Puzzle Hunts

**🧡 Hello Dear Chess Enthusiasts!** **📢 Chess Board** Please bring the chess board. **🕥 Please arrive on time.** If you are more than 30 minutes late, there might be no table. **☕ Participation fee** Please buy a drink or food to use the venue. No outside food or drinks, please 🙏🏼 **📌 Location** The Bode Museum Café is on the first floor. Walk up the stairs. No ticket needed; just tell the staff you’re going to the café. **✨ Chess for fun** This meetup is organized by beginners for beginners and enthusiasts who are eager to practice, improve, and enjoy chess in a friendly and supportive environment. **📖 Basic knowledge is good to have.** ( [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_chess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_chess) ) **📷 Instagram** [https://www.instagram.com/berlin_chess_club/](https://www.instagram.com/berlin_chess_club/) **💬 WhatsApp Group** This group is only for event participants. To get access, please ask the host during the event. 🚩**We have no tolerance for discriminatory(sexist, racist, and other) jokes or comments.** **🌸 Thank you & See you** *Photos and videos may be taken for social media and memories. Let an organizer know if you prefer not to be filmed.*

**Train Your Brain Through Chess** ♟️ **Develop Focus, Memory, Strategy & Decision-Making** Discover how chess can sharpen your mind and strengthen the way you think, plan, and adapt. The **Cognitive Agility Through Chess** program uses the game as a science-based tool to enhance core mental skills — combining strategic play with principles from **psychology, cognitive science, and emotional intelligence**. Whether you’re a beginner or returning to the board, this workshop series helps you: \- Improve focus and working memory \- Strengthen decision\-making and problem\-solving \- Build emotional resilience and mental flexibility \- Apply strategic thinking in daily life and work Each session blends guided play, reflection, and practical exercises — from **Pawn to King**, every level represents a new mental skill to master. 📍 Based in Berlin 📅 For upcoming sessions this week & next week — Book your spot here: https://calendly.com/trainyourbrainchess/trainyourbrainchess 💬 DM or email **[radwa.omar@yahoo.com](mailto:radwa.omar@yahoo.com)** for booking details! Transform the way you think — on and beyond the chessboard. #BerlinWorkshops #ChessAndMindset #CognitiveAgility #MindfulLearning #FocusTraining #EmotionalIntelligence #BerlinEvents #TrainYourBrain

**👋 Hello Strangers! —** For all players and chess-curious folks out there who want to chill, make friends, and enjoy some chess: We are hosting a daily meetup in Mitte / Prenzlauerberg for all experience levels. It doesn't matter if you just watched the Queen's Gambit or if you have been playing regularly for a while. **Join us** — Daily from 7 pm till midnight. **Expected Behavior** — [Conduct](https://strangerchess.com/conduct/) **Pics** · [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/strangerchess/) / **Chat** · [Telegram](https://t.me/strangerchess) / **Web** · [Strangerchess.com](https://strangerchess.com/) (No need to bring anything, boards, clocks, etc. are provided)

Meet up and join us this Saturday! Whether you're a long-time resident or just travelling through, come and meet new people to have fun, make new friends and enjoy your Saturday evening in a safe and welcoming environment at one of Berlins fantastic bars (and then there's always people who want to go to a club afterwards). This week we're heading for the first time to the fantabulous **Tabula Rasa** (see link to location). We always have several organisers there (male and female), so come say hello to us! We care to make sure that everyones enjoys themselves and we have **no tolerance for bad behaviour or creepiness.** **Follow us on Insta:** @siphappens.berlin **Join us on Telegram:** t.me/siphappens_berlin **👉 Other important notes:** \- 🍸 The locations we visit are bars and clubs\, they are businesses and we are able to keep these events free ONLY if people buy drinks\. Please respect the locations and the event by making purchases \- 🦹‍♂️ Remember to keep an eye on your belongings and prioritize your own well\-being\. We are not responsible for any lost items or personal issues\. \- 📷 By attending our events\, you consent to being photographed or filmed\. Photos and videos taken during the events may be shared on our social media\. If you do not wish to appear in the photos or if you appear in a photo that we post that you would like removed\, please send us a private message as soon as possible on Instagram \(@siphappens\.berlin\)

