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James Cowan
11
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727
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About
Tours in:
Denmark
Poland
The United Kingdom

I love creating audio tours of cities which lie close to my heart in the hope that others will share my love and passion.

I wrote my first audio tour of Cardiff, Wales in 2018. I grew up with Cardiff on my doorstep and lived there most of my adult life. Discovering its incredible but still largely unknown history became an ever-growing passion. This led me to develop walking tours and telling people the history, legends and ghost stories of Cardiff and Wales – tales of Kings, Princes, and a one-time tiny town on the Taff that overnight become the world’s biggest coal port, from which emerged the grand domes, towers and columns of its beautiful civic centre….and all the time, in its woodlands and castles lurk ancient legends and tales of ghosts!

I am delighted that, thanks to VoiceMap, I have been able to convert some of these tours into self-guided audio tours.

Since 2019 I have had a new home, Copenhagen, and I have fallen in love with this city. Discovering its history, its character, and its characters past and present, has been an all-consuming pleasure, always full of surprises. In 2021 I was delighted to offer my first Copenhagen audio tour, which was a labour of love to research and develop, as a prelude to more Copenhagen tours following in 2022 and 2023.

In 2023 I was very excited to introduce my first ever audio tour in Poland, of Warsaw’s beautiful Old Town. I have been fascinated and deeply moved by Polish history since childhood, and as an adult I have been spellbound by the beauty of its cities, and awe struck by the resilience and determination of the Polish character despite everything the country has experienced.

In 2025 I published a series of audio tours of Łódź! I hope that my tours of Łódź shed new light on this striking, exciting, and much underrated city! Moreover, I hope that my audiotour of the site of the Łódź Ghetto serves as a powerful informational and educational tool, shedding light on the city's darkest chapter. Indeed, I hope all my Polish audio tours convey my admiration and respect for the country's history and culture.

Scenic Routes
Ghosts And Hauntings
Museums
Creep amongst the buildings of this 100-acre museum in search of ghostly tales

Walking Tour

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75 mins
Ghosts And Hauntings
Local Legends
Architecture
Stalk the ghostly and hallowed grounds of Cardiff's Llandaff Cathedral

Walking Tour

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45 mins
Architecture
Museums
Universities
Hear and see the story of a momentous period in Cardiff’s history

Walking Tour

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60 mins
Parks And Gardens
Royal Heritage
Religious Sites
Peel back 500 years of history on this lively meander through Cardiff’s centre

Walking Tour

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40 mins
Parks And Gardens
War And Military
Top Sights
Walk the streets where Denmark lost its freedom before breakfast time

Walking Tour

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60 mins
Modern History
Royal Heritage
Architecture
See 900 years of history in Copenhagen’s spectacular, royal centre of power

Walking Tour

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90 mins
Modern History
Local Legends
Architecture
Hear the tales of turmoil that helped transform Denmark's medieval capital

Walking Tour

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90 mins
Modern History
Religious Sites
War And Military
Follow survivor voices through Poland’s darkest chapter of human endurance

Walking Tour

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120 mins
Architecture
War And Military
Modern History
See Poland’s phoenix city soar, where textile barons and tragic ghosts collide

Walking Tour

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90 mins
Revolution
Public Art
Local Legends
Wander where domes, spires, mirrors, murals, and movie stars collide

Walking Tour

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90 mins
UNESCO Sites
Royal Heritage
Architecture
Hear legendary tales as you discover the resuscitated heart of Poland's capital

Walking Tour

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90 mins