Clubs are the fast way to meet people with common interests — and they make even more sense for expats who are far from home. Expatica’s guide to Germany’s clubs and associations helps you to start making connections.
Berlin
Arts and theatre
English Theater Berlin
Office Phone: +49 (0)30 693 56 92
Box Office Phone: +49 (0)30 691 12 11
English Theatre Berlin
F40 · Fidicinstrasse 40
10965 Berlin
[email protected]
www.etberlin.de/
Business, professional and educational
American Chamber of Commerce, Berlin
www.amcham.de
Charlottenstraße 42, 10117 Berlin
T +49 30 28 87 89-25
Fax: (030) 28 87 89 – 29
[email protected]
American German Business Club – Berlin
Am Beckmannplatz 4, 53340 Meckenheim
Phone +49 (0) 2225 7044415
Fax +49 (0) 2225 7034999
[email protected]
www.agbc-berlin.de
ELTAB-B – English Language Teachers Association Berlin-Brandenburg
www.eltabb.com
Networking and professional development organisation for English teachers in Berlin and Brandenburg. Holds regular workshops with international speakers as well as social events, including a monthly ‘Stammtisch’ open to non-members. Also has an email list with job offers.
Expat associations – American
The American Women’s Club of Berlin
Tel: (030) 79 70 65 23
Fax: (030) 79 74 18 6
http://www.awcberlin.org/
Cologne: http://www.awccologne.org/
American German Business Club – Berlin
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
www.agbc-berlin.de
AGBC-Berlin e. V.
PO Box 15 01 45
10663 Berlin
Tel: (030) 240 85 212
Hobbies and sports
Berlin Crocodiles (Australian Football) club
Hedemannstr. 1, 10963 Berlin
+49 (0) 30 4176 1818
+49 (0) 30 6110 7858
www.berlin-crocodiles.de
The English Football Club Berlin
Postfach 370221, 14132 Berlin
033203-608750
www.english-football-club.com
[email protected]
Berlin Cricket Club
Postfach 92 01 18,12415 Berlin
http://www.berlincc.de/
[email protected]
Berlin Cricket Club is a truly multinational outfit with players from the UK, India, Germany, Australia, the West Indies as well as the Netherlands.
Medical Services
‘Call a doc’
Supplies information about medical services especially for foreigners residing in Berlin
www.calladoc.com
mailto:[email protected]
Religious
All Saints Catholic Community
Hüttenweg 46 14195 Berlin
Phone (030) 86203636
Fax (030) 86203638
Email [email protected]
www.all-saints-berlin.de
American Catholic Community
Fax: (030) 891 6020
American Church in Berlin
Tel: (030) 813 2021
[email protected]
Berlin International Church (Evangelical)
Blissestraße 2, 10713 Berlin, Germany
030 89732489
Gateway International Church
Tel: (030) 85077820
www.gicb.org
[email protected]
St. George’s Anglican Church
Preußenallee 17-19, 14052 Berlin Neu-Westend
Thursday 10.00am – 3.00pm (except Holidays)
Tel: (+49) 30 304 1280
Fax: (+49) 30 304 1280
www.stgeorges.de
Christliche Glaubensgemeinde(Christian Church of Faith)
Hauptstraße 134
10827
Tel: (030) 781 14 83
www.cggberlin.de
Social
John F. Kennedy Friendship Center – Berlin
www.jfkfc.org/
JFK Friendship Center e.V.
Von-Luck-Str. 24, D-14129 Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0)30/818 40 00
Fax: +49 (0)30/8049 62 73
Lacrosse Club Berlin
Karl-Kunger-Str 59, 12435 Berlin
[email protected]
+49163 6778224
Berlin Hash House Harriers
Berlin International Women’s Club (BIWC)
‘Dialogue’ Book Club in Mitte
Expand your literary horizons with Dialogue, Berlin’s monthly Book Club Meeting in the cozy surroundings of the T Room, between Mitte and Prenzlauerberg. The Book Club takes a sideways approach to international, English-language books, with an emphasis on less-expected titles, contemporary themes, and up-and-coming authors. To sign up for a Dialogue book group and receive a discount on all current book club titles, visit the book shop at Christinenstra e 27, 10119 Berlin or contact [email protected]
www.dialogueberlin.com
Booker Tea Reading Group-Berlin
The Booker Tea Reading Group-Berlin discusses award-winning and notable literature from around the world. Generally, we meet the 3rd or 4th Sunday of each month from 6-8 pm during the warmer, sunny months and 4-6 pm during the grey days of winter. The date and time are always posted on the home page. Guests should bring a vegetarian dish, salad or dessert to share with others in a potluck meal. For the reading list and other details, visit www.thebookertea.com/berlin.htm
Club Vivanova
World Language Party
Every Wednesday an international party takes place on the ship ‘Eastern Comfort’ on the Spree in Berlin. The gatherings attract an international mix of mostly students, artists and professionals, usually 50 to 100 people, and the common language is English. Starts 7pm, no entry fee, a small free buffet to begin (my homemade humus and fresh bread). Ask for Charles on the ship. Muehlenstr. 73
Contact: [email protected], 0163-5272213
Düsseldorf
Social
British Women’s Club of Düsseldorf
American German Business Club – Düsseldorf
Am Latumer See 34
D-40668 Meerbusch
Tel: 0(+49)2150/3178 or 0(+49)173/621-4200
Fax: 0(+49)2150/700718
[email protected]
American Women’s Club Düsseldorf
Tel: (0211) 40 80 644
Fax: (0211) 91 29
www.awcduesseldorf.org
[email protected]
Anglo German Club e.v.
Harvestehuder Weg 44, D-20149 Hamburg
Tel.: +49 (0) 40-45 01 55-12/13
Fax: +49 (0) 40- 44 77 74
Deutsch-Amerikanische Gesellschaft Bergisches Land
Tel: (0700) 437 87 200
E-mail: [email protected]
International Club of Düsseldorf
Tel: (0211) 679 8108
Youth activities
YouthCompass Europe
www.youthcompass.org
A community youth/service organization with staff and programs in Duesseldorf, Brussels, Frankfurt, and Budapest. YouthCompass Europe provide caring adults that assist international expat teens with transition issues, provide community activities, and service projects to Eastern Europe
Cologne / Bonn
Arts & Culture
Bonn English Singers
www.bonnenglishsingers.de
We rehearse at St. Michael’s church, Rheinbacher Str. 1, Bonn-Weststadt from 7pm to 9pm on Fridays. Rehearsals take place in English. New members are always welcome.
Expat associations – British
Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft
Albrechtstr. 22, 10117 Berlin
Fon: 030/ 203985-0
Fax: 030/ 203985-16
www.debrige.de
The Caledonian Society BoLSOC Bonn
www.caledonian-society-bonn.de
Expat associations – American
American Women’s Club Cologne
[email protected]
www.awccologne.org
American German Business Club – Bonn
Beethovenallee 85
53173 Bonn
telephone: 0228 – 35 48 45
fax: 0228 – 36 56 28
e-mail: [email protected]
Expat associations – other
German-Canadian Society
Deutsch-Kanadische Gesellschaft
Tel: (0221) 2576793
Fax: (0221)2577236
[email protected]
Oxford Club Bonn
denauerallee 7, 53111 Bonn
Tel: (0228) 22 45 83, Fax: (0228) 22 17 87
www.oxford-club-bonn.de
[email protected]
Steuben-Schurz German-American Society
Lange Str. 25-27, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
069-1310822
069-1310873
Social
Angloclub
Meets Wednesday at 8pm at the “Cafe Stanton”, Schildergasse,Cologne
www.angloclub.de
Internationaler Stammtisch
Altonaer Str. 25, 99085 Erfurt
+49 361/ 6700-487 +49 361/ 6700-697
[email protected]
www.stammtisch.erfurt-international.de/
Bonn’s English Network
Caroline Becker
www.english-network.de
Tel. 0151 12304794
The Caledonian Society Bonn (CALSOC Bonn)
www.caledonian-society-bonn.de
Frankfurt
Expat associations – American
American International Women’s Club
Tel: (06171) 58 08 35
www.aiwcfrankfurt.org
[email protected]
American German Business Club – Frankfurt
Mainzer Landstr. 176
60327 Frankfurt
Phone: 069 97358-275
Fax: 069 97358-101
[email protected]
Business, professional and educational
American Chamber of Commerce, Frankfurt
Tel: (069) 92 91 04 – 0
Fax: (069) 92 91 04 – 11
[email protected]
American German Business Club – Frankfurt
Mainzer Landstr. 176
60327 Frankfurt
Phone: 069 97358-275
Fax: 069 97358-101
[email protected]
The 64 Business Club e.V.
