Workshop Organisation
Bremen
Eurochorus moves to Bremen for the year 2025 !
Bremen is a Hanseatic city in north-west Germany, on the banks of the river Weser and very close to the North Sea.
Below are a few emblematic images of the city (under licence from pixabay):
More details can be found on all the sites concerning the city of Bremen, such as the legend of the Bremen Musicians or the description of the city by wikipedia Bremen.
The Venue
The Gemeindehaus St. Pauli (Große Krankenstraße 11, Alte Neustadt), a large hall close to the centre of Bremen, will host the 2025 session of Eurochorus.
Some photos of the venue :
St. Pauli church and on right Gemeindehaus St.Pauli
The concert hall
Other views, including work rooms and cafés :
How to find Gemeindehaus St. Pauli :
You can see that the Gemeindehaus St. Pauli is on the corner of Große Krankenstraße 11 and Große Johannisstraße 95 and close to the tram station line 8 Am Neuen Markt. The city centre is on the other side of the St Pauli Brücke and Wilhelm Kaisen Brücke bridges (image from the OSM Bremen website).
Bremen public transport website :BSAG Bremen
The Bremen Freimarkt
This is Bremen’s big annual festival, and has been since 1035 !
This year it’s the 989th edition, and it’s taking place right in the middle of our course, from 17 October to 2 November : not to be missed !
Full details on the Bremen tourism website : Freimarkt
The grand opening parade is also scheduled for Saturday 25 October, departing at 10:00 from Pappelstrasse and passing exactly along the street from our concert hall, arriving between 13:00 and 14:00 at the Freimarkt.
Below is the route of the parade :
And so the schedule for the last day of the course before the concert will be adjusted so that we can follow this great show !
How to get to Bremen
In detail!
Accommodation
With the Freimarkt taking place in the same week as our course, accommodation may prove difficult !
So plan ahead and concentrate on :
- the Neustadt district (between the airport and the Weser, near the Wilhelm Kaisen Brücke bridge)
- the city centre (from here you can take the 4,6,8 tram or the 24 bus)
- Bremen Youth Hostel no longer accepts groups, but individuals may still be able to get places: Meininger (near Bremen Central Station) or Townsend, links below.
- Some links to moderately priced but comfortable hotels :
Meiniger-hôtel
B&B HOTEL Bremen-Altstadt
Ibis Bremen City Hotel
Motel One Design Hotels Bremen
Or flats if there are several of you via BnB, Booking or another booking method!
Shedule from 19 to 25 october 2025
The general schedule for the Eurochorus 2025 course will be published shortly below. As usual, the time slots announced correspond to the maximum slots. They may be reduced on certain evenings depending on the progress of the training, and may give rise to free evenings.
These times alternate between tutti and divisi work and vocal workshops run in parallel.
Schedule under development !
Catering
Meals from Monday to Saturday lunchtime will be provided at the SÜDBAD swimming pool restaurant (100m from the rehearsal venue) for all participants.
Sunday lunch may be possible at the same venue, but this is still under discussion.
Don’t forget to book them when you register if you wish.