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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):
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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
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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).
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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".
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