Tel: (06174) 639425
www.64club.de
[email protected]
Fax: (069) 97358-101
[email protected]
ELTAF-English Language Teacher’s Association Frankfurt
Fax: (06105) 27 78 27
[email protected]
Social
The Frankfurt International Ski Club (FISC)
[email protected]
www.fiscweb.org
English Round Table
Hash House Harriers
Information/groups for families speaking more than one language
Tel: (06105) 25 28 4
www.mehrsprachige-Familien.de
Pickwicks English Club
The British Club of Taunus e.V.
www.british-club.de
[email protected]
Frankfurt-n-Motion
Frankfurt’s International Expat Community
The Frankfurt-n-Motion Sports & Social Club is about building an outstanding integral international expat community including Frankfurt expats, locals, & other groups and persons from the Frankfurt international community.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/frankfurt-n-motion
Youth activities
YouthCompass Europe
www.youthcompass.org
A community youth/service organization with staff and programs in Duesseldorf, Brussels, Frankfurt, and Budapest. YouthCompass Europe provide caring adults that assist international expat teens with transition issues, provide community activities, and service projects to Eastern Europe.
Hamburg
Expat associations – American
American Club of Hamburg
Tel: (0179) 3907848
www.americanclub.de
Amerika Gesellschaft
www.amerika-gesellschaft.de/
[email protected]
Amerikazentrum Hamburg
Tel: (0 40) 45 01 04 22
Fax: (040) 44 80 96 98
www.amerikazentrum.de
[email protected]
The American Women’s Club of Hamburg
Tel: (040) 89 98 27 07
Fax: (040) 5 59 48 60
www.AWCHamburg.org
[email protected]
Expat associations – British
Anglo-German Club
Tel: (040) 45 01 55-12/13
Fax: (040) 44 77 74
[email protected]
www.anglo-german-club.de
British and Commonwealth Ladies’ Luncheon Club
Tel: (040) 44 60 57
Fax: (040) 44 71 14
[email protected]
British Club of Hamburg
[email protected]
www.british-club-hamburg.de
Expat associations – other
Caledonian Society Hamburg
http://www.britaininhamburg.de/profile/CaledonianSocietyofHamburg
Canadian’s Women Club of Hamburg
www.cwchamburg.de/
The Canadian’s Women Club of Hamburg is a a group of Canadian women who live in Hamburg and the surrounding area who meet on a regular basis. Gatherings usually take the form of a potluck dinner hosted at a member’s home and offer a chance to meet with other Canadian women, speak in their own language and share experiences. Contact: [email protected].
Business networking
Professional Women’s Forum e.V.
www.professional-womens-forum.de
Contact: Pat Pledger – Tel: 040 821858
An international network of professional women who meet regularly (in Hamburg) to learn from and support each other, in both English and German. Our monthly meetings provide an opportunity for career-minded women who value the contacts and exchange of ideas that active networking brings, to discuss topics that challenge women in a global working environment.
