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Opportunities to play bridge in English in Berlin in 2025

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Last updated: 15 June AM. Will be changed and updated regularly.

BREAKING NEWS: The courses starting in September are now available for registration:

Wednesdays here.

Fridays here.

During the weeks where for one reason or the other there is no bridge course at VHS, we can play occasionally at my place. Where nothing else is stated, we aim at arrivals from 18.15, ready to start playing at 18.30, but for those who can only come later, that is also OK. We’ll start playing as soon as enough people have arrived.

Playing privately is a good opportunity to keep up what you have learnt in the course, and for newcomers to get an introduction to the game, to the teacher, and to the rest of us without committing to a ten-session course right away. Some very basic prior knowledge is an advantage but not a requirement.

The occasional opportunities to play bridge privately in the weeks where VHS is closed, are marked with *** below.

Please note that over the summer, whether VHS courses are running or not, everyone who feels like playing bridge privately and more or less spontaneously should feel free to propose an afternoon or evening.

Some of us are available to play at daytime any day of the week, and additionally, I would often be up for a bridge afternoon or evening if there is a rainy Saturday or Sunday coming up.

Week 25: 18 June VHS 7/10; 20 June VHS 6/10

Week 26: 25 June VHS 8/10; 27 June VHS 7/10

Week 27: 2 July VHS 9/10; 4 July VHS 8/10

Week 28: 9 July VHS 10/10; 11 July VHS 9/10

Week 29: 18 July VHS 10/10

***Week 30: We can play at my place any time

***Week 31: We can play at my place any time

***Week 32: We can play at my place any time

***Week 33: We can play at my place any time

***Week 34: We can play at my place any time EXCEPT Saturday 23 July

***Week 35: We can play at my place any time

***Week 36: We can play at my place any time on Monday 1 and Wednesday 3 September

***Week 37: We can play at my place any time on Monday 8 September

Week 38: VHS courses start

Week 39: VHS

***Week 40: VHS (Wednesday only). If there is interest, we can play at my place on 3, 4 or 5 October)

Week 41: VHS

Week 42: VHS

***Week 43: VHS closed. More about playing at my place if there is interest later.

***Week 44: VHS closed. More about playing at my place if there is interest later.

Week 45: VHS

Week 46: VHS

Week 47: VHS

Week 48: VHS

Week 49: VHS

***Week 50: VHS (Friday only). If there is interest, we can play at my place one of the other days in the week.

Week 51, 52, and 1: More about playing at my place if there is interst later.

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Comments? Questions? Attending the private bridge evenings at my place but don’t know my address yet? E-mail me here.

Playing Bridge in English

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Dates for July:

In July we will be playing on 21 and 28 July starting at 15.00 hrs, but it is OK to arrive later, especially if you don’t mind perhaps having to wait a little while in order to be able to play. We will play till about 22.00 hrs, but again, there is no obligation to stay till that hour.

The venue is near the Jewish Museum in Kreuzberg, and you will get the precise address after signing up on this e-mail address. Please let me know your name and your approximate time of arrival. For obvious reasons of logistics, it is important to know the approximate number of people and their approximate times of attendance.

Note that the limit as to the number of people who can play at any one time is three tables (four at a pinch but the fourth table is less comfortable due to crossbars on two sides, so I guess that would be a matter of first come, first served :-)).

Some prior knowledge of playing bridge is an advantage but most of us who will be playing to start with are relative, but not complete, beginners. Everything is on a very informal basis – no tournaments or anything like that.

Likewise, some basic English and or German skills suffice. We will get by one way or another, as long as you are able to read my posts here, and any e-mails I will be sending you on the subject. And as far as I am concerned, playing bridge only works in one language, and that language is not German, and definitely also not Danish, or any other language than English. (Sorry :-)).

Please bring your own sustenance. There are three cafés next to and opposite the Jewish Museum, and the nearest café to where we will be playing is Café Nea, Lindenstraße 26 (open till 17.00 hrs).

If the need arises, food can of course also be ordered in from a delivery service.

Depending how this develops, further dates will be published here in due course.

ALSO NOTE: A new course, Pa4090H – Learn to play bridge in English, suited for beginners as well as intermediates, starts at VHS Pankow on 22 September. The teacher is Rob Crouch who, with a bit of luck, will also be present at at least some of the private bridge afternoon/evenings mentioned in this and future posts.

Playing bridge in English in Berlin

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Looking for people available and interested in playing bridge regularly.

Please contact me on this e-mail address.