As the year draws to a close, join us on a reflective pilgrimage hike along the scenic Havel River to Potsdam. This 15 km route is not just a walk through history but a journey inward as we explore themes of closure and renewal. 📅 **Date & Time** * Date: Saturday, 27 December 2025 * Start: 10:00 am at Wannsee S-Bahn Station (Travel via RE1, S1, or S7) * Finish: approx. 4:00 pm at Potsdam Hauptbahnhof (Return via RE1 or S7) 🗺️ **Route & Highlights** * Komoot tour: [https://www.komoot.com/de-de/tour/1995532602](https://www.komoot.com/de-de/tour/1995532602) * Walking along the Havel River and through Düppeler Forst * Historical sites: House of the Wannsee Conference, Glienicke Bridge, Babelsberg Palace **🤔 Why this hike?** The period between Christmas and New Year can feel overwhelming for many – filled with pressure to reflect and plan ambitious resolutions. This hike is an opportunity to let go of the expectations. As we walk, we’ll explore ways to release stress, embrace the present moment, and approach the new year with a sense of purpose and serenity. **🔔 What to know & bring** * We walk at a steady, moderate pace, with breaks and care for one another. * It’s winter, dress for the season and the weather. Important: hiking or running shoes, warm layered clothing, hat and gloves. * Bring enough food and water for the whole day, as we won’t stop anywhere to buy snacks or drinks. A thermos with hot tea or coffee is highly recommended! * Don’t forget your public transport ticket for the way there and back. * Bring your pilgrim passport. There may be opportunities to collect stamps along the route. **🌊 Optional Ice Bath Experience:** At a riverside beach along our path, we will pause for a symbolic ice bath (completely optional). This tradition represents cleansing, renewal, and a fresh start for the new year. If you’d like to participate, please bring swimwear, a towel, and warm clothes to change into. 📩 **Questions & Registration** Reach out any time for more details or help with your travel plans. You’re also welcome to join our WhatsApp group, where we share updates and photos from the trail. Feel free to contact Pilgrimage Guide Alexander via WhatsApp message (01575 – 7652601) or email (alexander.steinfeldt@outlook.com). **Waitlist = You're in! 😊** Currently, only 10 members can officially register on Meetup (due to the restrictions of the free version). However, you’re welcome to join the hike by joining the Whatsapp group for this event (Message me directly to confirm your participation and get the link for the Whatsapp group).

🔥🌊 Saturdays: Sand, Sun, Swimming & Spaß! 🌞🏐** **Community Grill/Picnic + Beach Volleyball & Latin Dancing in the Sand** **📅 Date:** Saturday, 2025 **📍 Location:** BBQ Area @ Volkspark Friedrichshain (near Paul-Heyse-Str.) [52.529528, 13.442629] **⏰ Times:** - **1:15 PM** – Grill Session & Picnic Kickoff - **4:15 PM** – Beach Volleyball + Latin Dance in the Sand - **6:15 PM** – Optional Public Swim (5€ entry) or Keep Going the Picnic or BBQ --- SPRING BBQ + PICNIC (1:15 PM)** Bring your own grillables (meat, veggies, etc.)—we’ll supply the grill & coal! Donations for supplies are appreciated via PayPal: **@davntonio** (send as "Friends"). - **BYO** food, utensils, blanket, and drinks (or grab snacks at the park kiosk). - **Share the vibe:** Feel free to bring extra snacks/drinks to swap! - **Music + Karaoke** to keep the energy high. ### **🏐💃 BEACH VOLLEYBALL & LATIN DANCING (4:15 PM)** - Casual games (no pressure—beginners welcome!). - Salsa/bachata beats in the sand? ### **💦 SWIMMING OPTION (6:15 PM)** Cool off at the public pool (5€ entry) to wrap up the day. --- Saturdays = Sand, Sun, Swimming & Spaß! **💰 Community Support:** Help us keep these events regular! Donate via PayPal **@davntonio** (as "Friends") for grill/coal/sports gear. Future plans: volleyball leagues, soccer mixers & more! **👋 EVERYONE IS WELCOME**—solo, +1, or a whole squad! Let’s eat, play, and dance under the sun. 🌴🎶 --- **Why come?** ✔ Chill picnic/BBQ vibes ✔ Sports + dancing for fun (no skills needed) ✔ Swim option to escape the heat ✔ Meet a friendly, open-minded community *P.S. Vegetarians, travelers, and karaoke stars—we’ve got love for you too!*

