Spreebären?
The "Spreebären" (Spree Bears) were founded in April 1999.
We are a social group for bearded, hairy men and their admirers.

What is a bear?
A beard, a hairy and maybe big body are the characteristics of the outward appearance of a bear. But this alone does not make a bear, and not all of the Spreebären are looking "bearish". But all men who join our meetings share an interest in men who are bearded/hairy and wish the company of men who have kept their naturalness.
Much more important is the "inner bear", who stands for open friendliness, acceptance, tolerance and comradeship. This creates the "bearish feeling" for each other.

Just another association?
No! The Spreebären are a private social group. We are no registered association and we don't want to be one.
We don't offer memberships. Every bear or bearlover may come along and join us. As there are no members there are no membership subscriptions either so that our activities are financed by voluntary donations.

Is it again all about sex?
No! First of all the Spreebären want to arrange social meetings and contact between like minded men and to create an atmosphere where you can feel comfortable.
Berlin offers so many events which are only about sexual contacts so that we think that it's not our task to organize events of that kind, too. But of course we don't have anything against sex.

What do the Spreebären do?
The Spreebären have more than the weekly meeting in our favourite bar. We organize grill parties and weekend trips, we participate in the Christopher Street Day Berlin and celebrate christmas together.
We also cultivate the contacts with other bear groups, not only by visiting them in other cities, but especially by our events at Easter in Berlin.
In September 2001 the Spreebären organized their first bear meeting in Berlin: "Bearversions 2001". Since 2002 our bear meeting "BEAROPOLIS" is presented in September. Since 2005 we invite all bears and friends to our bear meeting "BEARVERSIONS" which takes place over Easter.
Take a look at the Photos of our events.

Meet us
The Spreebären meet every Thursday starting at 8 pm at the bar "MAXXX". See Events.
All bears and bear lovers are welcome!