Englisch Stammtisch
English Stammtisch is at Literatur Café, Am Neumarkt 1, Bielefeld (town library)
We always met from about 7.30pm onward - every second Friday - please check our blog entries for any changes.
The English Stammtisch Bielefeld was founded in the 1970s by a lecturer from the Pädagogische Hochschule Bielefeld, the forerunner of the University Bielefeld. Initially the Stammtisch was an informal meeting place for staff and students. The circle soon expanded as everybody interested in speaking English was invited to join in.
As an informal group, there are no membership fees or other regulations. We only meet to enjoy talking English. Conversational English proficiency is the only requirement to take part. Both native and non-native speakers are welcome. However, fun, not perfection, is the aim.
In the forty or so years since the Stammtisch was established, it has been visited by people from all over the world. Students and visiting lecturers from India, China, Japan, Australia, the USA and many other countries have joined us during their time in Germany. Today, not only university students and staff meet at the Stammtisch, but people of all ages and professions.
For at least the last thirty years the Stammtisch used to meet in the quiet fin-de-siècle ambience of Augustus (August-Bebel-Straße 47 on the corner of Heinrichstraße). As Augustus closed at the end of 2012 we started looking for a new location. And we found one: Nordpol / Mühlenstraße /Bielefeld.
Very regrettably, they closed.
Now we are at Literatur Café, Neumarkt 1, 33602 Bielefeld
Always check our blog entries!!
Be seeing you there.
Feel free to leave comments!
Do
08
Aug
2024
Carry on Stammtisch (now in its 50th year or so)
Dear friends of English Stammtisch,
Stammtisch is still alive and kicking. We meet every fortnight.
Our next get-together is August 16th, August 30th, September 13th (unless you are superstitious), September 27th and so on and so forth.
We still meet at Literatur Café , Neumarkt 1, Bielefeld, around 7.30ish.
You are very welcome to join us.
Be seeing you
Fr
23
Feb
2024
English Stammtisch Dates
Dear friends of English Stammtisch,
this year we celebrate our 50th anniversary; So
Button up your overcoats when the wind blows free
Take good care of yourselves.
The upcoming dates for English Stammtisch are:
March 1st, March 15th, March 29th and April 12th.
Usual place: Literatur Café, Neumarkt 1, Bielefeld
Time: 7.30ish
Be seeing you
Claudia and Gerrit
So
14
Jan
2024
New Year, English Stammtisch is still going strong
Dear friends of English Stammtisch,
our new location (Literatur Café, Neumarkt 1, Bielefeld) has been an excellent move and more and more people interested in meeting people speaking English are joining us. Why don't you give it a try?
The upcoming dates are
January 19th
February 2nd and 16th
If you feel like attending a play in English (no fee)
Bielefeld University English Drama Group presents
Education is dead - A different kind of lecture
2.02. 17.30
3.02 19.30
5.02 19.30
6.02 19.30
Lecture Theatre 7//Bielefeld University
Paderborn University English Drama Group also presents a play (no fee)
The Dormitory by Burton Baumgarner (Studiobühne/Paderborn University)
January 25th
January 27th
January 31st
February 1st
You can get tickets at the Servicecenter
or you contact
Jboettch@mail.uni-paderborn.de
Be seeing you at English Stammtisch. We start 7.30ish
Mo
16
Okt
2023
New Dates for English Stammtisch
Dear friends of English Stammtisch,
we are still around.
We meet again October 27th, November 10th and 24th, December 8th and probably December 22nd.
Hope you are all well
Be seeing you at Stammtisch Literatur Café, Neumarkt 1, Bielefeld.
Time: 7.30ish
Gerrit
Mi
19
Jul
2023
Dates for English Stammtisch
Dear friend of English Stammtisch,
the upcoming dates for Stammtisch are
July 21st
August 4th
August 18th, 2023
We meet Literatur Café, Neumarkt 1, Bielefeld from 7.30ish onwards.
Hope to be seeing you there
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