Roods: Audio City Guide
Hidden stories, walk & listen
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
New routes added monthly across Europe. Discover what guidebooks miss, told by locals who actually know the stories.
Discover the stories your guidebook never tells.
ROODS turns European cities into open-air museums. Press play, start walking, and hear the layered history beneath the streets you cross.
Every route is a self-guided audio walk: no app fatigue, no rushed group, no umbrella-on-a-stick to follow. Just you, your headphones, and a local voice unpacking the places most travelers walk straight past.
WHY TRAVELERS CHOOSE ROODS
Stories you won't find on plaques or Wikipedia. Each route is researched and written from primary sources, then narrated like a friend who happens to know the city inside out.
Walk at your own pace. Pause for a coffee, take a detour, pick the route up again tomorrow. Your progress saves automatically.
Built around real walking distances. Routes are tested on foot, with realistic timing and clear audio cues at every stop.
WHAT'S INSIDE
Audio routes across Amsterdam, Barcelona, Paris, London, Berlin, Lisbon, Prague, Vienna, Budapest and more. New cities added regularly.
Themed walks: hidden history, neighbourhood deep-dives, football heritage, Jewish history, royal scandals, street art, and curated city guides.
Maps with every stop pinned, walking directions between them, and tips for nearby cafes, viewpoints and lesser-known detours.
Stories typically run around 90 seconds each, designed to land at the exact spot they describe.
PERFECT FOR
Independent travellers who want depth without a tour group. Weekend city breaks where you want to feel the place, not just photograph it. Locals rediscovering their own city. Solo trips, partners, families with curious teens. Anyone tired of the same five attractions on every list.
WHO MAKES ROODS
ROODS is a small Amsterdam-based platform working directly with hotels, museums, municipalities and heritage organizations across Europe. Stories are written with historians, journalists and local guides, then narrated to feel like a conversation, not a lecture.
We don't do generic. Every story has a reason it's on the route.
Start in any city. Walk one block or the whole afternoon. The streets are already telling stories. ROODS just turns up the volume.
Ratings & Reviews
We've fixed bugs and improved performance so you can explore Amsterdam, Barcelona, Paris and more, one street at a time.
The developer, Paul Engelbert, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Paul Engelbert
- Size
- 89.6 MB
- Category
- Travel
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © ROODS INC