05/06/2026
Exciting news for those who want to know more about the origins of the Bath-Alkmaar link. Mayor of Bath's Honorary Guide, Adrian Amber, created a special city centre walk last year for the 80th Anniversary of our link, and this walk is now one of the official Special Summer Walks being offered by the Mayor's Guides, led of course by Adrian himself.
It is described as “the unique story of our long friendship with Alkmaar. A journey through oppression, escape, the Holocaust, human kindness and liberation”
Spaces are booking fast, but here are the dates with places still available:
Fri 26 Jun
Wed 8 Jul
Fri 31 Jul
Sun 16 Aug
Wed 26 Aug
If you have been on one of Adrian's walks you will know he is a superb story-teller and brings our city's history to life vividly.
Places (which are limited) must be booked in advance. Full details including how to book a place are here on the Mayor's Guides website: https://www.bathguides.org.uk/summer-special-walks-2026/
Thanks to Adrian for all his effort in researching, designing and leading these walks, which will help spread our story of international friendship and solidarity ever wider.
If you can’t make the Bath-Alkmaar walks, Adrian’s excellent guided walk telling the story of the Bath Blitz - an incident central to the Bath-Alkmaar story, and of course of huge significance to Bath itself - is also available on Wed 22 Jul, Wed 5, Fri 14 and Fri 28 Aug.
