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Digital Journey: take a virtual tour of the European Parliament

Unable to visit the European Parliament in Brussels or Strasbourg in person? Take the Parliament's new Digital Journey.

Free and available in all 24 official EU languages, embark on the digital journey to the European Parliament and experience the Parliament in 360 °, become an MEP, discover the history of the EU and join a role-playing game with others.

1. Experience the European Parliament in 360°

Take a 360° virtual tour of the Parliament in Brussels and Strasbourg, discover the people and the buildings and find out how you can make your voice heard. Meet MEPs and gain a deeper understanding of their work at the heart of EU politics. Enjoy interactive surroundings, multimedia content and activities.

2. Be a virtual MEP

Try your hand at being an MEP with the help of virtual reality. Take on challenges that will immerse you in how MEPs and Parliament work. You will even have the chance to vote in the plenary session in Strasbourg - virtually, of course.

3. Virtual tour of the House of European History

Find out about the EU’s history during a virtual tour of the House of European History . Enjoy exhibitions and detailed 3D reproductions of historical objects.

4. Online role playing game

  Parliament launched an online game that allows you to learn all about its role in creating EU laws. You can interact with game characters, EU institutions, civil society and others involved in decision-making.

Join other players, aged 16+, for an immersive gaming experience into the democratic process. The game is free, available in 24 languages and takes about an hour to complete.

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360 Degree Tour of Parliament

A 360 degree virtual tour of the Houses of Parliament, with details about the function and history of Westminster. Also includes a 'Women and Parliament' virtual tour.

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You can book on to a 45-minute virtual tour, with time to ask questions of the presenter.  It will take place online and you can find further details here: https://ukparliament.seetickets.com/tour/guided-online-tour-of-the-palace-of-westminster

You can also view a 360° virtual tour of Parliament here:  https://www.parliament.uk/visiting/virtualtour/

Information for members of the public wishing to visit Parliament can be found here: https://www.parliament.uk/visiting/

(formerly known as Democratic Access Tours or Members’ Tours)

Tours of Parliament take 75 minutes, are free of charge and open to UK residents only.  You can find details, including start times of tours, on ParliNet .

UK residents wishing to book a tour can do so by contacting their MP’s office and should be booked well in advance, several weeks in advance if possible, as they fill up very quickly.  Find your MP here: https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP

• If a group comprises over 25 guests, a second sponsoring MP is needed.  It might be worth establishing a reciprocal relationship with another friendly office to make this easier each time.Tours begin at Cromwell Green (by St Stephen’s Entrance). and take around 75 minutes.

It is strictly forbidden to offer Inside UK Parliament tours of the Visitor Route of Parliament, the Elizabeth Tower or Big Ben as raffle or auction prizes and anyone attempting to do so may be investigated for a breach of the rules by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.

Members of Parliament and full passholders may choose to conduct private tours, with a maximum group size of six.  However, these may cause congestion on the tour route, so it is better to book your guests onto the official tours.  You can find a script for the tour here: Visitor Route Tour

More information on bringing visitors to Parliament and escorting guests along the visitor route can be found on ParliNet .

Please see our separate guide here: https://w4mp.org/w4mp/w4mp-guides/guides-to-parliament/how-to-arrange-gallery-tickets/

Please see our separate guide here: https://w4mp.org/w4mp/w4mp-guides/guides-to-parliament/how-to-organise-a-school-visit-to-westminster/

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A tour around the Houses of Parliament without leaving your home

The Palace of Westminster is opening the doors on a virtual tour of its iconic spaces, giving visitors from around the world a chance to get a feel of what it is like to stride through the House of Parliament.

The 360-degree pictures allow visitors a chance to look at both the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

Several more of the palace’s most famous spots are also virtually re-created, including Westminster Great Hall, St Stephen’s Hall and the Central Lobby.

The virtual tour is live from 11am at  www.parliament.uk/virtualtour , but you can get a taste of it with the special 360-enabled video below.

 Start the video playing, then click and hold with your mouse and you can drag your viewpoint around, allowing you full freedom of movement:

As well as the 360-degree view you see above, the virtual tour will also be enabled for virtual reality headsets.

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“Parliament belongs to the people, so it is only right that everybody should get the chance to experience it,” said John Bercow, speaker of the House of Commons.

“The virtual tour means that people from all over Britain and, indeed, all over the world can visit Parliament and learn about our democratic institutions.”

The tour was put together by a firm called Aardvark 360, whose director Jay Scott-Nicholls was full of enthusiasm for the project: “ Few locations are more prestigious or historic, or are so visually rich. The huge spaces, vaulted ceilings and large-scale artworks can only properly be captured in 360.

“It’s thrilling to stand virtually in these familiar rooms, close enough to see the scratches on the despatch boxes and the creases in the leather seats.”

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The Houses of Parliament has its own 360-degree virtual tour

The Houses of Parliament may have closed early for Easter amid increasing lockdown restrictions, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get up close and personal to the London landmark - even from self-isolation on your sofa. 

Before everything went crazy, the UK’s political HQ created its own 360° virtual tour so you can f ollow in the footsteps of Churchill, Thatcher, Blair and Corbyn and mosey around the House of Commons, the House of Lords and all the spaces in between.

