Dry January · Rouen
8 listings in Rouen where the evening is about something other than the drink: library and book-club events. Pubs and bars stay listed everywhere else on the site.
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
A suggestion, not a schedule: the first listing of each kind below. Check the official page for the January dates.
Libraries and book clubs, January 2027
Dated events from the feed, 1–31 January 2027. Check the official page before you go.
Learners of French meet at the Madeleine-Riffaud library to chat over tea or coffee, and every level is welcome. The session is free but registration is requested. Everyone is there to practise talking, so newcomers fit straight in.
On Tuesday 5 January the Parment library in Rouen runs a session in its Déclics series about digital culture, this time on hacking as shown in films, series and books. The talk looks at how fiction often bends real events to serve a story, creating an image of computer piracy that can be far from reality. Through these portrayals the organisers want to show what hacking really is, how society sees it and what it says about our relationship with technology. Admission is free, with registration through the library's page. The session is in French. It starts at 14:00 and ends at 15:30, an accessible afternoon discussion for anyone curious about cinema and technology, whether you come alone or with friends. «Déclics - Hacking au cinéma» Starts 14:00, ends about 15:30. Source: OpenAgenda — Rouen Bibliothèques (open data).
On Thursday 7 January at 10:00 the Parment library in Rouen, on allée Eugène Delacroix, holds one of its conversation workshops in French. The invitation is aimed at people who are learning the language: if you are learning French, this meeting is for you. The idea is simply to come and talk over a tea or a coffee, and the listing stresses that all levels are welcome, so a complete beginner can sit next to someone who is nearly fluent. The workshop is free, but it is held on registration, and the Rouen libraries' agenda page has the booking link. The session is in French, and it runs from 10:00 to 11:00. A conversation circle with a hot drink is a low-pressure way to practise and to meet other newcomers and locals, and since everybody is there to talk, arriving alone is the normal way to join. It also fits a dry-January morning. «Ateliers de conversation en français» Starts 10:00, ends about 11:00. Source: OpenAgenda — Rouen Bibliothèques (open data).
The Simone de Beauvoir library screens a short bilingual documentary about four Montreal dancer-choreographers facing how time changes their bodies, followed by a conversation about dance. It is free with registration. A talk after a film gives you something to share with the people sitting next to you.
Learn to add to Wikipedia in a hands-on library workshop, writing about your neighbourhood or about artists whose works are held in the city's heritage collections. It is free, with registration. Editing alongside others at the same task makes it easy to get talking.
A cabaret of humour, poetry and tenderness built on the famous songs of Bourvil, the much-loved Norman singer. Amélie Affagard and the Chorale Ephémère sing, backed by violins, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, electric guitar and keyboard, with instrumental surprises between the songs. A slow, gentle Saturday-evening hour in a neighbourhood library. Free, registration through the libraries' agenda. «Bourvil Cabaret» Starts 17:00, ends about 18:15. Source: OpenAgenda — Rouen Bibliothèques (open data).
On Friday 22 January at 14:00 the Madeleine-Riffaud library in Rouen holds a French and crochet workshop. It is aimed at people who are learning French but do not feel at home in the usual conversation workshops, with the idea that talking is easier when your hands are busy. The library supplies crochet hooks, wool and coffee, and every level is welcome, so beginners in either French or crochet can take part. Entry is free but registration is required through the library's agenda page, and the listing is in French. The session starts at 14:00 and ends at about 15:00, a relaxed hour for meeting new people over a shared craft. «Atelier français et crochet» Starts 14:00, ends about 15:00. Source: OpenAgenda — Rouen Bibliothèques (open data).
The city libraries' reading club meets on a Saturday morning to swap favourites and critiques around a theme, and January's theme is birds in literature. Bring a book you loved or simply come to listen. It is free with registration, and a themed swap is an easy way to talk with strangers.
Three phrases
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 ↗.
| EN | ES | FR | DE | IT | PT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
We list 8 options in Rouen: library and book-club events. Each is from a page we checked, with the date we checked it.
No listing in Rouen carries an alcohol tag from the organiser, but the formats here are about the activity, not the drink. Where there is no tag, the page does not say.
No. This section only highlights alcohol-free and alcohol-optional options. Bars and pubs stay in every other listing on Come Alone.
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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