Events
The Welcome Center for International Researchers organises
regular events for international PhD students, postdocs and
professors. Family members are welcome to join these events,
too. Should you like to receive invitations as well as other
important information, please send us an email at welcome.center@uni-siegen.de.
You can also find some information on upcoming and past events
below.
Please note that usually registration via email is
necessary for the events!
Please note that photographs will be taken at our events. By
signing up for an event, you consent for photos to be taken of
you and any persons included on your registration, and for
those photos to be published. If you do not wish to be
photographed, please indicate this in your registration email.
No pictures showing children will be published.
Upcoming Events
Thu, 14 November: Murder Mystery Game
Join us for a murder mystery game this
month.
We will meet on 14 November at 5:15 p.m.
at the Student Service
Center, located at Sandstraße 16-18, 57072 Siegen.
While we spend the evening trying to uncover who
killed Werner Von Black in his sleeping compartment on the
luxurious Disorientated Express, we would
like to host a potluck dinner. This means that each
participant brings a dish, creating a buffet where everyone
can help themselves. To prepare for the evening we will
send you your character profile and a more detailed
description of the game. We kindly ask you to read through
them before the event. We will then discuss everything else
the evening itself. Moreover, you are more than welcome to
dress up as your character in the 1930s style of the murder
mystery game.
Should you like to join, please register via email
until 07 November, 11 a.m.!
Thu, 05 December: Christmas Market in Kreuztal
Join us for a trip to the special christmas market in
Kreuztal on 5 December!
We will meet on 5 December at 3:15 p.m. at
Siegen Central Station/ZOB in front of
REWE To Go (Berliner Straße, 57072 Siegen)
and take the train HLB RB90 to Kreuztal at 3:30 p.m.
together. After taking a look at the different stands of
the market and exploring the program individually we invite
you to enjoy a Glühwein or any drink of your choice
together to let the year 2024 come to an end. We will start
to make our way back to Siegen around 6 p.m.
Should you like to join, please register via email
until 3 December, 11 a.m.!
As always: Families are welcome.
Past Events
Below, we have listed our past events from the last months.
You can find posts with snapshots for some of them on our
Instagram
page.
A list of all events prior to 2024 can be found here.
Thu, 10 October: Welcome Day
Join us for one or both events on our Welcome Day!
We will start with a guided library tour
at the main library Adolf-Reichwein-Straße
(AR) at 11:55 a.m. The tour will
take about one hour and includes general information about
the library, a brief introduction into use and borrowing of
books and a tour. Starting point is the entry of the
library at the AR campus.
Please note that bags and jackets are not allowed to be
taken into the library. They can either be left in a
dedicated room for the duration of the tour or locked in of
the lockers in the foyer (a locker card is required for
this).
After work, in the evening, we offer you our own
Welcome Center city tour about art in
public places. For this second event we will meet
at 4:20 p.m. in front of the entrance of
the Nikolaikirche at Pfarrstr. 2, 57072 Siegen. After the
tour of about 1,5 hours, you will have the opportunity to
have dinner or a drink together.
Should you like to join us, please register via
email until 8 October, 11 a.m.! And please
specify if you want to join us for one or both of the
events.
As always: Families are welcome.
Sat, 21 September: Guided Tour Exhibition "Siegen. Fremde? Heimat?"
Join us for a guided tour through the
exhibition “Siegen. Fremde? Heimat?”
before it closes its doors, on 21
September.
We will meet on 21 July at 10:45 a.m. at
the entrance of the Siegerlandmuseum, which is located in
the Oberes Schloss (Oberes Schloss 2/Burgstraße57072
Siegen).
If you are interested, please register via email
until 17 September, 11 a.m.!
As always: Families are welcome.
Sat, 17 August: Day Trip to Wetzlar
You can find some photos from our day in Wetzlar on
our Instagram
account!
Join us for a daytrip to Wetzlar, a city
in Hesse with a beautiful old town and a cathedral
on 17 August.
