Guided Tour activities in Ribe
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Night Watchman Tour
One of the best free activities in Denmark is Ribe's 45-minute night watchman tour, which departs from out the front of Weis Stue, on Torvet, once or twice a night in the warmer months.
Nowadays, it's a stroll through the town's historic streets, designed to entertain and educate visitors to Ribe, but the night watchman's walk was originally born of necessity. As early as the 14th century these watchmen made their nightly rounds in Ribe, making sure the streets were safe for locals to walk. They were also charged with being on the lookout for fires or floods threatening the town. The job was abolished in Ribe in 1902, but reinstated in 1935 as a tourist attraction. These…
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Ghost Walks
The summertime ghost walks operated by Museet Ribes Vikinger show the town in a whole new light – listen out for tales of the last woman to be burnt to death in Ribe, accused of witchcraft by a paranoid community. Walks are staged once a week, in Danish, German and English.
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Town Walks
As well as the very popular night watchman tour, the tourist office also stages guided 90-minute town walks in peak season, but at the time of research these were only being conducted in Danish and German.
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