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    Meet the 74-year-old ‘night watchman’ who’s truly the last of his kind: A ‘cultural marvel’

    Meet the 74-year-old ‘night watchman’ who’s truly the last of his kind: A ‘cultural marvel’

    He watched his dad work, learning how to blow the horn correctly (so it always created the same distinctive tone), and in some cases, greeting visitors like King Gustaf VI Adolf, who “couldn’t believe that a night watchman still existed somewhere within his country,” Stein writes.