Between the Market Square and the Cemetery: Discovering the Law in Everyday Life on a DIY City Tour

Law is all around us—we just have to look closely. With a new guide from the Forum Recht Foundation, anyone interested can now lead their own self-designed city tours and bring the world of law to life in a vivid and realistic way.

How many contracts do I sign in a day? Is riding public transportation without a ticket actually a crime? And what does the cemetery in my city have to do with the right to privacy? The law is everywhere—we just have to look closely. That’s exactly what a new offering from the Forum Recht Foundation makes possible: Whether it’s a tourism office, an adult education center, school classes, or even a bar association—with the Forum Recht Foundation’s new guide, interested parties can now organize their own city walks focused on the law. This makes it possible to convey legal topics in an accessible way during a city walk, even without any prior legal knowledge. The city tour can be freely organized into up to ten stops and adapted to the specific conditions of the city.

The texts prepared by the Forum Recht Foundation—which are as informative as they are entertaining—help make the law understandable right where it actually takes place: on the street, in everyday life, right on your own doorstep. This turns a simple walk into a journey through fascinating legal cases, stories, and fundamental rights—all closely tied to your own everyday life.

This resource is specifically designed for anyone interested in bringing the law to life—regardless of prior knowledge or location. Whether in a large city or a small community, whether in a school class or a neighborhood initiative: The guide can be flexibly adapted for anyone who is interested in the law and would like to share their knowledge, such as teachers, adult education centers, city tour guides, judges, and youth leaders.

Following the example of the successful „Recht stadtlich!“ city tours organized by the Forum Recht Foundation in Karlsruhe and Leipzig, volunteers will soon be able to lead their own tours in any city—even without prior legal knowledge. Download the guide, select stops for your do-it-yourself city tour, and off you go.