Social
Hash House Harriers
The Hamburg English-Language Teaching Association (HELTA)
Fax: (040) 27 80 71 01
[email protected]
www.helta.de
German-American Women’s Club
Tel: 07156-174284
Forchenrainstr. 17, 70839 Gerlingen
The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Hanover
English Conversation Evening
www.go-cbt.de
Contact: Matthias Krämer ([email protected])
Hannover For English Speakers
Contact Person: Whitney Love
Contact email:[email protected]
Tel: 0173.150.35.75
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hannover4englishspeakers/
Munich
Arts and theatre
Entity Theatre
Entity Theatre e.V.
email: [email protected]
Business, professional and educational
American German Business Club – Munich
c/o Bavarian American Center
Karolinenplatz 3
80333 Munich
tel: 0 89 / 55 02 81 29
fax: 0 89 / 55 02 81 49
[email protected]
Cambridge Alumni
Antje Clasen
Tel:(08122) 96 14 08
[email protected]
Cornell University Alumni and Friends Stammtisch
Tel: (08152)796 74
MELTA Munich English Language Teacher’s Assoc.
St Wolfgangsplatz 6, 81669 Munich
[email protected]
www.melta.de
Munich Writers
Tel: (08095) 18 80
www.munichwriters.de
Oxford Society
Tel: (089) 24 21 11-0
Fax: (089) 24 21 11-55
[email protected]
www.oxfordsociety.de.
Expat associations – American
Association of American University and Professional Women (AAUPW)
e-mail: [email protected]
American German Business Club – Munich
c/o Bavarian American Center
Karolinenplatz 3
80333 Munich
tel: 0 89 / 55 02 81 29
fax: 0 89 / 55 02 81 49
[email protected]
German-American Choral Society
[email protected]
www.mics-munich.de/
Expat associations – British
German-English Association Munich (GEA)
Expat associations – other
Deutsch-Irischer Freundeskreis
adlerstraße 4, 70173 Stuttgart
0711/2361736 oder 07071/26935 (Veit Müller)
www.dif-bw.de
Malaysia Club Bayern e.V.
Tel: (08131) 33 57 92
[email protected]
www.malaysiaclubbayern.de/
Munich Caledonians
Tel: (08071) 35 63 or (08664) 624
Munich Scottish Association
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: www.munichscottish.de
Chairwoman: Sue Bollans
Phone: +49/ (0)89/ 39 12 53
Hobbies and sports
Colmcilles GAA Club
Schwanthalerstr. 80, 80336 München
www.munichgaa.de/
Dip-N-Divers Square Dance Club
English Golfing Society
www.englishgolfsociety.de/index.html
Lacrosse Club München
+49 173 5696561
[email protected]
www.lacrosse-club-muenchen.de/
Munich Cricket Club Association
http://static.cricinfo.com/db/NATIONAL/ICC_MEMBERS/GERMANY/MCA/
Munich Irish Rovers FC
Munich Road Runners’ Club
www.mrrc.de/
Hohenlohestr. 67, 80637 München
089 / 15780564 089 / 15881770
[email protected]
Munich Rugby Football Club
www.munich-rugby.de/index.php?langCode=EN
Social
Rotary Club Munich International
International Women’s Club of Munich
www.internationalwomensclub.org
Ladies International Association
Munich Dining Club
Religious
Peace Church United Methodist
Frauenlobstr.5, 80337 München
(089) 260 263 77
Destiny Church
Destiny Church is a lively, contemporary church meeting in the heart of Munich, in the main station every Sunday at 11:15 AM. For more information, please contact Neil & Abby on 08153 908282 or see www.destinychurch.de.
Political
Democrats Abroad
www.democratsabroad.org/group/germany
[email protected]
Republicans Abroad Germany
www.republicansabroad.de
[email protected]
Youth and kids
The International Montessori English Speaking Prechool e.V.
Asamstr 11, 81541 Munich
Tel: (089) 54 07 10 28
[email protected]
www.preschool.de
La Leche League
English-speaking breast-feeding support group.
Tel: (089) 680 49 25
Stuttgart
Metropolitan Club e.V.
International group: US, UK +
[email protected]
www.metclub.de
German-American Club 1948 Stuttgart
http://www.gac1948.de/
Contact:Ronald Joslin [email protected]
(0711) 42 11 74or Scott Beard, Vice President
[email protected] (07181) 46 59 4
Stuttgart Conversation Club
www.metclub.de/Links/SCC/scc.html
0711 889 2252