Photograph: Houses of Parliament 360 virtual tour

As well as plenty of OTT Victoriana, the tour includes the interiors of the Commons and the Lords, Westminster Hall, the central lobby and St Stephen’s Hall, with its statues of parliamentarians. There are also information symbols along the way that tell you interesting facts and tidbits about the buildings and the important objects inside them. There’s also a special ‘Women and Parliament’ tour spotlighting important women in parliamentary history, like the first female speaker of the House of Commons, Betty Boothroyd, and MP for Blackburn Barbara Castle, who played a huge role in creating the Equal Pay Act in 1970. 

The virtual tour is so comprehensive it really gives you a feel of how small and cosy all the grand parliamentary rooms are, and if you zoom in you can see the creases in the green leather benches in the House of Commons and check out all the clocks and gadgets on the Table of the House. 

And if you happen to have a virtual-reality headset knocking about at home you can make the experience even more immersive. 

Find the virtual tour  here . 

Want more? You can do virtual tours of almost every major London museum and gallery .

Check out these  haunting photos of London’s busiest landmarks now they’re completely empty .

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The Houses of Parliament: A virtual tour

The story of how you came to power.

Room by fascinating room, in 360 degrees, let’s discover the thousand year old history of how we got the vote. We’ll sky-dive in to London and go in to many parts of the Houses of Parliament building, visit its ornate Gothic rooms, the bustling Members’ lobby, the austere Westminster Hall, feel the heat of the debating chambers and several more.

This virtual tour covers the turbulent history in the birth of British democracy, a constant battle between monarch and parliament with gunpowder plots, a civil war, a royal execution, a fire and world war two bombs. We’ll look at pivotal moments and their impact on us today, from the Magna Carta, the Barons’ Revolt, the Bill of rights, the model parliament and votes for women.

So join us for our latest tour and let’s discover how YOU came to power. Click the Get Tickets link below to be directed to Eventbrite

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Tour details:

• 70-90 minutes virtual tour via Zoom
• Multiple dates
• Cost: £10 per screen
• Book your tickets via Eventbrite
• We’ll email you the meeting ID and password on the morning of the tour

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Parliament: The Virtual Experience

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Virtual Palace Tour

One of the world’s most iconic buildings, the Palace of Westminster is commonly referred to as the Houses of Parliament.

As an institution this historic palace has a mandate to offering public access and education about the workings of government. But not everyone is local enough or able-bodied enough to visit and navigate its halls.

So, in an effort to open it up to a wider audience, we created the first ever 360 walkthrough of the palace, taking an extensive route through its most famous (and not-so-famous) rooms. Including some areas normally off-limits to the public.

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Virtual tour

Explore the Parliament from wherever you are.

We’ve created an immersive 360° tour of some of the iconic locations throughout the award-winning building. Watch it by pressing the play button below.

It’s also available in Gaelic and British Sign Language (BSL) .

New 'immersive' exhibit gives visitors a virtual peek inside Parliament

$2.8-million attraction showcases centre block during decade-long renovation.

Virtual Parliament tours stand in for real thing during renovations

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The Library of Parliament has launched a new virtual tour of Parliament Hill to give visitors a glimpse of the Commons and Senate chambers while they're being renovated.

A trip to Parliament is an essential stop for many visitors to Canada's capital. But far fewer people have had the opportunity since December 2018, when the historic home of the House of Commons and Senate closed for a decade of extensive renovations.

Even members of Parliament elected since 2019 have only ever worked in the temporary House of Commons chamber located next door in West Block.

Now, the Library of Parliament is hoping to give the public a feel for the building and its chambers with a new exhibit called "Parliament: The Immersive Experience."

"We knew there'd be a whole generation of Canadians and visitors to Canada that may never have a chance to walk through those doors into Centre Block, such a historic building in Canada's history," said Renee Asselin, a senior project officer with the Library of Parliament.

"It's an opportunity for Canadians to connect with Parliament … [with] why it's important in our lives, and to understand that there are things that happen in those buildings that affect us on a day-to-day basis."

The first stop on the tour is a museum-style room with dioramas and interactive displays exploring the role of Canada's Parliament and its history. Curators say they hope it will prepare visitors for the second half of the exhibit — when they're taken into a large, dark room with 360-degrees of video projection for a virtual tour of Centre Block.

The tour takes visitors through the limestone arches from the Hall of Honour and past the Library of Canada — with its majestic white marble statue of Queen Victoria — the Senate and the House of Commons, all positioned just as they are in the real world.

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While the narrated video tour highlights the stunning architectural details, it also touches on some of the darker events and issues parliamentarians have grappled through the decades — including two world wars, the Chinese head tax and residential schools.

"A lot of the subject matter is perhaps not as majestic as the experience itself, but [it] still forms Canada's history," Asselin said. "It's important that we continue to discuss those things and bring them to the forefront to allow us to continue to speak about them and ensure that our history is represented in [the] way that it occurred over the years.

The Library of Canada pegs the cost of this new exhibition at $2.8 million and says it can accommodate up to 200,000 people each year — still short of the approximately 350,000 visitors Parliament received yearly before Centre Block closed to the public.

Guided tours of the Senate Building and the current House of Commons in West Block are still offered, but only on days Parliament isn't sitting.

As with the guided tours on the Hill, visitors book free tickets for the immersive experience in either French or English. The video portion also operates with sign language and closed captioning.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sarah covers Parliament Hill as a field producer and journalist for CBC News and frequently travels across the country and around the world covering news events. She works as a pool producer for Canadian TV when the prime minister travels internationally. Before joining the political bureau in 2018, Sarah worked at CBC News in Toronto for more than a decade. You can reach her at [email protected] or @iamsas on Twitter.

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