Delft
A self-guided audio walking tour of Delft, Netherlands
This self-guided audio walking tour of Delft in Delft, Netherlands covers 10 narrated stops over roughly 60 minutes and about 4.1 km on foot. Press play in the PodWalk app and each stop is narrated automatically as you arrive — walk at your own pace, online or fully offline. The route runs from Het Prinsenhof to Stadhuis. Expect a focus on history and architecture.
Download free, then play this walk in Delft — narration starts automatically at each stop, online or off.
The route, stop by stop
Het Prinsenhof
William of Orange had reason to be careful. By 1584 he'd made himself the most wanted man in the Habsburg world, and he chose to run his rebellion not from a fortress but from a former convent on this quiet…
Bagijnetoren
A single brick tower stands with its back turned to nothing — no wall behind it, no water beside it, just open ground where both once…
Artilleriemagazijn
A cloister that housed women devoted to silence ended up storing sulphur and saltpeter instead — and for decades, nobody thought that…
Hofje van Gratie
Two addresses for one charity — that's the arithmetic of this place, and it only balances once you know who got pushed aside to make it…
Pottery under the Mulberry Tree
"Onder de Moerbeiboom" — under the mulberry tree — is the kind of phrase a workshop proprietor paints above a door when a trade needs a memorable name, and Delft's potters needed exactly…
Vrouwenregt
No parish register names her. No ledger records her wages, her family, or her face. The girl with the pearl earring never drew breath in this city at…
Vermeercentrum
1654. A gunpowder magazine detonates on the far side of Delft, and within seconds a painter named Carel Fabritius is pulled dying from the wreckage of his studio — one of the city's genuine talents, gone before he was…
Maria van Jessekerk
A Catholic cathedral rising in the heart of a city that once stripped every cloister and chapel from Rome's hands sounds like a contradiction — until you remember how long three centuries actually…
Oostpoort
Three of its sisters are gone entirely — the Waterslootse Poort, the Koepoort, the Schiedamse Poort, all dismantled when the city decided walls were worth more as building stone than as defense. Only this one got to…
Stadhuis
1618: a fire tears through the town hall, and by morning nothing stands but the…
These are the opening lines of each stop. The full narration — and the audio — plays in the app.
Delft — FAQ
- How long is the Delft walking tour?
- About 60 minutes on foot, covering 10 stops over 4.1 km. You can pause and pick it back up whenever you like.
- What does the Delft audio tour cover?
- 10 narrated stops, beginning at Het Prinsenhof and ending at Stadhuis. Each one plays automatically as you reach it.
- Do I need an internet connection or mobile data?
- No. Download the walk once in the PodWalk app and the narration plays fully offline — handy while roaming in the Netherlands. GPS triggers each stop as you arrive.
- Is the Delft audio tour free?
- Your first walk on PodWalk is free. After that, walks come through one-time passes from $2.99 — there's no subscription and nothing auto-renews.
- Can I do the tour at my own pace?
- Yes. There's no guide and no schedule — start when you want, linger as long as you like, and the next stop plays automatically when you get there.
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Walk Delft with PodWalk
Free to download. Your first walk is free, and you can download this one for fully offline use.