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Munich Clubs & Info

There's quite a few English & half English speaking clubs in Munich, look in Munich English language magazines in bars, & the international press stands at main railway station, or ask the people at various groups, about other groups they know of. Here's some clubs I know of (mail me about others to add):
  • English Food Shops
    • @2010: british allsorts rosenheimer str 161, d 81671 Munich +49 89 23549275 M-Fri 9-19:00 Sat 10-17 Bus 55,155,145 U2 Karl Preis Platz
    • @2010 For non perishable food (inc. cans of Guinness): Pomeroy & Winterbottom Pomeroy & Winterbottom Young & Flick britische Waren GmbH - Reichenbachstraße 38 - 80469 München - Isarvorstadt Tel. 089 2016901 - Fax 089 2016938
    • Oct 2008 Cheddar in Viktualienmarkt.
    • Kippers from Nordsee, Viktualienmarkt (Herring Warm Geraucht = Bueckling; Herring Kalt Geraucht = Brodos Filet) (Not sure which is supposed to be most like English Kippers ?).
    • Himalaya, Lindwurm Str 1, 80337 Muenchen 089 25549790.
      Some ENglish food eg custard & tea,. Lots of spicey food & plantains etc.
    • English Food Shops in Knorr Str & Schelling Str, Munich/München, long gone
    • Know of more ? mail author.
    • A company in Cologne/Köln that does mail order English food by post.
    • Irish & Guinness pubs
  • University Alumni Groups In Munich
    Most Unis will be too small to have viable Alumni group in Munich, but here's pointers to some groups one off events & contacts
  • American Chamber Of Commerce ... Expense Warning.
    A lecture with them: Opinion of others asked: notably worse value than in a restaurant. Allowed smoking at event after anti smoking law. Despite Americans & other native English speaking business partners used to cleaner air than polluted locals. Boring: every speaker spoke in German, (even one native English), no Chair had the sense to intervene & balance it 50/50. One German politician ground on, unmoderated, about American political developments, presumably that he'd learnt from German TV commentators, (his English was obviously not good, if it existed), The English language proficiency of many of the Germans in the audience, including the waiters & waitresses was obviously better, & near all would be better informed by listening direct to eg CNN &/or CNBC. Would have been worse for any fresh arrived American businessman/woman who wasn't fluent in German.
  • American German Business Club (AGBC) www.agbc.de & www.jambit.com/agbc
  • American Association of University and Professional Women or American and other English-speaking women graduates of accredited colleges or universities.
  • AIM: Americans In Munich
  • Bavarian American Center - Amerika- Haus They run a lot of interesting events in both languages, some free, some not, & have a mail list & library, theatre/lecture/reading rooms etc
  • Bavarian Ministry For Economic Affairs
  • British Chamber Of Commerce ... Expense Warning
    I enquired about a lecture, it got forwarded to an advertising/ PR agency. They wanted 30 Euros. Unlikely they might change to free lectures while they use a PR/ad agency.
  • Beer Gardeners (Runs all year, inside in bad weather, not just summer).
  • Ben Lomond Pipers
  • BIM: Berkeley In Munich BSD Unix Computer Group, Bilingual, Technology's the thing here, not language.
  • A Canadian group exists
    • Linguists Stammtisch They haven't got a web or mail list to point at (so ask around at beer garden group, as a few members are common to both. Here's a quote from their May 2007 venue announcement
      What is the Linguists´ Stammtisch?: The group is open to anyone working in a language-related field - editors, interpreters, proof readers, secretary-linguists, teachers, translators etc. It´s an informal set-up - we meet once a month, on a different day (Mon-Thurs) each time, and at a different restaurant. There´s no formal agenda, people simply come along for the chance to network and talk shop.
    • There's a "Stitch & Bitch" group Steph goes to/ organises - ask at the Linguists Stammtisch about that.
    There's also a bunch of Irish pubs, an English Pub, & an Australian pub - ask about pubs at the Beer gardeners group (which runs all year not just summer)..
    • The European Patent Office has 3 official languages: English German & French; their staff have a bunch of clubs such as ski clubs etc (though theirs cost a membership fee, whereas GEA's cost no annual fee, just petrol etc). Tel +49.89.2399.0
    • Some other big USA computer companies, might have English language speaking social/activity groups.
    • Bremen English Club
    • Frankfurt & Dusseldorf etc/a>
    • UK Inter Varsity Club: In many major towns/cities, including London Use a search engine to find more.

    Other Munich information

    • Muenchner Kultur-Referat (Munich cultural office)
    • Tourist Office, Munich, Fremdverkehrsamt, Muenchen, Bayern.
    • Stabi: Staats-Bibliothek. (by Hugh Casement)
      Die Bayerische Staats-Bibliothek. It's a copyright library for Bavaria, so receives a copy of every book published in the Frei-Staat. A high proportion of the many books it buys are in English or American. It has bound copies of many periodicals going back to 1830 or so. Not quite on the scale of the Bibliothèque Nationale (or even the British Library), but still a most useful library. A reader's ticket to it or the University Library or the library of the Technische Universität entitles one to use the other two as well.
    • Deutsches Museum (by Hugh Casement)
      The Deutsches Museum has its own library which is the only one I know to open on Sundays. Strong on science and technology, of course, but also not bad for biography. It's a reference library (non-lending), so its entire stock is available for consultation, either on the open shelves or at about 20 minutes' notice from the stack. No charge for using it, but you'll need some form of identity to get in. If you're a member of the Deutsches Museum (DM 80 p.a.) you just show your card, which incidentally also allows self plus two children to visit the museum any number of times in the year, so anyone with technology-hungry sons would find it pays for itself. The Deutsches Museum has a very fine collection of musical instruments, and gives recitals on Sunday mornings: no additional charge. Recently re-opened section on Bridges and Canals
    • Universities
      • The 2 state owned Universities:
        • TUM: Technical University of Munich
        • LMU: Ludwig Maximillian University. Main building is at Geschwister Scholl Platz near U-Bahn (subway) station "Universitaet" (U3/U6).
      • Others
        • The University of Maryland Munich Campus used to exist (maybe still does?).
        • There are some private Universities, mainly business schools. These are often listed in "Munich Found" magazine. One is maybe "Munich Business College".

    Munich Magazines

    Excursion possibilities:

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