Tour with the Trier Night-Watchman

Careless property owners, loitering pub-crawlers, thieves and burglars – it’s safe to say the ‘clientele’ the night-watchman has to attend to in his job is not exactly the crème de la crème of Trier society. But someone’s got to do it. And so it is that he walks Trier’s dark laneways with a lantern and halberd, ensuring all is in order. He can also call on the town watchman if necessary, though it usually only takes a few words of warning to remind those already on their way home to put out the candles, or to chase all the others off the street once the bells in the tower of St Gangolf’s Church have tolled.