Open Expat Meetup Frankfurt: "Inti Culti" (Social & Culture)

Join us for our fun socials taking place every two weeks. In the cold season. we’ll meet in Hot bar, a normal bar with affordable drinks, located in the heart of Alt-Sachsenhausen. We are either in the room with the Darts board right behind the entrance or if taken in the area around the bar.

This is the perfect Meetup if you’re new in town, keen to meet people from all over the world, or open-minded Germans. Exchange travel plans, new ideas and hints what’s there to do in Frankfurt in the cold season, find new best friends and practice your languages (main language is English, but German, Spanish, French, Italian and sometimes Russian, Arabic, Mandarin and other languages can be practiced).

Anything from a relaxed drink & nice conversation with friends and newbies, to a spontaneous Darts match and in some cases some people ending up dancing on an improvised dancefloor near the entrance is possible. The event officially lasts 2 hours but you may be able to find part of the group after that, so don’t hesitate to drop by later.

Please bring CASH! The bar recently also started accepting cards but there Is only 1 card reader and it’s 20€ minimum. They have decent beer from Pfungstädter, wine, shots&cocktails, but also a wide range of non-alcoholic cold&hot drinks. Please note that most of the time, there will be a 2€ deposit on your glass, which you can redeem with the red plastic chip they’ll give you. The only food is Nacho Chips with hot sauce. You can have street food in the neighbourhood or else have dinner before making your way.

All ages, nationalities, religions and genders welcome, looking forward to meeting open-minded, tolerant people.

After our wine hike, this time we do wine tasting without any hiking (and no risk to lose the group) by visiting a wine distributor in Liederbach, who offers free tasting of white&red wines (plus some distilled stuff) from many wineries of Germany‘s warmest state Baden-Württemberg.

The event is free of charge but the organiser issues tickets for the event. That explains the participant limit. I’ll expand the number of participants according to confirmed tickets. Even though last time the ticket check at the entrance was very relaxed, I would appreciate if some of you could order tickets (you’ll get 2, we share) at www.weinhaus-werner.de using the contact form you find on the bottom of the page Aktuelles, put „Tickets für Frühjahrsverkostung bitte“ as Nachricht and provide your address and phone number (they will never call you, promise, just send you leaflets for a while you can unsubscribe any time) or send a quick e-mail to info@weinhaus-werner.de. Tickets take a while to arrive, so please do it on Monday 25 May at latest. Please drop me a line if you order tickets, there can only be as many participants as we have tickets.

Depending on your constraints to finish work, you can join the early (Genießer) or a later (Auslese) group. The latter one will be a bit more than 2 hours at the tasting, but past experience has shown that this is tight for trying wines from all stalls, meet the group and have dinner before the closure of the event at 9pm, especially as trains may be delayed.

The early group meets 17:40 at platform 21 to take RB12 departing at 17:47, the later one 18:10 to depart 18:17. The distributor is a 3 Minute walk from the Liederbach Süd stop, which is still in the Frankfurt RMV zone 50. You’ll see the venue to the right when the train approaches the station, those who don’t have a Deutschlandticket can share a group day ticket for up to 5 persons. You can also join us at the distributor, we‘ll be at the entrance around 18:05-10 for the early and 18:35-40 for the late group. With your own ticket, you can also enter anytime later or earlier. There will be updates on location and time of dinner break.

The event is about tasting wines, you’ll rent a glass for a 2€ deposit (bring cash!!!) and start tasting wines, the tasting area is in sheltered tents so the event takes place at any weather. The plan is to have two sessions, try some wines until we’re tipsy, and then have a dinner break. The food that the distributor offers is usually Flammkuchen, sausages, pretzels and coffee/cakes at affordable prices. There’s no obligation to eat at the venue. After a second round of tastings there is also the option to buy any of the wines tasted to take home (at affordable wholesalers prices). If so, please be at the sales office around 20:50 placing the order that needs to be compiled in the warehouse which takes a few mins.

We return our glasses and meet at the exit at 21:10 to take the RB12 at 21:18 (there can also be an early group half hour earlier) back to Frankfurt, arriving 21:35.

Last time many people were hungry again when we reached Frankfurt so most of us went for late dinner, but this (or going for more drinks) is optional

The organiser does not take any responsibility for damage incurred from overconsumption of wine, but full responsibility for expected giggles on the return trip.

The popular Saturday drinks/picnic sundowner event is back to the lawn close to Maincafe!

Standing with your back to the river facing the Maincafe bar, you need to walk between 20-100m to the right and find us on the lawn. It’s not directly at Maincafe! For orientation- the lampposts right by the river have numbers at ~2.5m altitude. At the start of the event we indicate location using lamppost numbers, usually close to number 28 or 29

The concept of this Meetup is a little picnic and drinks and a relaxed chat while enjoying the sunset over the Frankfurt skyline. A blanket/towel can be an asset given birds also flock on the lawn. You can totally bring your own drinks and food (and share some if you like) but also get drinks and snacks at Maincafe. A full dinner is not part of the event given restaurants are a bit of a walk from the venue. But there could be a late dinner group or continuation of the Meetup in another venue, which can be spontaneously decided. You can also join the event at a later hour, after dinner. Though Maincafe accepts card payment, it is strongly recommended to bring some cash! Please bring bottles, packaging etc to the wastebins before leaving the event.

This is the perfect Meetup if you’re new in town, keen to meet people from all over the world, or open-minded Germans. Exchange travel plans, new ideas and hints what’s there to do in Frankfurt, find new best friends and practice your languages (main language is English, but German, Spanish, French, Italian and sometimes Russian, Arabic, Mandarin and other languages can be practiced). Note that this is not a dating event and any insistent approaching of participants that might make them feel uncomfortable will not be tolerated. That‘s not to say singles aren’t welcome, we had a couple of relationships and one marriage so far following first encounters at this event.

All ages, nationalities, religions and genders welcome, looking forward to meeting open-minded, tolerant people.

This Meetup is outdoors and therefore relies on decent weather. In case of cold or rainy weather, it will be moved to a bar close to the city centre tba or possibly cancelled.