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Stories for passengers

Duration

months

Start date

November 2023

End date

October 2025

Partner

Budget

178.350,00 €

ERDF Budget

142.680,00 €

Progress

100%

The project

Project summary

This is a cross-border project carried out by Puntozero and PiNa.
It provides travelers with audio narratives accessible through a smartphone app. These are immersive stories set in the border areas between Italy and Slovenia, created by authors from both countries.
The route involves various means of public transport and multiple routes in Friuli Venezia Giulia and Primorska, each featuring site-specific audio content for both the outward and return journeys.
Tracks is an app that begins its journey in 2025, when Italian and Slovenian writers, inspired by the history of the railways and buses in the region around the twin cities of Gorizia/Nova Gorica and by the passengers who have traveled in this land, wrote several stories for you to listen to during your journey.
Each track is designed to correspond to a specific bus or train line that runs through Gorizia/Nova Gorica. However, in our desire to spread the stories of this area far and wide, you can listen to them wherever you are.

Objectives

The objectives of the project were:

To offer visitors of Nova Gorica and Gorizia an innovative narrative of the area, bringing both visitors and residents closer to the spirit and programme of GO2025;
To explore new ways of experiencing the cross-border cultural heritage;
To promote the creation of a new presentation of the area through stories and narratives developed specifically for this purpose and collected in the application;
To ensure that the application remains operational beyond 2025 and continues to showcase the area to future visitors.

Output

An application featuring stories for travellers was developed (LINK for the download), including 20 audio recordings covering different public transport routes and geographical areas. Eight promotional and presentation events for the application were organised across the Gorizia area and nearby towns. To reach a wider audience, people travelling along the routes included in the application were directly involved and invited to listen to selected stories and share their impressions. Based on these experiences, short videos were produced, edited and published as social media reels on the project's channels, with the aim of enhancing the user experience and promoting the application in an authentic and participatory way.