School trips in Hamburg: field trip ideas the class plays on the street.
What are good field trip ideas for a class in Hamburg?
Urban Passport is a city-rally app for school trips and field trips in Hamburg: the teacher builds the route on a computer beforehand, and the class plays it in teams on the day itself. One game code is enough. Students join as guests, without an account and without an email address, and one phone per team covers a whole group. A round fits a 90-minute outing or a half day, and the teacher sets the time limit. A question can only be answered where the group is standing, because the app checks by GPS whether a team is really at the place, within a radius of 18 to 75 metres per spot. Building the route is free and the app is live on the App Store. Unlike a pure build-it-yourself tool, Urban Passport ships curated Hamburg content: 58 published spots across 11 categories.
Building and preparing the route is free. The app is live on the App Store: download it, enter the game code, go.
Which outdoor learning activities work on a school trip?
A city rally turns a walking day into outdoor learning without a guide and without a printed worksheet. Five to six spots within walking distance make about 90 minutes; eight to ten spots across Speicherstadt, HafenCity, Rathausmarkt and the Alster make a half-day programme. Every question is tied to a place, so the answer has to be found by looking, not by searching online. The teacher fixes route, order and time limit beforehand; on the day itself only the game code is needed.
Pick the route
Take a ready-made Hamburg route or adapt it: drop spots, add your own. 5–6 places for 90 minutes, more for a half day.
Build teams
Up to 35 participants in a Class Game, split by you or drawn automatically. One phone per team is enough.
Share the code
Teams join by code or QR as guests. No student accounts. Then it starts.
Keep the overview
The score of every team runs live in the app against the time limit you set. A podium closes the round.
How do I prepare the route as a teacher?
Preparation runs in the browser on a computer, with nothing to install: place spots in walking order on the map, take ready-made Hamburg spots or add your own, set the time limit, create the game. If you want, small groups contribute their own places and questions — every student-built spot lands in the teacher's review list before it goes live. For six spots a practised teacher needs around 30 minutes, and building costs nothing.
What does a digital city rally cost for a school class?
Building and preparing the route is free: the Host Portal, your own spots and your own questions cost nothing. What is paid for is the game itself, by group size: Class Game – up to 35 for 399 € and Large Group Game – up to 100 for 699 €. Smaller rounds are bought straight in the app: Friends Game – up to 6 devices for 14,99 €, Private Game – up to 10 for 49,99 €, and a permanent City Pass Hamburg for 8,99 €.
Free is the app with one city — every spot, every stamp, and games with up to 6 devices; after that, each additional city and each self-built game costs. We set up the Class Game and the Large Group Game with you: send us the year group, the group size and the date, and we confirm scope and price by email beforehand.
Combine the Hamburg tour with your own spots
Take the ready-made Hamburg route and simply add your own stops.
Or play only your own spots
Create your own places and write your own questions — outside Hamburg too.
Time limit set by you
90 minutes, a half day or a short warm-up — you set the clock.
Built beforehand, not on site
Route, questions, teams and game code are created on a computer.
Preparation is free
Host Portal, route, your own spots and your own questions cost nothing.
Which Hamburg places does the class visit?
A class stands in the Speicherstadt and works out why a warehouse quarter was given canals instead of streets, then walks fifteen minutes to Beatles-Platz, where five steel silhouettes mark a band that arrived unknown. Planten un Blomen, the Rathausmarkt and the Alster sit within the same afternoon. There are 58 published spots across 11 categories to choose from, and a class round uses five to ten of them — the same stock solo players and weekend groups draw on, not a cut-down school catalogue.
Planning something outside school — a company outing, a hostel group, a language trip? The same tool runs for group games, and Hamburg also has a scavenger hunt page for private groups. Prefer German? Read Klassenfahrt Hamburg.
Frequently asked questions about school trips in Hamburg
How many students can take part?
A Class Game – up to 35 holds a whole class in one game, split into teams. A Large Group Game – up to 100 covers a year group or several classes at once. Smaller rounds are covered by the in-app sizes: Friends Game – up to 6 devices, and Private Game – up to 10. For several classes you create several games, each with its own code.
How long does a school city rally in Hamburg take?
Five to six spots within walking distance make about 90 minutes, eight to ten spots a half-day programme. You set the time limit yourself, from a short warm-up round to a whole morning. Walking times between Hamburg spots are typically 8 to 15 minutes.
Does every student need their own phone?
No. One smartphone per team is enough; one device per head is not needed. Four to six teams per class is usual, so four to six devices. The app itself is a free download on the App Store.
Do students need an account or a login?
No. Students join as guests with your game code, without an account of their own, without a name and without an email address. Only the teacher who creates the game needs an account.
Is the app suitable for school use under data protection rules?
Urban Passport works without student data during play: teams join as guests, without names, without email addresses and without accounts of their own. There is no advertising ID, no cross-app tracking, no background location and no movement profile — location is checked only at the moment of stamping and stored as a result, not as a route. Whether use is permitted at your school is a decision for your school leadership; the basis for it is set out in full in our privacy policy.
Do I as a teacher see the score live?
Yes. During the game you see which team has reached which spot and how the score stands against the time limit you set. A podium closes the round. You do not have to walk along yourself.
How do I set up a class game for my class?
Send us the year group, the group size and your preferred date. We come back with a route proposal and the price for your group size — 399 € up to 35 participants, 699 € up to 100. Building the route stays free.
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