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!
Upcoming Events
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, 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.
Thu, 18 July: Picnic
tba
Sat, 17 August: Day Trip to Wetzlar
tba
Sat, 21 September: Guided Tour Exhibition "Siegen. Fremde? Heimat?"
tba
Past Events
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
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.!
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 p.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 at
tbc 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.