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LightUp Tours

Hidden city stories, told right where they happened

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LightUp turns cities into a map of short audio stories ("gems") about real places, told by local guides. Walk to a spot, press play and hear what happened right there. Available in 7 languages, on the web and Android.

Audio · Lifestyle · Maps
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Features

- Audio gems: short stories about real places, told by local guides

- Monument scanner: point your camera at a monument and hear its story

- Walking routes: turn the places you save into your own route

- In-person tours: book walking tours with independent local guides

- Create and publish your own stories and tours

- 7 languages: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese

Use Cases

- Travellers who want more than the famous sights

- Locals discovering the hidden history of their own neighbourhood

- Self-guided walks at your own pace, without a group or schedule

- Independent tour guides who want to share their stories and get bookings

Comments

Hi Fazier! I'm Drago, founder of LightUp 👋 I've always been a traveller: from Colombia to Australia, and now Berlin. In every city I'd walk for hours, passing places with incredible stories (a bullet hole in a wall, a name on a doorstep, a tree that survived a war) without knowing what had happened there. So I built LightUp: a map of short audio stories told by local guides. Walk to a spot, press play, and hear what happened right there. You can also scan monuments with your camera, build your own walking route, or book an in-person tour with a local guide. It's free to try on the web and Android, in 7 languages. I'd love your honest feedback: what city should we add next? 🙏

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Hi Fazier! I'm Drago, founder of LightUp 👋 I've always been a traveller: from Colombia to Australia, and now Berlin. In every city I'd walk for hours, passing places with incredible stories (a bullet hole in a wall, a name on a doorstep, a tree that survived a war) without knowing what had happened there. So I built LightUp: a map of short audio stories told by local guides. Walk to a spot, press play, and hear what happened right there. You can also scan monuments with your camera, build your own walking route, or book an in-person tour with a local guide. It's free to try on the web and Android, in 7 languages. I'd love your honest feedback: what city should we add next? 🙏

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