Guided Tours - Round the Gänseliesel
Tour of the historical old town - around the Gänseliesel
The tour begins in the old Town Hall. A competent guide will escort you round Göttingen’s historical old town, acquaint you with its numerous attractions and familiarise you with the history of the traditional university town. You will also meet the "Gänseliesel" - Germany’s most kissed girl!
Group tours can be booked throughout the year, mornings, afternoons, or evenings, as desired, also in English.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Meeting place: old Town Hall (inside)/Altes Rathaus
Price: 57.00 €, school classes: 53.00 €
Surcharge for admission to the “Universitätsaula” (Great Assembly Hall) and “Karzer” (University prison): 10.00 €
Number of participants per group: max. 25 persons
Tour around the city by coach
Tour around the city on your own coach including a walk through the historical old town.
Duration: 2.5 hours
Meeting place: old Town Hall/Bus stop at the backside
Price: 92.00 €
Surcharge for admission to the “Universitätsaula” (Great Assembly Hall) and/or “Karzer” (University prison): 10.00 €
Guided Tours on special topics
In addition to the general guided tours, the tourist office offers a variety of specialised tours focussing on specific topics. These special tours answer intriguing questions, such as:
What remnants and traces have survived 1050 years of the town’s history?
Where did the great mathematician, astronomer and physicist, Carl Friedrich Gauß live and work?
Why did the University have its own prison?
What ethnological pearls did Georg Forster bring back to Göttingen from his South-Sea travels with James Cook?
What treasures can be found within the walls of Göttingen’s gothic churches?
What is hidden in Göttingen’s underworld?
Some of these special tours are available in English. The tourist office is happy to provide further information.
Tourist-Information Göttingen
Altes Rathaus, Markt 9
37073 Göttingen
Tel. 0049 (0) 5 51 / 4 99 80-12
E-mail: tourismus@goettingen.de