Cham is putting its old town on show on Tuesday, 2 June, when the guided tour “Cham entdecken” begins at 10.30 a.m. at the Marktplatzbrunnen. The walk is set to last about 1.5 hours and costs three euros, including children up to 14.

For anyone searching for Cham now, the appeal is simple: the tour is a fixed-date chance to hear the town’s stories in context, not as scattered snippets passed along the street. Participants will be led through the old town and introduced to things that are interesting and curious about the place, from the meaning of the Marktplatzbrunnen to the story behind the Biertor’s name.

The tour also reaches deeper into the town’s unusual historical associations. It explains why the Marseillaise is played from the town hall every day at 12.05 p.m., why Cham became the setting for what is described as the most important anti-war film of all time, and what Trenck the Pandur has to do with the town. Those details give the walk more weight than a standard sightseeing circuit: Cham is being presented not just as a collection of landmarks, but as a place where local memory, film history and civic ritual overlap.

That is what makes the gap in the notice noticeable. The meeting point, duration and price are clear, but the exact route and the stops along the way are not spelled out, leaving the experience itself to be discovered on the day. What is certain is that the tour starts at the Marktplatzbrunnen and is designed to finish with a fuller picture of the old town than most visitors would get on their own.