Come as a guest, leave as a friend
Karlsruhe Greeters
About Karlsruhe
About the Greeters
Become a Greeter
Karlsruhe – Friends you did not know
Karlsruhe Greeters are your friends in Karlsruhe who you haven’t met yet!
But be careful: Greeters are not tour guides but simply “friends in town”.
So… there are no maps, no book guides, open your eyes and just immerse yourself in our daily lives: …thanks to Karlsruhe greeters you will feel like a real Karlsruher for a few hours. Send us your request now.
Like many other Greeter destinations we are a non-profit project within the International Greeter Association.
What Greeters are
Greeters welcome guests and take them on individual Greets through the city – without charge.
We love our hometown and like to give you an insight into our personal lives in Karlsruhe. That is why accompany you through our town – entirely free of charge, as is customary among friends. You will experience very personal and individual walkabouts and you will hear about our workaday lives.
A complete sightseeing-tour to tourist-attractions is not what we provide, but we can tell you where you can get it.
Karlsruhe – Always worth a visit
If you not have been in Karlsruhe you missed something. Here, in the very South-West of Germany, influences of many eras, peoples and regions mix. The unhurried way of living in Baden and the french savoir-vivre are building a sympathic connection.
Architecturally, culturally and histrically, Karlsruhe has much to offer. Enjoyment and ecology have a high priority here. Add to this the attractive location in the Upper Rhine Valley on the edge of the Black Forest. Due to a comfortable climatic situation, here spring begins earlier and autumn starts later than in most corners of Germany.
The greeters show you their city away from the touristic hot spots because even in other places ther is much to discover. Exciting impressions and little stories await you on a very personal walk with your new friends in this beautiful city.
With their volunteer work, Greeters bring our attitude towards life and the special flair of this great city across.
Hans-Peter Krämer
Karlsruhe Greeters
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Our core values
- Greeters are volunteers, a friendly face for those visiting a city/destination.Greeters welcome individuals and may serve small groups of up to six people.
- Meeting a Greeter is free of charge.
- Visitors are welcomed without any kind of discrimination.
- Greeter programs support sustainable tourism. Programs respects natural and man-made environments, it brings both cultural and economical enrichment to the local communities.
- Programs aim for a lasting positive image of each destination.
- Greeter programs create a mutually enriching opportunity for cultural exchange, create links between ordinary people in creating a better world.
What our guests wrote about meeting our Greeters
Im Rahmen einer Tour mit dem Wohnmobil führte uns unser Weg nach Karlsruhe.
Dort begleitete uns der Greeter Hansin wunderbare Ecken der Stadt, die sich dem Touristenschwarm entziehen.
Es war eine tolle Erfahrung in einer Begleitung, die kurzweilig, spannend und informativ war.
Danke Hans und wir freuen uns auf weitere “statt-Führungen” der Greeter in weiteren Städten.
Hallo Hans, wir dürfen uns ganz herzlich für die erlebnisreiche Stadtführung bedanken.
Sie war sehr erlebnisreich und wir konnten viele neue Einblicke in diese wunderbare Stadt bekommen.
Eine Führung einmal ganz anders und individuell auf uns abgestimmt.
Wir kommen gerne wieder nach Karlsruhe und empfehlen euch gerne weiter.
Vom Dorf Burgwallbach (Unterfranken) in die Großstadt Karlsruhe.
Ein eindrucksvolles Erlebnis. Karlsruhe individuell kennenzulernen mit seinen Geschichten und seiner jungen (300 Jahre) Kultur.
Nicht nur Zahlen, Daten und Fakten, sondern Karlsruhe pur erleben. Hans hat es bestens verstanden uns seine Stadt in 6 Stunden intensiv erleben zu lassen. Danke.
Thorsten und Alexandra,
Burgwallbach