German Wandergesellen are journeyman craftsmen who have been undertaking the same rite of passage for the last 800 years. Having completed an apprenticeship, young men and women set out on foot with just a couple of coins in their pocket and a few bundled belongings. They travel as far as their craft might take them but cannot come within 50 kilometres of home, until their Walz of three years and a day is over and they return as guildsmen and women.