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🖖 Retro • Sci-Fi • Birthday Mission

Level 40!

Between 80s/90s nostalgia, computer geek vibes and Starfleet energy: Here you'll find all the info about the party, location, accommodation, registration, what to bring and everything else this mission needs.

When
12 December 2026
From 6 p.m.
Where
Volkshaus Dresden
Format
Potluck party

Party info

🚀 General

Landed in Leipzig in 1986 amid Rubik's cubes, cassette recorders and home computers. Kindergarten at the fall of the Berlin Wall, A-levels after 9/11 – grew up with tape salad, floppy disks and 56k modems. While others were playing outside, I was reinstalling Windows 95. Level 40 will be unlocked in 2026! Mode: Bring-your-own party. So, activate warp drive and join the celebration: "To boldly go into my 40s!"

🎶 Sound & vibe

We're going to play through four whole decades. We'll start with a boombox that you can load up with cassettes and CDs until the DJ takes over.

Pack your bags: CDs & cassettes with music from the last 40 years are expressly desired.

Features

Music-Station Selfie-Box Roof top terrace Bring a friend
Bring a friend

Location

📍 Venue

Volkshaus Dresden
Schützenplatz 14, 01067 Dresden

  • Admission from 6 p.m.
  • Parking "Parkhaus Mitte" or directly on Schützenplatz
  • S-Bahn / RB / RE to Dresden Bahnhof Mitte station
  • Tram 1, 2, 10, 41
  • Bus 68
Tram Parking
Ticket area

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Registration

📝 RSVP

Please RSVP using Apple Invitations. You do not need an Apple account to register. Please also include your +1.

Please RSVP if...

  • you need a place to sleep.
  • you can offer a place to sleep.
  • you want to help with the preparations.
  • you have any questions.

What’s available on site?

✅ Already there

  • BBQ grill, weather permitting
  • Portable hot plates, large cooking pots, catering food warmers
  • Patio heaters
  • Plates and cutlery
  • Glasses
  • Refrigeration / cool storage
  • Coffee and coffee machine

🍕 Feel free to bring

  • Salads and side dishes
  • Cake and sweets
  • Bread, baguette and snacks
  • BBQ food – or alternatives if it rains
  • Special drinks (gin, rum, mixers, etc.)
  • CDs and cassette tapes

Please add anything related to food and drinks to the bring-along list.

🛠️ Helping hands

There won’t be a full catering crew on site, obviously. So if you’d like to help with setup, the buffet, the BBQ, keeping things stocked or tidying up later: very welcome! Setup starts at around 4 pm.

What to bring

🍕 Potluck party

Soft drinks, beer, wine and sparkling wine have been ordered on a sale-or-return basis and are already on site. For anything else, just add it to the bring-along lists. I’ve already added a few basic items to get things started. Important: If you add something to a list, please make sure to enter your name. And once you’ve brought something, don’t forget to tick it off!

🎁 Gifts

No need for gifts. We have a shared mission: an incredibly beautiful birthday party! Since this will cost a few quid, I'd be grateful for any small donations from your wallets. As the replicators probably won't be delivered in time, cakes, snacks and food count as gifts. Take a look at the list of things to bring.

Money pool

💸 Collect

For the bigger things at the party! Activation will follow a few weeks before the party.

🔒 Note

Thank you! The money is for patio heaters, DJ fees and the bar.

Accommodation

It's Christmas market season in the city, so hotels and guesthouses are charging through the roof. I've secured a small number of rooms at nh Collections on a self-pay basis.

🛏 Hotel-Tipps

Aparthotel Mitte Schweriner Str. 52
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B&B HOTEL Dresden-Messe Weißeritzstraße 10
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Hotel Indigo Dresden Wettiner Platz 1
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Leonardo Hotel Dresden Altstadt Magdeburger Straße 1A
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Motel One Dresden am Zwinger Postplatz 5
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NH Collection Dresden Altmarkt (Special Birthday Rate) An der Kreuzkirche 2
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Penck Hotel Dresden Ostra-Allee 33
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Prize by Radisson Dresden Mitte Weißeritzstraße 54
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🕒 Departure

The Mitte train station is just around the corner. Trams run around the clock at night and DB local transport is also available. There is currently no Uber in Dresden.