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— An audio guide for travellers who want to look

Listen
to where
you stand.

Three ways into the place around you: plan a walking loop, just start walking and have the app talk about what you pass, or ask for an audio briefing about this city, district or region. Phone in your pocket, earbuds in.

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⁂ why ⁂

On holiday we stare at screens, not at the world we came to see.

— And we wanted to fix that.

⁂ three ways ⁂
— Three ways into a place

Plan a loop. Just walk. Ask about here.

However you want to be here right now, the app meets you there — with a route, with what you pass, or with a briefing about the city, district or region you're standing in.

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Make a loop
Pick a distance (1–10 km) or duration (30 min – 2 hrs) and a perspective. The app builds a walking loop past the most interesting places nearby and tells you about each one as you arrive. For a planned walk with a destination back home.
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Just walk
No fixed route. Choose how close something has to be (40, 80 or 150 m) and start walking. The app talks about every interesting place you pass — a museum, a courtyard, an unmarked bridge with a story. For aimless wandering.
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Tell me about here
No walking needed. Ask the app about this place at country, region, city or district level — local customs, which neighbourhoods are worth a detour, the bigger picture. For the moment you sit down with a coffee and want context.
— Ten ways of seeing

One place, ten stories.

An old church is something different to a historian than to a geologist. Pick which lens to switch on — or let the app surprise you.

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Surprise me
Each place gets a different perspective — unexpected and varied.
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Historic
Layers of time, events, forgotten lives.
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Archaeological
What lies beneath the soil and what it teaches us.
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Biological
The flora, fauna and quiet ecology around you.
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Architectural
Forms, materials, and the minds of builders.
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Cultural
People, customs and the lived social fabric.
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Culinary
Food, drink, regional cuisine and what it says about a place.
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Geological
The deep time beneath your feet, in stone and earth.
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Economic
Trade, prosperity and how money shaped places.
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Shopping
Shops, fashion, craftsmanship and special stores.
⁂ how ⁂
— In three steps

Phone away. Earbuds in.

Open the app, pick what you want in seconds, and let the world guide you. Switch your earbuds to transparency mode so you keep hearing traffic and surroundings.

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Pick your loop
How long do you want to walk? 1, 3, 5 or 10 km — or by time (30 min to 2 hours). Which lens fits your mood? Historic, culinary, or let the app surprise you.
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Walk with earbuds
The app speaks: "Walk 280 metres to the northeast." Within 50 metres of a place the narration starts automatically. Phone stays in your pocket — audio keeps playing, even with the screen off.
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Share or save
Nice loop walked? Save it or send it with one tap via WhatsApp. The receiver opens the link and gets your loop straight onto their own phone.
⁂ what you hear ⁂
— What you actually hear

A 120-word story, written on the spot.

No pre-recorded audio guides, no Wikipedia read aloud. For every place the app writes a fresh story from your chosen perspective — short, vivid, generated right when you arrive.

Now listening · Historic · 35m
The Westerkerk
church · 1631 · municipal monument

The tower you're staring at is younger than the church beneath it — Hendrick de Keyser died before his own crown could be finished. His son Pieter completed the work, with that distinctive crown of Emperor Maximilian, a gesture of thanks that has marked Amsterdam for three centuries.

Beneath the cobblestones between you and the entrance, Rembrandt lies in an unmarked grave — he was too poor for a stone. Anne Frank heard this tower's bells every hour from the annex, two streets away.

Look up — the weather cocks on the spire turn with the wind.

⁂ try a sample ⁂
— Try without GPS

Take a sample loop for a spin.

No app installed yet, no GPS fix needed. Tap a city below and the app instantly drops you into a real loop somewhere on Earth — listen on your laptop, get a feel for what's coming.

☕ Cafés & lunch on the route
Historic · 3 km
Amsterdam · Grachtengordel
Canals, hidden courtyards, and three centuries of merchant stories.
 ▶ Start route
☕ Cafés & lunch on the route
Shopping · 3 km
Kyoto · Gion
Kimono ateliers, paper shops, and lantern-lit alleys near old teahouses.
 ▶ Start route
☕ Cafés & lunch on the route
Archaeological · 3 km
Roma · Centro Storico
Walk past two thousand years of empire — through the cracks in the cobbles.
 ▶ Start route
⁂ surprise ⁂
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— One place per loop

The surprise.

In every loop, the app marks one place as the surprise — a place you didn't expect, with a story that's slightly more poetic. Which one it is, you only know when you're there.

