The city archive at Reichsweg 30 is offering a public guided tour on Monday, May 26, at 5 pm. Interested citizens can register now by calling 0241 432-4972 and/or sending an email to stadtarchiv@mail.aachen.de. The number of places is limited.

As the "memory of the city", the city archive preserves original documents from a thousand years of history. The archive holdings currently comprise a total of around ten kilometers of shelves, consisting of documents, files, plans and maps, photos and other types of sources. The oldest document is a deed from 1018, the most recent the current daily newspaper.