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meeting point of the mayor and prime minister whenever there is an import-
ant agreement between town and country.
Climb up through the gate and pop out on the street above. Turn left up the
street, then hook left for a good view of the fortifications around the city.
City Walls:
The imposing city wall once had 46 towers—the stout,
roundtowerisnicknamed“KiekindeKök.”(Whilefuntosay,itmeans“Peek
in the Kitchen” in Low German.) It was situated so that “peek” is exactly what
guards could do. It's now a small museum with cannons and other relics from
the 16th-century Livonian wars.
