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Whatchman

Every night of the year, a long, muffled signal sounds over central Ystad Sweden. With a single note every fifteen minutes, blown to each of the four cardinal points, the Watchman in St:a Maria church declares ‘All’s well’, a living tradition that dates back many hundreds of years. It is a great tradition but I really hope Swedes would understand the real meaning with a watchman and the question: is it all well? I Hope that the watchman attitude would not only be in a church in the very south parts of Sweden and as an old tradition, I really hope we could have "real watchmen", warning us for whats to come...