Discover Münster in a different way
In Münster numerous groups and organisations campaigning against global and local injustices offer corresponding city tours. Whether consumption critical, women's history or racism, on the subject of water, biodiversity or climate adaptation: you will find a wide range of interesting tours on this page. Entertaining and interactive, they raise awareness for global and regional grievances and draw attention to many positive examples of how global problems can be sustainably counteracted regionally.
The tours target audiences are school classes, leisure groups, tourists, students and many more.
Training to become a tour guide
Consumption-critical city tour
Find out about the conditions under which various everyday objects are produced and the global impact our consumption decisions can have: Positive and negative. Discover numerous positive approaches to ecological and social consumption in Münster's streets. Also available on request for school classes and other groups.
Historical city tours
Women's history city tours (by women for women) are currently on offer. Many things in Münster are reminiscent of women in past times: Churches, street names, buildings, works of art... . Join us on a search for traces.
Tours on the subject of National Socialism are being planned.
The SDG tour
In 2015, the United Nations adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - visionary goals for a more sustainable, social and ecological world. With topics such as climate adaption, gender equality, water and consumption and by using local examples the tour shows challenges and opportunities for achieving these goals and illustrates what local politics and we ourselves can achieve.
The SDGs digital
can and should these goals be achieved and what does this mean for Münster or ourselves? In our Bound (online quiz), you can get to know unknown stories and facts about well-known places in Münster relating to the topics of biodiversity, climate, gender equality, water, sustainable consumption and fair trade.
Geocaches nature and climate
As part of the EU-wide campaign "Game On - Don't let climate change end the game!" for a socially just climate transition, various geocaching routes have been created in Münsterland. Discover the effects of the climate crisis on our city, our ecosystem and our everyday lives while geocaching (online scavenger hunt using geographical data).
Nature tours wild herbs and mushrooms
Nature asserts itself everywhere - whether as dandelions between paving stones or as stonecrops in the blazing sun. Discover the edible side of our surroundings with anecdotes about plants, nature and our environment and learn to perceive nature more attentively and understand the environment better.
Masematte tour
On the bike tour through Münster, we will visit neighbourhoods where Masematte originated in the mid-19th century and learn about the background and special features of Münster's lost special language Masematte at these locations: how did it come about, what does it have to do with the Holocaust and how is this language viewed today?
