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Audio stories for walking

Walk anywhere. Hear the story of where you are.

Put on your headphones, pick a story style and how long you want to walk. Walk Stories writes a story from the streets, landmarks and history around you, chapter by chapter, and finishes right on time.

Hear the narrators How it works

In your browser now, with more than 140 ready-made walks across Türkiye. iPhone and Android are coming.

How a walk works

  1. Choose

    Pick a style, and 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes.

  2. Walk

    Go wherever you like. The story notices the places you pass and follows your turns, with quiet stretches between chapters.

  3. Finish on time

    The story ends when your time is up. Need to stop early? It wraps up with a proper ending.

  4. Look back

    A recap card shows the path you walked, and what in the story was real, legend or invented.

Three ways to hear a street

  • True history

    Real stories about the places you pass, told only from sources you can check afterwards.

  • Historical fiction

    An invented plot woven through real streets and real history.

  • Fiction

    A story set in the streets you’re on.

    • Mystery
    • Fantasy
    • Adventure
    • Romance

Always know what was real

Every walk ends with a recap card. Real facts come with their sources, legends are marked as legends, and anything invented for the story is listed too.

Recap

The Man Who Wanted Wings

Real

Galata Tower was built by the Genoese in 1348.Source: Wikipedia, Galata Tower ↗

Legend

Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi flew from the tower in the 1630s, according to one 17th-century traveller.

Invented

Yusuf the spice merchant, and his talk with Ahmed.

Choose your narrator

Two voices, one storyteller’s pace: unhurried, with a pause where it matters.

  • Kerem

    Male voice

  • Leyla

    Female voice

Our narrators speak English for now. The ready-made stories also come in Turkish, read by your phone’s own voice.

On your phone, or right in your browser

  • iPhone and Android

    The full app. Lock your screen, put the phone in your pocket and walk.

    Coming soon

  • Web app

    No download. Open Walk Stories in your phone’s browser and walk one of more than 140 ready-made stories, in English or Turkish. Keep the screen on while you do.

    Open the web app

  • Demo at your desk

    Not near a street right now? Listen to a sped-up demo walk through Istanbul’s Galata.

    Try the demo

  • Made for walking

    Stories never send you onto private property or across busy roads. Any suggestion to turn is optional.

  • Location only while you walk

    Your location is used during a walk to write your story, and shared with our AI providers for that. We don’t keep a history of where you’ve walked.

  • Works offline too

    Download a hand-crafted walk before you go, and it plays without a connection.

Coming soon

Walk Stories is being tested on the streets of Istanbul. Questions, ideas, or want to try an early walk? Write to us.

Email us