We will meet on 17 August at 9:35 a.m. in
front of the Rewe to Go (Am Bahnhof 16-20, 57072 Siegen) at
the train station. We will then take the train HLB RE99 to
Wetzlar at 09:54 a.m. Please make sure to bring
your Deutschlandticket, in case you have one, or
buy your train ticket online. In Wetzlar we will then
explore the old town and its history by taking a guided
tour at 11:30 a.m. Afterwards you will also have the
possibility to stroll through the streets of Wetzlar on
your own. The Welcome Center team will take a train back at
3:18 p.m. but feel free to stay as long as you like.
Please register via email until 13 August, 11
a.m.!
As always: Families are welcome.
Thu, 18 July: Picnic
Join us for an afterwork picnic on
18 July!
We will meet on 18 July at 6 p.m. at the
entrance of the Schlosspark (Burgstraße 20, 57072 Siegen).
We invite you to bring your favourite snacks and a picnic
blanket, if you have one.
Please register via email until 16 July, 11
a.m.!
As always: Families are welcome.
Wed, 19 June: Bingo Night
Join us for an evening of Bingo this
month, to be more precise on19 June! This
classic game is always special and has been enjoyed for
decades and by generations. We will bring our original
bingo machine and a prize for the winner.
We will meet on 19 June at 6:30 p.m. at
the restaurant “Zur Hammerhütte” (Kirchweg
79, 57072 Siegen) to start playing. Afterwards we will have
dinner there.
So join us and see if the odds are in your favour!
Please register via email until 14 June, 11
a.m.!
As always: Families are welcome.
Wed, 22 May: Crazy Golf
Join us for a game of crazy golf (or
Minigolf as we call it here)!
We will meet on 22 May at 6 p.m. at the
Minigolf Arena Siegen
, which is located near the Siegen central station (An der
Alche 41, 57072 Siegen). After playing, there is the
possibility to enjoy a cold drink at a café right next to
the arena.
Please register via email until 20 May, 11
a.m.!
As always: Families are welcome.
Wed, 17 April: Welcome Day
Join us for one or both events on our Welcome Day!
We will start with a guided library tour
at the main library Adolf-Reichwein-Straße
(AR) at 11:55 a.m. The tour will
take about one hour and includes general information about
the library, a brief introduction into use and borrowing of
books and a tour. Starting point is the entry of the
library at the AR campus.
Please note that bags and jackets are not allowed to be
taken into the library. They can either be left in a
dedicated room for the duration of the tour or locked in of
the lockers in the foyer (a locker card is required for
this).
After work, we offer a special tour at the Nikolaikirche in
the city center with an ascent to the
Krönchen. For this second event we will meet in
front of the Nikolaikirche (Pfarrstr. 2, 57072 Siegen).
Should you like to join us, please register via
email until 15 April, 11 a.m.! And please
specify if you want to join us for one or both of the
events.
As always: Families are welcome.
Thu, 07 March: Cinema English Sneak Preview
In March we would like to invite you to go to the
cinema together on 7
March. On the first Thursday of each month,
Siegen's cinema “Cinestar” offers an
English language sneak
preview! At a sneak preview, a movie that is shown
before its release in Germany, and the exact title isn’t
announced beforehand.
We will meet on 7 March at 7:45 p.m. in
front of the ticket desk at “Cinestar”
(Sandstrasse 31, 57072 Siegen). In case you are not
familiar with the building: the ticket desk is on the 3rd
floor, to which you can get by using the escalators. We
will then get the tickets there all together. The ticket
costs will be covered by the Welcome Center so
places are limited and we kindly ask you
to only register if you are sure, you will be able
to make it. There is also the possibility for you
to buy snacks and drinks at the entrance once we have our
tickets. The movie will then start at 8:15 p.m.
Should you like to join us, please register via
email until 4 March, 11 a.m.!
Tue, 06 Feb: Game Night
We will meet on 6 February at 7 p.m. at
the Irish pub Camelot (Marburger Tor 11,
57072 Siegen) to have some drinks, play some board games
and chat. Please note that you will have to pay for drinks
and snacks yourselves. Therefore, we kindly ask you to
bring some cash in case it won’t be
possible to pay by card. In return, we will take care of
bringing different board games.
Please note that in Germany, children are allowed in pubs,
too.
Please don't forget to register! You can do so
until 2 February