A stranger is a friend you haven’t met.

Welcome!

Connect – The English Speakers Cultural Club – Berlin e.V. is an international circle for casual conversation in English. Whether you are new in town, or have been living in Berlin for a few years, this is a great place to meet interesting people from all walks of life.

We meet mostly every Thursday starting around 19:15. In Summer (roughly May to September) we meet every week at a different beer garden, beach bar or other open air place. During the indoor season (September to May) we meet in a pub. Check the “Events” section to find the current venue. When we are indoors, the staff will usually be able to direct you to “the English group”. For outdoor events, it may be hard to locate us. An email to the organizer is recommended, but we don’t have permission to publish the email address on our web page.

People who attend Connect include native English speakers, expatriates living in or visiting Berlin, Germans who have lived abroad for some time and want to maintain their English speaking skills, or just people who are interested in speaking English. So, if you enjoy socializing and making new friends, just show up at one of our regular meetings.

Connect does not actually organize any events. Events are organized by some of our participants. If you are interested in a particular event, please contact the person who organizes it. In the case of our weekly stammtisch, just show up.

For any questions about Connect, you can write to us by email. But the committee is not very active any more and you may not get an answer. The new email address is new(minus)committee(at)connectberlin.de.
[Please copy/paste the address into your email programme and replace (at) with the @ sign and minus with -. Obviously we do this to avoid spam.]

The old email address for the committee has been retired due to spam.

More about us

Basics

The average “Connectee” has two arms, two legs, a head with two eyes, two ears, a nose and a mouth. But there is one thing all of us have in common – we like to speak English.

Some of us are native speakers of English who for one reason or the other happen to live here. Some of us have spent longer periods of time in English speaking countries. Some of us just happen to like the language. But we all like the open, friendly atmosphere of Connect.

And that’s all what it’s about. We meet, we chat, we meet new people or we renew and deepen acquaintances.

No registration, no entrance fee, no dress code – just show up and have fun.

Friendship / Membership

To answer the most frequent question first: you don’t have to register and you don’t have to become a member. ALL our events are open for everyone.
We regard everyone as a friend of Connect (AKA “Connectee”) who comes to the weekly meetings or to the other events.

Since 2003, Connect is also a registered club. We no longer collect dues and our funds have dried up. Jon has taken responsibility to pay for and manage the web page. The committee is no longer very active, but there are still lots of events.

If you want to have a look at the constitution, you can view or download the English version or the German version here.

Last update to this page: 2025-09-18