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Ahaus
Smart city Trip.

See digitalisation up close, in Germany’s most digital town.
A day in the Münsterland that shows how everyday life works with nothing but a smartphone. A night in the staffless smart hotel is included.

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Day of programme
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Night in the smart hotel
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Germany’s most digital town
Flexible
Date by arrangement

Why Ahaus. Why now.

A small town is showing all of Germany how digitalisation works in everyday life.

Ahaus in the Münsterland, close to the Dutch border, is genuinely ahead: shopping, staying the night, going out and dealing with the local authority all run digitally here, often with nothing but a smartphone.

A model for towns across Germany. On this trip you experience smart city, urban innovation and citizen participation as lived practice, not as a concept.

The programme

One day.
All digital.

A walk through town, conversations with city marketing, the local authority and residents, plus the digital hotspots to try out for yourself.

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Digital hotspots
Town walk · meeting the head of city marketing
Morning

We start by getting to know the town: on a walk through Ahaus and in conversation with the people driving its digitalisation.

Town walk

The town’s digital hotspots hands-on, from public space to retail.

Meet the doers

Conversations with city marketing, the local authority and residents: how does a town actually deliver digitalisation?

Smart city live

Urban innovation and citizen participation put to the test, instead of on conference slides.

Programme from our last tour. The final schedule may differ.

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Smart commerce
Smart department store · supermarket · boat rental · club
Afternoon

In the afternoon we test digital everyday life ourselves: shopping, renting and paying with nothing but a smartphone.

Smart department store & supermarket

Shopping without a till or staff: digital retail concepts in real operation.

Boat rental & club

Leisure goes digital too: services that run entirely through an app.

Test everyday life

Try everything yourself and see how smooth digital services can be.

Programme from our last tour. The final schedule may differ.

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Smart hotel
A night in the smart hotel · entirely without staff
Evening

To finish, we check into the smart hotel by smartphone: a night entirely without staff, from check-in to check-out.

Digital check-in

Opening the room, controlling the lights, checking out: it all runs through the app.

Hospitality rethought

What happens when a hotel goes all in on digital processes, and where the limits are.

What transfers

We close by making sense of it: which concepts transfer to your own company?

Programme from our last tour. The final schedule may differ.

What to expect

More than a day out.

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Test everyday life

Try digital services yourself: shop, check in and pay with nothing but a smartphone.

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Meet the doers

Conversations with city marketing, the local authority and residents: how a town actually delivers digitalisation.

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Smart city live

Urban innovation and citizen participation put to the test, instead of on conference slides.

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What transfers

Which of this works for you? We help you work out which concepts transfer.

What’s included

It’s all
in there.

Guided tour & programmeTown walk to the most digital hotspots, all visits included
Night in the smart hotelCheck-in to check-out without staff
Conversations & contactsCity marketing, local authority and residents
FUTURE CANDY hostsOrganisation and making sense of it all
Good to know
You arrange your own travel there and backWe’re happy to help you plan
Investment
On request
Depends on group size and scope of programme
We’ll put together an individual quote
Date By arrangement
Duration 1 day + overnight stay
Location Ahaus · Münsterland
Focus Smart city · digitalisation
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