The Night Watchman of Bonn, set in the year 1698
It's your history too!
Do come and take a stroll through the past with me and experience Bonn of yore! I shall be taking a stroll through the old streets of Bonn starting at 19:00 hrs this Friday evening 14.11.25 so do come along and join me. I am an English native speaker who has lived in Bonn for over forty years and has a passionate interest in history and geography, and have been an English speaking Night Watchman for over a decade.
The Night Watchman of Bonn
You'll never really know who or where you are, or where you are heading for, unless you've taken some time to consider where you've actually come from. Get to know this beautiful city on the river Rhine, one of the oldest in Germany, which has been inhabited since Roman times and even before, by taking an evening candlelit stroll through Bonn in the year 1698 with Master John the Night Watchman and chance returning a wiser person than you departed. Learn about religious and political wars, witchcraft, incarcerations and executions.
Learn the contrast between spine chillingly rough justice on the one hand and astonishing compassion on the other. Why is the number twelve so significant in medieval city architecture in northern Europe? When were WMPs first employed in a European military campaign? Why did poor beggars fulfil such a useful rôle in this society? Why was Louis XIV, the French Sun King and his German Egonistic henchmen loathed so much by almost all of Europe, and in Bonn especially, by the end of the 17th century? Why were two old English nursery rhymes so important in the history of 17th-century Europe? Why does Bonn have a Minster instead of a Cathedral? So many unusual questions, but Master John, a man who you don't meet every day, has answers for all of them. The rarest thing of all though, is that if you play your cards right and behave yourselves, he might even sing you a song and wet your whistles for you with a 1516er. So do come along to the Brassert Ufer on the second Friday of most months and take a refreshing walk into your own past, and don’t be afeared to bring your friends and family along as well, for as long as you are with Master John, the night watchman, you’ll be safe indeed, even from the ghoulish local ghosts.
Next open tour:
Friday 10.10.25 @ 20:00 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 14.11.25 @ 19:00 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 12.12.25 @ 19:00 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 09.01.26 @ 19:00 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 13.03.26 @ 19:00 hrs € 14 / 12 Prior reservations are necessary either by phone on 0228 2425256 or by E-mail below in order to obtain tickets.
Meeting place: near the zebra crossing, Rheingasse, on the corner of Brassertufer (This is near the Cologne-Düsseldorf Rhine cruise landing stage). Please check online here for the latest updates:
Private block group tours can be also booked on request from StattReisen: info@stattreisen-bonn.de
Private block group live virtual tours are also available on request at the contact addresses above. This allows you to enjoy a tour of Bonn in the 17th century live from the comfort and safety of your own homes simultaneously together with whomever you choose, from anywhere else on the planet with a good internet connection.
Master John looks forward to welcoming you on a stroll through the old streets and alleys of Bonn, showing you the sights and relating to you the many interesting historical anecdotes of his time.
Photo by kind courtesy of John Hurd of 3SongsBonn https://3songsbonn.com/
and 3 is the number of songs I will be singing on the evening, plus relating a couple of old English nursery rhymes!
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