Hi folks, this is a special meetup group for the regular Blood on the Clocktower games every Sunday in the Brewdog in Berlin Friedrichshain. We run beginner-friendly and intermediate-level games throughout the afternoon and evening. **Friendly newcomers of all skill levels are welcome, no experience required!** Our group aims to provide a fun and welcoming space to experience this thrilling game of social deception. **We focus on promoting a positive and fun group atmosphere, where players don’t take themselves or the game too seriously, whether they’re heroically winning or spectacularly losing.** Our players follow the code of conduct for the Berlin Board Gamers group and are expected to treat each other with respect and consideration – “killing with grace, and dying with dignity”. We are usually able to offer two simultaneous games on Sundays. If you are marked as "attending" in Meetup and are in your seat at 15:00, your place is guaranteed for as long as you want to stay. All other seats are first come, first served. We always run at least one beginner-friendly game of the basic version of Clocktower ("Trouble Brewing") throughout the afternoon and evening. We also usually have enough players for a second intermediate-level game. If you are already very familiar with Clocktower, consider also joining our Tuesday meetup for advanced players, when we play with complex custom scripts and characters. Blood on the Clocktower is a deep, mechanical game of murder and mystery, lies and logic, deduction and deception… think Werewolf on steroids. Each player receives a unique secret role and plays either for the good team – the uninformed majority, gathering info and working with others to solve the puzzle – or the evil team, the informed minority, scheming to eliminate good players and protect their demon from execution. In our beginner games no prior experience is expected and we will gladly explain the game rules to any newcomers. We play in English so players should be able to understand and express themselves in English: an exception is possible for one pair of players willing to play together (as a “Revolutionary” pair) where one player can interpret into and out of English. Please let us know in advance if this is the case.

**Trance Journeys along Forgotten Pagan Paths** In the **Rauhnächte**, the nights between years, Central European folklore speaks of the **Wild Hunt**: a powerful procession of spirits, ancestors, animal forces, and elemental beings moving through the winter darkness. Led by figures such as Wodan/Odin or Frau Perchta, **the Wild Hunt embodies the untamed forces of nature — chaotic, cleansing, and deeply transformative**. In pre-Christian traditions, **encountering the Wild Hunt meant coming face to face with what cannot be controlled**: death and rebirth, fate, instinct, and the raw truth of the natural world. It tore down false order and carried away what no longer belonged, making space for renewal. In modern life, many of us live far from these rhythms. **We are overstimulated yet disconnected, constantly managing, planning, optimizing — often exhausted by the need to hold everything together.** During the darker months, unprocessed grief, fear, and fatigue tend to surface, while our culture offers little space to truly release or transform them. This shamanic drum circle invites us to **ride the Wild Hunt instead of resisting it**. Through the steady pulse of the drum, we step out of linear time and into a deeper, older rhythm. **We allow what is no longer alive in us — habits, identities, expectations — to be carried off by the wild forces of midwinter.** Riding the Wild Hunt is an act of surrender and reclamation. **We reconnect with instinct, with ancestral memory, and with the part of ourselves that knows how to move through uncertainty without control.** In doing so, we find strength, clarity, and a grounded sense of belonging — not by taming the wild, but by remembering that we are part of it. This circle offers a space to release, to listen, and to realign with the deeper currents that still move beneath modern life, especially in this sacred time between endings and beginnings. 📍 **Location:** Samariter Kiez (You will receive the address after registration) 💫 **Energy Exchange**: €25 — 35 ⏰ **Date & Time:** Dec 28th 2025 \| 5 pm — 7:30 pm 💌 **Please register:** via Whatsapp: +49 (0) 1573 72 48 15 7 or Email: wildandsilent.berlin@gmail.com **RSVP on Meetup doesn't secure your seat.**

Let's read together on another Sunday morning. Agenda: 10:30-11:00 Arrival, ordering drinks, getting to know each other 11:00-12:00 Reading together 12:00-13:00 Share reading experience There is no books assigned. Just bring whatever you are reading for now. Please sign up only when you can join the event. Hope you will enjoy it there!

Sehr gerne Familien mit Kindern! Achtung ab sofort nur noch bis 27 Jahre!!!(Ausnahme Familien mit Kindern). Wir spielen jeden letzten Sonntag im go Brett- und Kartenspiele. Es sind viele Spiele da und es können auch Spiele mitgebracht werden. Jeder ist willkommen. Pro Spieler müssen ein Euro Raumnutzungsgebühr gezahlt werden.

