Die Maus
Die Maus stands in Cologne as an orange statue of the mouse from the German children’s programme Die Sendung mit der Maus. The silent character has no name, yet generations of German viewers recognise its rounded ears and bright colour. Created by WDR, the figure connects this Cologne artwork with a programme first broadcast in 1971. Its episodes combine educational and entertaining stories about science, technology and everyday life.
The mouse shares that television world with an elephant and a duck, who later joined the programme. Short two-dimensional scenes show the three characters testing ideas, solving problems and learning through trial and error without speaking. The show has produced more than two thousand episodes, and its educational approach has reached children across generations. Several mouse statues and displays stand in western Germany, while this one reflects Cologne’s connection with WDR.
A distinctive detail remains unchanged: every episode begins with the same theme music and a German introduction. A second introduction in another language then invites viewers to guess which language they hear.
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Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Cologne. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.
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myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.