Discover Billerbeck, experience its history and sample Westphalia – on a guided tour that you don’t just see, but taste too.
What do an imposing cathedral, a historic bakery and one of Westphalia’s best-known specialities have in common? They’re all part of the Pumpernickel Tour through Billerbeck.
Join an experienced tour guide on an entertaining walking tour through this picturesque cathedral city and discover Billerbeck’s main attractions. Of course, no tour would be complete without a visit to the imposing Billerbeck Cathedral. Here, you’ll learn fascinating facts and stories about the city’s landmark.
But this guided tour has another very special ingredient: the delights of the Münsterland region.
In the original bakery of the Dom-Café Frede, you’ll be treated to an authentic glimpse behind the scenes. Here, the Westphalian speciality pumpernickel becomes a culinary experience. No fewer than three different delicacies demonstrate just how versatile this traditional dark bread can be. These are served with a glass of water and – in true Münsterland tradition – a small shot of schnapps from a spoon to round things off.
Pumpernickel itself has a history stretching back centuries. This hearty, almost black bread is traditionally made from coarse rye flour and baked for many hours at a relatively low temperature. The long baking time gives it its typical dark colour, its distinctive moist texture and its characteristic, slightly sweet flavour. It was once regarded as a nutritious and long-lasting staple – today it is a true part of Westphalian culinary culture.
And because a delightful journey of discovery should, of course, end with a surprise, a lovingly prepared, hearty yet sweet pumpernickel treat awaits you at the end.
Anyone wishing to delve even deeper into the world of Münsterland’s culinary delights afterwards can round off the tour with a classic Münsterland coffee spread: homemade raisin bread, generously topped with Westphalian ham, cheese and pumpernickel, accompanied by butter cake and plenty of hot drinks. The coffee spread is not included in the tour price.
90 minutes in Billerbeck – brimming with history, tradition and flavour. Come along and discover the Münsterland from its most delightful side!
Services included
Duration: 90 minutes
Price: €18 per person
Number of participants: minimum 10, maximum 25 people
Every Friday from 14:00 - 18:00, culinary specialities and nice things to chat about in our pedestrian zone, Lange Straße. You are welcome to drop by!
If Friday is a public holiday, the market takes place one day earlier, on Thursday.
The Billerbeck weekly market offers everything your heart desires: fruit and vegetables, cheese, meat, fish, delicatessen, flowers, baked goods, fabrics and haberdashery.
Every Friday from 14:00 - 18:00, culinary specialities and nice things to chat about in our pedestrian zone, Lange Straße. You are welcome to drop by!
If Friday is a public holiday, the market takes place one day earlier, on Thursday.
The Billerbeck weekly market offers everything your heart desires: fruit and vegetables, cheese, meat, fish, delicatessen, flowers, baked goods, fabrics and haberdashery.
Every Friday from 14:00 - 18:00, culinary specialities and nice things to chat about in our pedestrian zone, Lange Straße. You are welcome to drop by!
If Friday is a public holiday, the market takes place one day earlier, on Thursday.
The Billerbeck weekly market offers everything your heart desires: fruit and vegetables, cheese, meat, fish, delicatessen, flowers, baked goods, fabrics and haberdashery.
Every year, 2,000 lights bring a wondrous, cosy atmosphere to the city at the beginning of the dark season. Unique!
Let yourself be surprised by the magic and the many large and small lights in the historic town centre of Billerbeck. Our restaurants and numerous Billerbeck clubs and institutions will cater for your physical well-being. On the occasion of the event, all shops in the town centre will be open for you until 21:00.
Fire bowls will be set up here and there. The street lamps will be transformed into XXL candles with specially made covers. The candle spiral will light up the "little heart" and various light installations will give visitors pause for thought. And local residents create a cosy atmosphere with candlelight on their houses.
In addition to the retailers, numerous clubs and groups from Billerbeck and the surrounding villages provide a colourful supporting programme. The catering establishments also take part. We look forward to your visit!
The main thing is ROUND: STOPPOK has a birthday and celebrates on the country's stages!
Travelling educates. This "ROUND trip" even more so. STOPPOK, our country's witty seismograph, is celebrating its 70th birthday in 2026, which is too good not to be celebrated. On a "ROUND trip" through the republic, on the country's live stages. This has always been STOPPOK's natural biotope and emotional territory.
So let's get into the jubilant tours with rough edges, with heart and brain, with a new album and old friends. The lyric-singing-guitar icon is obviously in a great birthday mood.
For 50 years now, STOPPOK has been the role model of an entire guild, travelling as a unique entertainer from the freshness department of vital songwriting, as an independent spirit on "solid ground" who decided early on between "money or life", as an outstanding lyricist full of wit, wisdom and pointed poetry. The weather prophet of changing values shines as a unique specimen. There can be no question of diminishing strength and ideas. One indication: the last two albums, "Jubel" and "Teufelsküche", landed in the top five of the Media Control Charts.
With the kind support of Sparkassenstiftung Billerbeck
Admission foyer 17:30, hall 18:00
