Digital city guide · Essen
The digital city guide that rides with you: hop on a tram, bus or train, discover the sights along real transit lines, and ride on whenever you feel like it. Flexible, with no fixed schedule.
Four lines · four transfers · your pace
Three simple steps
Pick your starting stop – the route builds itself automatically as a loop.
Get off at any station and explore the highlights with audio and reading texts.
Hop on the next tram whenever you like. No group schedule, no time pressure.
BringGuide accompanies you through Essen and explains why a place is worth seeing. Every station comes with background, stories, tips and clear orientation – curated, and right when you're there.
No dry timetable, no endless blog. A guided city experience that takes you from sight to sight – at your own pace.
Everything on board
The whole loop at a glance – as a clean transit-map diagram.
Sights at every station, each with its own mini map.
Listen to the city's history – or read at your own pace.
Get on wherever you like – the route follows you automatically.
See at once which highlights are waiting at your station.
Maps for stops, sights and transfer walking routes.
Optimised for your smartphone – fast, lightweight, easy to use on the go.
Straight from the guide
Example: the Ernestinenstr. stop – with photo, real-time departures, map and expandable sights. A real, interactive station – go ahead and try it.
A sample day
No fixed plan – just one example of what a day on the loop can look like. Hop on and off whenever you like.
Hop off at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein and explore the Ruhr Museum.
Ride on towards Essen central station, past Essen Minster and through the historic centre.
Coffee at Rüttenscheider Stern – and whenever you're ready, the tour continues.
Explore the famous garden city – and ride comfortably back onto the loop in the evening.
Stations and texts carefully put together – not a random collection of links.
You always know where you are and what comes next.
Fast, lightweight and usable with one hand – even between two stops.
No overloaded tour – one clear route through the essentials.
A city guide that rides with you: hop on wherever you like and discover Essen at your own pace.
Start the guideBringGuide is your digital city guide – not a transit ticket. For all rides on trams, buses and trains you need a valid public transport ticket (e.g. VRR/Ruhrbahn). Please confirm that you have one.
No ticket yet? Ruhrbahn ticket shop