Guided walking tours using music as a cultural guide.
Music does not emerge in isolation.
It is shaped by the places, social structures, and historical moments in which it is created;
in turn, it shapes how cities understand themselves, remember their pasts, and imagine their futures.
Citi-Tunes Listening-Tours open a unique, audiovisual lens into city culture by uncovering the stories behind the music, and the music behind the stories.
Using sound and story as an interpretive lens, we uncover how music reflects social change, political history, and urban identity.
Walking, listening, and contextual storytelling come together to create a layered experience of place.
Music helps us experience the city more intuitively, emotionally, and with historical awareness.
These tours are designed for
culturally curious travelers seeking depth and context, visitors interested in history, society, and cultural interpretation, and guests who like to experience cities more deeply through music.
No specialist musical knowledge is required, only curiosity and openness to listening.
At the moment, Citi-Tunes Listening-Tours are available for Bonn and Helsinki.
Why Listen to Cities?
Listening to music in context allows us to find deeper meaning. It intensifies and enlivens our experience and understanding of the city.
Our Listening-Tours are private, small-group, expert-guided walking tours and last 2-3 hours. They are offered in English and German. Audio receivers and headphones are provided.
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Music as Cultural Evidence
Citi-Tunes Listening-Tours treat music as a historical and social force — and as a source of information that helps to understand how people lived, thought, and identified with a place at different moments in time.
Guided Interpretation
Our tours combine walking, listening, and storytelling to offer cultural interpretation — through placing music inside it's historical context, time period and geographic location, it unfolds meaning beyond concerts, playlists, or background entertainment.
Cities Shaping Sound Sound Shaping Cities
Citi-Tunes tours explore the two-way relationship between music and place: how cities shape musical expression, and how music helps form urban identity and memory.
You can take the music out of the place, but you can't take the place out of the music.
