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The previous price was €6 and current price is €5 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 29m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Dive into the ice-cold, schnapps-infused, and surprisingly profound world of Oldenburg's Winter Obsession. This tour is not an ordinary food tour, but an insight into the cabbage ride – a regional ritual in which a humble winter vegetable shapes social hierarchies, drives political lobbying, and turns forests into playgrounds. Discover how a survival food from the 19th century became the beating heart of the identity of an entire city.

    • 5.8 km self-guided tour with 6 stations over 149 min.
    • Ideal for fans of culinary arts, identity, society, and everyday life
      Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals
    • Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Activity location

  • Touristinformation Oldenburg
    • Lange Str. 3, Lappan
    • 26122, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Touristinformation Oldenburg
    • 3 Lange Straße
    • 26122, Oldenburg (Oldb), Niedersachsen, Germany

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Podcast Tour on the Tracks of Oldenburg's Kale Culture in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 29 minutes2h 29m
    2h 29m
  • Opening hours: Tue 00:00-23:59
  • English
Price details
€5.99
€4.79 x 1 Adult€4.79
Total
The previous price was €5.99 and current price is €4.79
20% off

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Exciting audio output in podcast style with experts and locals
  • Inclusions
    Interactive guide in the app for questions about history and surroundings
  • Inclusions
    Verified facts incorporated into an exciting storey
  • Inclusions
    Point-to-point navigation between stops

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Touristinformation Oldenburg

  • 10m
The official starting point of the coal capital, where modern marketing meets a 150-year-old tradition.

Wochenmarkt Rathausmarkt

  • 10m
The agricultural heart of tradition, where the golden rule of the winter frost is strictly observed.

Schlossplatz

  • 10m
The historical seat of power, where the narrative shifts to how Oldenburg uses kale as a political lobbying tool in Berlin.

Eversten Holz

  • 10m
A city forest where the physical journey of the coal ride comes alive through games, schnapps, and social levelling.

Botanischer Garten

  • 10m
A scientific digression exploring the botany of kale and contrasting its history as a peasant survival food with its modern status as a superfood.

Klinkerburg

  • 10m
The grand finale of the tour, which represents the Kohlball, where the ice-cold walk turns into a wild celebration in the warm.

Location

Activity location

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    Touristinformation Oldenburg
    • Lange Str. 3, Lappan
    • 26122, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Touristinformation Oldenburg
    • 3 Lange Straße
    • 26122, Oldenburg (Oldb), Niedersachsen, Germany

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