrance • kunsthalle weishaupt: Free entrance • Museum Bread and Art–World Food Forum: Free entrance • Museum Ulm @kunsthalle weishaupt: Free entrance • m25–Experience Area: 1 free flight with the flight simulator Birdly • Museum of Nature Ulm: Free entrance • Stadthaus Ulm: 1 thyme scent garden cube Leisure • Zoological Garden Ulm: Free entrance Gastronomy • Brot und Stühle & Oh My Waffle!: 1 cold brew coffee • Crêperie Kornhäusle: 1 cup of cider • Konzertsaal Kaffeehaus, Konditorei & Restaurant: 1 espresso • me and all hotel ulm: 1 welcome drink at the rooftop bar • Restaurant Zur Lochmühle: Apple fritters with cinnamon and sugar • Seeberger Genusswelt: 1 hot drink of your choice (excluding pots) Souvenirs • Chocolat: 1 goufrais (Gugelhupf-shaped cocoa confectionery) • Gutes von hier: A pack of ›Ulm-Pasta‹ (100 g) • Tourist-Information Ulm/Neu-Ulm: 1 souvenir of Ulm/Neu-Ulm Additional service Mobility • Free travel on bus and tram in the city of Ulm/Neu-Ulm (fare zones 10 and 20) as well as to the cities of Blaustein, Herrlingen, Thalfingen & Rasthaus Seligweiler

If you are looking for the perfect mix between an outdoor escape game and a scavenger hunt, Crime-Trails are for you! Take over the investigation to find the culprit in a fictitious crime case. You will solve treacherous murders, crafty robberies, or shrewd kidnappings – the options are endless. Equipped with your smartphones, a case file, and a code for the arrest warrant, you and your family, friends or partner in crime begin the investigation at the scene of crime. It is up to you to decide which clues to follow first. Crime-Trails are designed for young as well as experienced hobby detectives from 12 years and up. 1. Purchasing a Crime-Trail After the purchase has been completed, you will receive a voucher code that gives you access to the case file along with a code to generate your arrest warrant at the end of the game. Once you have downloaded the case file, you can start the game whenever you like. There is no further preregistration needed. The case file includes an introductions as well as instructions to your mission. Note: Print the case file for a better overview during the game! The case file and game are available in German only. 2. Locating the Scene of Crime To begin your investigation, find the location marked “scene of crime” in your case file. Once you arrive at the scene, familiarize yourselves with the case, scan the QR code on the crime file to get started and solve the first question. During the game you will communicate with the Crime-Trails headquarters to send out your answers to receive more and more clues as you move through the case. Note: All Crime-Trails can be played whenever you want to start your investigation! It does not matter when you purchase your crime file, it does not expire. 3. Starting the Investigation After you have solved the first question and established communication with the headquarters, you can visit the locations marked on the map in any order. Throughout the Crime-Trail you will stay in touch with the headquarters in order to receive further clues that help you solve the case. We do advice that you visit all locations, so you do not miss any important information. There will be no guide or organizer on site. In case you have any problems or questions, you can request a hint from the headquarters. Since the Crime-Trails are played outdoors and in individual groups, they are compatible with any Covid-19 restrictions. 4. Catching the Culprit Once you have solved all riddles and identified the culprit, you will be able to arrest this person and see weather you solved the case correctly or missed out any details.

This tour, in which real criminal cases are traced, does not go back to the Middle Ages for once, but to Ulm and Neu-Ulm in the 70s and 90s. When the Münsterplatz was still a car park, the Americans still organised the nightlife (and danced to Milli Vanilli) and the twin cities had to deal with the drug scene and the phenomenon of the skinhead scene. Within the well-chosen criminal cases, the perspective is repeatedly changed in order to immerse the reader in the time and the events as well as possible. This tour therefore goes far beyond the individual murder cases and also allows us to trace the respective time and society.

Starting at minster square, you will learn interesting background information about the construction of Ulm Minster with the highest church tower in the world (exterior tour). The tour then takes you to the neighbourhood north of Ulm Minster and on to the new Ulm city centre. Under the motto ›Medieval meets modern‹, you will see several new buildings that have been constructed in the heart of Ulm in recent years and decades. These buildings are a tribute to the unique modern architecture and form a charming contrast to the historical sights. The Ulm Town Hall awaits you in the immediate neighbourhood. The early Renaissance building not only displays what is probably Germany's largest fresco cycle of the 16th century, but also an astronomical clock with zodiac signs and moon phases. The tour continues past the leaning Butcher tower and onto the city wall. Things get really romantic in the fishermen's and tanners' quarter. With its small alleyways, bridges and footbridges, Ulm's most important old town ensemble conveys a medieval flair. Today, the once shabby craftsmen's quarter awaits you with top-restored buildings – including the Crooked House, the world's most leaning hotel according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Explore Ulm while playing the city rally "Die Rebellion". Solve puzzles at famous sights in the exciting story about the Ulm guilds and win the game. As soon as you book the game, we will send you all the necessary information by e-mail. IMPORTANT INFORMATION: - Difficulty level: easy to medium - also suitable for families with children - Duration: 2 to 3 hours - Language: German (English version is offered separately) - Tickets: You only need to buy 1 ticket per group (1-6 people) - Each group will play with 1 device. For groups of more than 6 people you can buy 2 or more tickets. - You can book in advance or also spontaneously. - You can start whenever you want. Visit the starting point the Gänsturm (in the Old Town), open the link from your confirmation email with your smartphone or tablet, log in with your data and start playing right away. You will first be introduced to the story of the Ulm guilds: 1397 in Ulm: for more than 50 years, the city's fortunes have been controlled by the city council. The wealthy nobles hang on to their power, but Ulm's citizens thank the guilds for their great prosperity. Although they have been represented on the city council since the so-called "Kleine Schwörbrief", they have always been in the minority. Time for a guild rebellion! Above all, the bakers, tanners, millers, fishermen and butchers want to put an end to the dominance of the patricians! But they have to be careful not to blow their plan before it's realised. They need you as middlemen and women, because only you can move inconspicuously through the city... Work in a team (2-6 people per group) to solve the case. You are more than 6 people? Then we recommend splitting up into several small groups, because otherwise experience shows that not everyone is well integrated into the game. You can also test which group is the fastest! Riddle your way from station to station along this story with the help of our city map. Solve the puzzles at the most beautiful sights of Ulm and at important points. It is part of the game to guess the individual stations of the city rally. They are therefore not listed here. You have to look for clues at the stations to solve the puzzles. In this game, the focus is on the story and the puzzles, not on details about the historical history of the sights and the city. Move at your own pace and take a break whenever you want. The duration is about 2 to 3 hours time. The end is in the Old Town of Ulm in front of the Schwörhaus.

You’re looking for a fun way to explore the city at your own pace? Then, this city-exploration game is made for you! You’ll entertain all your group with interesting questions, while still teaching them fun facts about the city. Your mission (should you choose to accept it): Jackson Wilde, the famous city-explorer, needs your help… Help him solve quizzes to gather as many points as possible. With this self-guided tour, you will be guided through the following locations: 1. St. Paul's Church 2. Einstein Fountain 3. Berblinger Tower 4. Town Hall 5. City Library 6. Ulm Minster 7. Schwörhaus 8. Schiefes Haus 9. Metzgerturm Download the app on Android or iOS (or access it directly through your browser) to get access to your self-guided tour and your city exploration activity. So, are you ready to explore the Ulm?