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12 06, 2019

Marvelous Sunne Launches New Guide App

Tags: app, audio guide, event calendar, history, selma lagerlöf, stories, storytelling, sunne, tourism|

Sunne, Marvelous Sunne, is located right in the middle of Värmland, a landscape full of contrasts. Culture and the tradition of storytelling are strong in Sunne. This is where the author and Nobel laureate Selma Lagerlöf lived and worked, and her legacy remains strong.

The new OnSpotStory app ‘Sagolika Sunne’ (Marvelous Sunne) offers several tours, packed with inspiring stories. Get to know Selma Lagerlöf’s Sunne, find your way to some of Sunne’s gems and experience Mårbacka estate, the country house where Selma Lagerlöf lived for much of her life.

–We are investing in a guide app so that visitors can find ‘the marvelous’. We are making history accessible through every smartphone, where visitors can easily engage in the […]

4 12, 2018

Selma Lagerlöf’s Sunne is getting an app

Tags: app, audio guide, event calendar, guide app, stories, sunne|

We are excited that Sunne kommun has decided to get an app. Sagolika Sunne sees this technology as a helping hand for visitors to find their way to the many gems it has to offer. Sunne is Selma Lagerlöf’s home region and there’s plenty to see and discover in the area. The app will make it easier for visitors to experience Sunne by implementing e.g. an event calendar and incorporating exciting stories about the region’s culture and nature.

The app will be launched in the spring of 2019. We look forward to getting to know Sunne and Selma better!

27 08, 2018

Audio guide for young and old at Stockholm Cathedral

Tags: audio guide, payment, stockholm, stories, storkyrkan, tourism|

Located in the heart of the Old Town, Stockholm Cathedral receives many tourists as well as local visitors. The staff noted visitors had an appetite for learning more about the medieval church and wanted to offer an easy way to access information in several different languages. The solution? A web app. Starting out with three tours in Swedish and English the audio guide provides insight into the building of the cathedral, the Protestant Reformation in Sweden and a battle between church and crown.

Receiving payment with unique vouchers

To boost their earnings the cathedral has chosen a guide option with a payment function. Visitors purchase a unique code at the entrance for a small […]

11 07, 2018

New app at The Gotland Museum links stories with places

Tags: app, audio guide, gotland, museum, onspotstory plus, stories|

The Gotland Museum is the Mecca of Gotland’s cultural history. The museum recently launched a new app to complement their exhibitions. Henrik Ramberg, the Project Manager, tells us about their app aspirations: “We hope to lift stories and objects that for various reasons have ended up in the dark. An ambition we have is to link the stories with the physical locations on the island where the stories and objects come from”.

Add-on:

The Gotland Museum will have 10 OnSpotStory PLUS units to offer visitors. These are all-inclusive solutions that replace the traditional audio guide device with a modern smartphone that you can lend or rent to your visitors.

Download the app on App Store or […]

26 01, 2018

It all comes together…

Tags: blogging, stories|

Making an audio guide has many components to it, from the nitty-gritty techy side of things, to the human beings and the stories they want to tell about a specific place or object.

Who we meet with and talk to has truly shaped OnSpotStory. That’s why in 2018 we decided to start a bitesize vlog/blog, introducing the people we meet and the places we’ve been. For us to remember and to share with you how it all comes together.