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Dry January · Berlin

Dry January in Berlin, and still out of the house.

28 listings in Berlin where the evening is about something other than the drink: run clubs, game nights, chess and quizzes, language cafés, sauna socials, soft clubbing. Pubs and bars stay listed everywhere else on the site.

A month, one thing a week Phrases for the bar
The numbers we can source. Alcohol Change UK, the charity behind Dry January, reports 215,000 participants in 2024 and 200,000 in 2025 on its own campaign page; sign-up for 2027 had not been announced when we checked on 20 October 2026. That counts people who signed up with the charity, not everyone who skips a drink in January. Alcohol Change UK ↗

This page only adds a view. Bars, pubs and every other listing stay exactly where they are on Come Alone. Dry January, Damp January (drinking less) or neither: all fine.

A month

One regular thing a week, built from what exists

A suggestion, not a schedule: the first listing of each kind below. Check the official page for the January dates.

  1. Fri 1 – Sun 3 Jan. Run club: Berlin Runners (Meetup) — Wednesday 18:30
  2. Week of 4 Jan. Game night or quiz: Boardroom Berlin — Tue-Sun 14:00-22:00
  3. Week of 11 Jan. Language café: Deutsch am Dienstag - German Speaking Club — Tuesday
  4. Week of 18 Jan. Sauna social: Liquidrom Berlin — Daily 9-24; Fri and Sat 9-1
  5. Week of 25 Jan. Soft clubbing: Ecstatic Dance Berlin (FMP1) — twice a month Thu/Fri 18:30-22:30

Run clubs

Run clubs in Berlin

Run clubs and walking groups: the drink, if any, comes after. Check the official page before you go.

Social run club
After the run: coffee

OutRunners Berlin (LGBTQIA+)

varies, usually a major Berlin park (location visible to members)
Sunday 10:30
price on the page
checked 2026-10-19
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Game nights, chess and quizzes

Game nights, chess and quizzes in Berlin

The game is the point; a pub quiz is still a pub, and an alcohol-free drink is a normal order there. Check the official page before you go.

Board-game cafe
Beginners welcome

Boardroom Berlin

Hohenstaufenstraße 69, 10781 Berlin
Tue-Sun 14:00-22:00
2.50 EUR/h Tue-Thu, 3.50 EUR/h Fri-Sun (max 10/14 EUR from 4h)
checked 2026-10-19
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Language cafés

Language cafés in Berlin

Talk, practise a language, go home early. Check the official page before you go.

Language café
Languages: de/en Meets in a pub or bar: soft drinks are fine

German-English Language Exchange Berlin (Tuesday, Kreuzberg)

Travolta Bar (group text); events of 27 Oct and 3 Nov listed as Kreuzberg with location visible to members only
Tuesday 19:00
checked 2026-10-19
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Sauna socials

Sauna socials in Berlin

Heat, cold plunge and tea. Alcohol-free is tagged where the page says so. Check the official page before you go.

Public sauna

Sauna Stadtbad Neukölln

Ganghoferstraße 3, 12043 Berlin
Winter 01.10.26-30.04.27: Mon 12:00-22:30 (women); Tue-Sun 10:00-22:30 (mixed)
EUR 20.00 (3h); EUR 23.00 day ticket; EUR 10 chip deposit
checked 2026-10-19
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Soft clubbing

Soft clubbing in Berlin

Dancing in daylight: coffee raves, ecstatic dance, zero-proof nights. Check the official page before you go.

Ecstatic dance
Alcohol-free (organiser says)

Ecstatic Dance Berlin (FMP1)

FMP1 — FMP1, Franz-Mehring-Platz 1, 10243 Berlin
twice a month Thu/Fri 18:30-22:30 · next: 2026-10-22
25 € / 20 € jobless/students
checked 2026-10-19
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Ecstatic dance
Alcohol-free (organiser says)

Sober Berlin - Ecstatic Dance & Cacao

La Caminada Tanzstudio — Boeckhstrasse 21, Berlin
weekly Sat 19:30-22:30 (until 26 Dec 2026 per Meetup) · next: 2026-10-24
€20
checked 2026-10-19
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Three phrases

What to say at the bar

Pubs and bars are still on the map; this is how to be at one and not drink. For more phrases for a specific evening, try First Phrases ↗.

ENESFRDEITPT
Something alcohol-free, please.Algo sin alcohol, por favor.Quelque chose sans alcool, s’il vous plaît.Etwas Alkoholfreies, bitte.Qualcosa di analcolico, per favore.Algo sem álcool, por favor.
I’m not drinking tonight, but I’m in.Esta noche no bebo, pero me apunto.Ce soir je ne bois pas, mais je suis partant(e).Ich trinke heute nichts, bin aber dabei.Stasera non bevo, ma ci sono.Hoje não bebo, mas alinho.
Do you have anything without alcohol?¿Tenéis algo sin alcohol?Vous avez des boissons sans alcool ?Habt ihr etwas ohne Alkohol?Avete qualcosa di analcolico?Têm algo sem álcool?

How it works

A month of evenings out in Berlin: how it works

  1. Pick one regular thing a week, such as a run club on Wednesday or a game night on Friday. A fixed slot is easier to keep than a plan.
  2. Open the official page and check the date, time and price; January schedules shift after the holidays.
  3. Open Meet & Mint to see who else is going and say hi in the event chat. Many of the events on our sites are also in the app.
  4. Order what you like. Use the phrases above if it helps; nobody at a quiz or a run-club coffee is counting.

Questions people ask

Where can I go in Berlin in January without drinking?

We list 28 options in Berlin: run clubs, game nights, chess and quizzes, language cafés, sauna socials, soft clubbing. Each is from a page we checked, with the date we checked it.

Are there alcohol-free events in Berlin?

2 listings in Berlin carry an alcohol-free or alcohol-optional tag taken from the organiser’s page. Where there is no tag, the page does not say.

Do you hide bars and pubs?

No. This section only highlights alcohol-free and alcohol-optional options. Bars and pubs stay in every other listing on Come Alone.

How current is the Berlin list?

Each card shows the date we checked it; library and book-club events come from the feed for 1–31 January 2027 and fill in 2–6 weeks ahead. Always confirm on the official page.

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