Liverpool

Scouseland. Birthplace of the Fab Four. City of two cathedrals. Imperial port, rebel soul

This is where working-class lads started a revolution armed only with guitars. Where the grandest houses have the darkest foundations. Liverpool doesn't apologise for its contradictions: fiercely proud yet self-deprecating, rough-edged but romantic, historically grand yet eternally scrappy.

Problem is, tourist beelines for the Cavern Club, snaps the Liver Birds, then leaves thinking they've done Liverpool. Enter VoiceMap. Pop in your earbuds and suddenly you're tracing the muddy pool that gave the city its name. You're uncovering WWII command bunkers. You're strolling Hope Street at your own pace, not trapped in a tour group singing Yellow Submarine for the thousandth time.

Download the app. Hit play. Hear the stories the Beatles buses skip.