**👋 Hello Strangers! —** For all players and chess-curious folks out there who want to chill, make friends, and enjoy some chess: We are hosting a daily meetup in Mitte / Prenzlauerberg for all experience levels. It doesn't matter if you just watched the Queen's Gambit or if you have been playing regularly for a while. **Join us** — Daily from 7 pm till midnight. **Expected Behavior** — [Conduct](https://strangerchess.com/conduct/) **Pics** · [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/strangerchess/) / **Chat** · [Telegram](https://t.me/strangerchess) / **Web** · [Strangerchess.com](https://strangerchess.com/) (No need to bring anything, boards, clocks, etc. are provided)

Im Jungfernheideweg 77, 13629 Berlin treffen wir uns zwischen 13.30 Uhr und 21.30 Uhr wieder um gemeinsam Brett- und Gesellschaftsspiele zu daddeln. Das Angebot richtet sich an alle Interessierten. Kinder bitte erst ab 12 Jahre. Eine Vielzahl toller Brettspiele sind vor Ort, es können aber auch gerne eigene mitgebracht werden. PS: Es wäre sehr hilfreich wenn die Leute, die sich anmelden und dann doch nicht können, sich auch wieder abmelden vorher. danke schön

A beautiful Kreuzberg Café La Tienda hosts us on regular, weekly basis. The owner is very friendly and plays chess too. Please, please respect the invitation and leave some money on the bar - it's a café, so please behave like in a café and carry your responsibility for the chess community you are part of. More then before small business need our support. Female players, beginners and hobby players -it's our event! Please note that the number of attendees on Meetup doesn't correspond the amount of people coming to La Tienda. There is a vivid community around, so we are always many!

CHANGED to WEDNESDAYS COLUMBUS RECREATION CENTERS require membership fee to play. Register & Pay at the desk when you arrive. $5 day pass is available. I have some extra pickle ball paddles and balls if you don’t have one. Definitely bring your own paddle if you have one and bring some balls if you have them. Legal Stuff: The event hosts/Organizers are just fellow member volunteers. By participating in any event, you assume all risks of liability and injury inherent in these activities. You are responsible for your own safety and for determining if you are in condition fit to participate. You are also responsible for knowing and abiding by all laws and rules during your participation in any event.
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Some trained COUNT volunteers work together once a month at RMH (http://www.rmhc-centralohio.org/volunteer.php) as Housewarmers (usually on the 1st Sunday from 1 – 5 PM). Some schedule other shifts at their convenience. You may try this out with less fuss by following a "Fast track" or go through the normal process. Fast track • Arrange a time to shadow a COUNT volunteer. Call Dave Nohle at 614-268-9558 (cell). • Show up and try it out. • Complete application, etc. later. Normal process • Complete an online application (http://rmhc-centralohio.org/volunteer/). • Attend orientation in advance. • At orientation you will complete forms agreeing to keep family/patient info private and allowing a background check and tour the facility. • Complete one training shift. Daily shifts are: morning 9 AM - 1 PM, afternoon 1 - 5 PM and evening 5 - 9 PM. • Schedule shifts online using the on the RMH scheduling system (http://www.volgistics.com/ex/portal.dll/?FROM=32895). The Ronald McDonald House (RMH) provides housing and meals for families with sick children. The Columbus RMH is the largest in the world with 137 rooms. COUNT has been volunteering there since May 2014. Housewarmers work with RMH guests to provide a home-like environment - greet, assist with family needs, answer phones, give tours, assist with checkin/checkout, prepare guest rooms after checkout, clean facility, laundry, restock supplies and staff the front desk. RMH Housewarmers volunteer at least one four-hour shift a month. All Housewarmers must complete an application and agree to a background check before they can be full fledged volunteers.

Private Group. Closed to the Public Knowing ourselves and understanding our abilities is the first step toward wielding our gifts with control and accuracy. In subsequent classes we will verify and hone our talents with activities and discussion. These are hands-on workshops and participation is expected. The goal of our series will be to develop expertise in areas of particular interest such as mediumship, channeling, divination, healing and, etc.. Our ultimate directions will be determined by class members as we evolve. I look forward to sharing and discovering with you. - Cynthia

We may pick a specific topic and post in advance or may discuss current events and various ad hoc topics . We would love to spend time hanging out and getting to know one another. Atheist, agnostics, other non-theists, and atheist-friendly people are welcome to join us. Note: COUNT operates a Facebook page at www.facebook.com/groups/COUNT.discussions (http://www.facebook.com/groups/COUNT.discussions/) to promote discussions among members and visitors.

This is a time where players of all ages, and skill levels can gather and enjoy a nice Sunday full of Chess!