Hidden cistern
220 m
A quiet underground structure that once stored water for the old neighborhood.
Mobile app validation
PastPin
Discover the past around you.
PastPin helps people discover nearby historical places, short stories, and walkable city routes without turning the experience into a heavy travel guide.
No login in MVP
No payment
Location privacy first
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Old City Walk
Stone gate
480 m
A small trace of the city wall, still visible between modern streets.
Problem
Cities are full of stories people never notice.
People walk past historically important streets, buildings, monuments, and hidden places every day without knowing what happened there. Existing travel content is often too long, too broad, or disconnected from the exact place someone is standing.
PastPin starts with a simple promise: show nearby historical places and explain them with short, useful stories that fit naturally into a city walk.
How it works
A lighter way to explore the city.
01
Open PastPin
Launch the app and let it surface historical places around your current area.
02
See nearby places
Find landmarks, hidden corners, streets, buildings, monuments, and local memory points.
03
Read short stories
Get concise, human-friendly historical notes designed for walking, not studying.
04
Save favorites
Keep places you want to revisit, share, or add to a personal city route.
05
Build your route
Turn nearby discoveries into a simple cultural walk through the city.
Demo cities
Starting with cities people already love to walk.
These cities are useful for validating the core experience: nearby discovery, short historical context, saved places, and route ideas.
Istanbul
DemoRome
DemoLondon
DemoParis
Demo
Who it is for
Built for curious people on foot.
PastPin is for people who want more meaning from the places they pass, without needing to plan a full museum day or read a long guidebook.
Tourists
Locals
History lovers
City walkers
Guides and cultural creators
Waitlist
Join the PastPin waitlist.
Be among the first users when we test the first city experiences.
Contributors
Help tell better city stories.
PastPin can become stronger with historians, city guides, local experts, cultural writers, and creators who know the stories behind places.
Privacy note
PastPin’s MVP does not sell personal location data and does not store personal location history. Location access, if enabled in the future app experience, is intended only to show nearby historical places during use.