— Install

Add to your home screen.

Audio Locus is a progressive web app — no App Store needed. Open the app in your browser and install it in two taps.

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Open the app in Safari via the button below.
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Tap the share button at the bottom (square with arrow up).
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Scroll and choose "Add to Home Screen".
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Allow location when prompted.
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⁂ questions ⁂
— Frequently asked

Good to know.

How does Audio·Locus work?May 2026
Three ways: pick a walking loop and the app builds a route past the most interesting places nearby; just walk and the app talks about whatever interesting thing you pass; or ask about here and get an audio briefing on the city, district or region you're in. As you reach each place a fresh narration is written and read aloud — so you keep walking and just listen.
Can I just walk without picking a route?May 2026
Yes. Choose Just walk on the welcome screen. Pick a perspective and how close something has to be (40 m for tight historic centres, up to 150 m for parks or outskirts). Then start walking. Whenever you come within range of an interesting place the app starts narrating — no destination needed.
Can I hear about this place without walking at all?May 2026
Yes. Choose Tell me about here and pick a zoom level: country, region, city or district. The app generates an audio briefing about that area — customs, history, which neighbourhoods are worth a detour, what's distinctive. For when you've just sat down somewhere and want context with your coffee.
Wireless or wired earbuds?May 2026
Both work, but for a longer walk a wired headset is more reliable: no Bluetooth drop-outs and no flat AirPods two hours in. Leave one ear free or set the buds to transparency mode so you keep hearing traffic and surroundings.
Does this work anywhere in the world?May 2026
Yes. Audio·Locus uses OpenStreetMap data and global walking paths. In densely populated historic areas you'll find more places than in remote nature, but it works on every continent.
Can I plan a walk in another city, before I get there?May 2026
Yes. Search for any address or place — a hotel, a station, a square — and the app builds the loop around that spot instead of your current location. Handy the evening before a trip, so a walk is ready when you arrive.
Can I change the storytelling style?May 2026
Yes — choose a perspective. The same place can be told as history, as an architect would see it, as a local's memory, or as a short story. Switch perspective any time; the next narration follows it.
How do I know which way to walk?May 2026
The app uses your phone's compass to guide you out loud — "turn left", "you're heading the right way" — and confirms your progress every so often with the distance still to go, so you never wonder if it's still working.
Can I see coffee and lunch spots along the route?May 2026
Yes. The app shows cafés, lunchrooms and bakeries along your loop on the map, so you can plan a stop in advance. Spots that are closed at that moment are filtered out.
What if a place is closed?May 2026
Audio·Locus checks opening hours where they're known and skips places that are closed when you'd arrive — so you don't walk up to a locked door.
What is the surprise place?May 2026
In every loop the app marks one place as the surprise — recognisable by a glowing star on the map. Its narration is slightly more poetic than the others. You only know which one it is when you're standing there.
Can I really keep my phone in my pocket?May 2026
Yes, that's the whole point. Audio keeps playing even when your screen locks — just like Spotify. Pause, skip and next work via the buttons on your earbuds or smartwatch.
Can I replay a narration?May 2026
Yes. Tap a place you've already passed to hear its story again. Narrations you've heard are kept locally, so replaying one doesn't need a fresh connection.
How do I see the whole route on the map?May 2026
Tap the centre button and the map zooms out to show your full loop — every place and the path between them — so you always have an overview before and during the walk.
How do I share my walk?May 2026
Tap "Share current route" in the routes menu. You get a link you can send via WhatsApp, iMessage or email. The receiver opens it and has your loop right in their own app — same places, same route, their own voice.
Do I need internet while walking?May 2026
Yes — narrations and voices are generated on the go, that requires a connection. Once-heard narrations are cached locally, so re-walking a loop doesn't need fresh data.
Is my location stored somewhere?May 2026
No. Your position is only used in your browser to find nearby places. When writing a narration we send a place's name and coordinates to our servers — not your own location, no identifying data.
Does it cost money?May 2026
The app itself is free. Saving and sharing routes is also free.
Who is behind this?May 2026
Audio·Locus is an experiment by MagicMonday — an initiative by people who use AI deliberately to create concrete, daily value for people and businesses.
How do I get in touch?May 2026
By email at info@audiolocus.com — for ideas, bugs, hotel-partnerships or anything else. WhatsApp support is on the way through MagicMonday's app — we'll add the number here once it's live.

The world is waiting.

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