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First raced by crews from Oxford and Cambridge University in 1829, the 80th Women’s Race will take place at 15:21 and the 171st Men’s Race will take place at 16:21 (all Berlin time).

• Co-Hosts: Ruderclub am Wannsee / German Cambridge Society / OUS Berlin
• Date: Saturday, 4 April 2026 (doors open 1:15 pm, broadcast from 2:30 pm, women’s race 3:21 pm, men’s race 4:21 pm)
• Location: Ruderclub Wannsee, Scabellstraße 8, 14109 Berlin (Travel directions from Berlin Mitte: take a regional train to Wannsee station or take the S7 to Nikolassee station and walk from there)
• Guests: Feel free to bring a guest
• Cost: entry 3 € per person (children free); please pay for your own drinks / food (cash only)
• Registration: open now

Proceeds will go Wannsee Rowing Club for using their infrastructure and as a Thank You to the friendly and supportive service team.

In February, we’ll meet for an informal dinner at the German restaurant “Zollpackhof”. We’ll be welcoming a guest from the University of Cambridge Development and Alumni Relations team. It’s a great opportunity to reconnect with old friends.

This beer garden-style restaurant also offers many vegetarian and non-alcoholic options. Everyone will find something to suit their taste. Ultimately, it’s about who you’re dining with.

Some background of the venue: In November 1685, Elector Friedrich Wilhelm laid the foundation stone for our present Zollpackhof. Only a few years later, the Huguenot Menard opened an inn with a garden in the „Moabiter Werder“. It soon became a popular destination for the Huguenots living in Berlin and for Berlin‘s high society.

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Dear members and friends of the German Cambridge Society,

we finalised the rough planning for next year. Please note the following events we plan to organise in 2026:

• Boat Race viewing — 04/04/2026 / Berlin, hopefully at same location as 2025
• Summer Party — 06/06/2026 / International Club Berlin
• La Traviata@Seebühne — 25/07/2026 / Bregenz (joint event with our Austrian friends)
• AGM — September / place to be decided
• Christmas Dinner — 25/11/2026 / Berlin

And please join the first Cambridge alumni event on 2026: the book reading of “Airlift” by Trinity Hall alumnus Dr. Joseph Pearson at Barenboim-Said Akademie, Berlin, on January 20… — for details see prior post in our News section.

Hope to see you again in 2026!

Best wishes for a splendid year 2026!

The Committee

Reading

Trinity Hall / Cambridge alumnus Dr. Joseph Pearson has published a new book on the Berlin Airlift. A central theme is German-British friendship and also the importance of University of Cambridge contributions to the Airlift (such as the involvement of Cambridge students in a Foreign Office tour to Berlin in 1948).

The book will be presented on 20 January 2026 at Barenboim-Said Akademie on Französische Str. 33D, 10117 Berlin-Mitte.

• 6:00-7:30pm — Reading
• 7:30-8:15pm — Authors’ Reception for all Cambridge Alumni

If you would like to be added to the guest list (limited places) for Cambridge alumni, please email Joseph at joseph.pearson@barenboimsaid.de.

Free tickets to the general public will be available two weeks in advance on the Akademie events page: https://www.barenboimsaid.de/en/events.

Dinner

We’re planning an informal dinner within walking distance after the reading. It will start around 8:30 pm.

You can reserve a place here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/germancambridgesocietyev/1992383

More info

https://barenboimsaid.de/professor/joseph-pearson

http://josephpearson.net

Hi All! We met at Frederick’s for our last Stammtisch and everyone really liked it, and so we return.

Tuesday, December 2, 2025, from 6-9 pm at FREDERICKS, located at Bellevue Str. 1, 10785 on Potsdamer Platz.

Complimentary wine while it lasts. Cash bar.

No need to register — just turn up and meet old and new friends alike.

This year we’ve chosen a new venue: the atmospheric rooms of Schmidt Z&KO. The stylish and modern premises provide the perfect setting for our 2025 Christmas dinner.

This event is open to all alumni from Cambridge, Oxford, and the Ivy Circle.

We still have a few tickets left. You can order them here: