That is the most beautiful description I've ever heard! Gonna use that from now on :-)

oh I didn't mean to imply that! Sorry, Tatort really is for everyone. My entire family watches it. I just meant that those lucky enough to have the time and resources to make both regular sightseeing trips all around Germany as well as go on binging sprees sometimes combine the two because apart from interesting cases you also get to see nice landmarks of different cities.

What do you mean? it's just 1217 (+13) 90min episodes, a little binging and you'll be caught up in no time /s
That said all the cases are self-contained and some locations have only a handful of episodes. My gran and her friends in the pensioners' club usually binge a few location specific episodes before they go on a trip to one of the cities.
That also said I promise you won't miss anything if you don't check out Tatort.

Not at all. The show has been on for 52 years, so imo by now it's mostly nostalgia and tradition. Some people go to church on Sunday mornings, but everyone watches Tatort Sunday night. For me it scratches the same itch as Columbo, if Columbo was a multitude of different detectives in different German speaking regions...