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German Events at Das Zentrum and in the Canberra Region.

Concerts, exhibitions, social gatherings - Find out what German events are happening in Canberra and beyond! Join us for Das Zentrum events such as Kaffeeklatsch or Buchklub, and learn about German music events or movie screenings. Hope to see you soon!

Latest News

For more news check out our Blog.

A list of upcoming events can be found on our “What’s On” page.

Deutscher Buchklub Treffen

Bald ist es wieder soweit! Der deutsche Buchklub trifft sich am Montagabend, 1. September, im Zentrum. Diesen Monat diskutieren wir “Das...

Kaffeeklatsch 30 August at 1:30pm

Join us for Kaffee und Kuchen (coffee and cake) and a nice chat in German at Das Zentrum on Saturday 30 August at 1pm!

Der Rosenkavalier - 23-31 August in Canberra

The Street Theatre presents Richard Strauss' Opera "Der Rosenkavalier" this August.

Visit the famous Berggruen Collection with Das Zentrum - 17 August 2025

On 17 August 2025, Das Zentrum will visit the NGA to see the Cézanne to Giacometti: Highlights from Museum Berggruen / Neue...

WHO WE ARE

Das Zentrum, the Australian-German Institute Inc., is a non-profit community organisation incorporated under the Australian Capital Territory Associations Incorporation Act.

Das Zentrum was founded in 1997 following the Goethe Institute’s withdrawal from Canberra.

Since its opening, Das Zentrum has continued to add to the unique collection of German language material donated by the Goethe Institute and to make it available to our members and to the general public.

What We Do

We bring together the German speaking community in Canberra

Language Classes

Learn and Speak German with us!

We offer adult language classes with qualified teachers in a friendly environment.

Our Library

Check out our extensive German language library with German books and magazines, German language learning resources, audio-visual media and more.

Join in with our Events

We offer a range of events throughout the year, from German movie screenings to board game nights, Stammtisch gatherings, stalls at the German markets and more!

Membership Benefits

Your membership supports our organisation and allows us to bring our community together. Membership is required to join our classes. We offer a range of membership plans. Join us and be part of our community!

Become a Member and enjoy the benefits!

Get to know other German speakers and people interested in Germany. Join in with our events - we offer film evenings, game nights, trivia nights, a stall at the German markets, and so much more!
Members can borrow from our fantastic library and receive discounts to some of our events. For insurance reasons, you need to be a member to join our language classes.

Read Our Magazine "Der Federkiel"

We publish a regular magazine "Der Federkiel". Enjoy the stories and histories of members of our local German speaking community!

Federkiel Download

Join Our Language Courses

Our Language Courses for adults are open to members of Das Zentrum. You must be or become a member to be able to join a class.

Our classes are run by qualified and experienced language teachers and focus on language skills, communication and culture.

We keep class sizes small (between 10 and 16 students) which gives everyone plenty of opportunity to actively participate. Classes are held in our library in Das Zentrum, Griffin Centre, Genge Street, Canberra. Our language classes are a lot of fun - why not join us?

Check out our current classes

Volunteers needed!

Would you like to be actively involved in our community? We are looking for volunteers to join our community and help us with running our centre, organise our library and deliver events.

We are also looking for qualified German teachers to join our language team for language classes or to support our conversation group.

Interested? Please send us a short message with the form below and we will be in touch!

CONTACT US

Das Zentrum, Griffin Centre, Canberra

Level 1 Room 1.03

20 Genge Street

Canberra ACT 2600