❤️ Connection Space - come and simply meet friends 🙂

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• Testimonials (see "photos" section)
  "The best event I know on Meetup to connect to new friends."
  "Had a great time!"
  "Mega schön."
  "Genial! Todo excelente, súper organizado.. mucha gente. Buen ambiente." "Great! Everything excellent, super organized... lots of people. Great atmosphere'

ABOUT US:
Why? offline meaningful connections! Have fun meeting new friends & existing friends thus building your community. Its scientifically proven that offline human connections make us happy and healthy (more on this below)

Where? beautiful industrial location 10"walk from Zürich HB (see PHOTOS). We reserved 100% of the space so everyone will be from our community!

What & How?
Disconnect your phone & Connect with people in a free and super-fun event! These recurring events create a "fixed" community without any specific reasons for connection (like interests, genders, age or countries). Everyone is welcome! The event is that simple😀
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Our events feel like a mini-festival as we got a thing for everyone to try!
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• NEW BIG central location with free entry at ART Exhibition until 21:30 !
• 🥇 New comer area for first-time-atendees with ice-breaker questions (optional area, in case you want to talk to first-time attendees)
• 👭 At 19:45 FREE Speed-friending in a separate private room. Guaranteed to meet many people. Simply spent a few minutes talking to one person, and then rotate to a new person. Moderator included :)
• 🎸 At 20:45 amazing LIVE music jam (in a separate private room) thus building community! Feel free to join and play too. Seasoned performers will have access to free drinks
• 🃏 fun social games (read game names below)
• 👬 or simply hang-out and meet new & old friends without a process
• 🎲 Mindful Connection Games from The School of Life with games and questions that go deeper in connection (game names below). Grab a game and start playing.

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IMPORTANT:

• Why so many options above for connection? We always have: a first-timer area, Fun social games, Mindful games, ice-breaker questions or simply just talk freely to anyone. Often we add: Speed-friending and a Music jam. We believe you are unique and each of us prefers different ways of connection. Also we want to provide an opportunity for everyone to try something new
• Easy and "Safe": We have the whole location reserved for us so its safe to open up and meet new friends (unlike bars in Zürich where people find it strange if strangers talk to them). Christos and volunteers will also help with connection. Read more info below.
• Christos (see PHOTO) and our co-organisers will be wearing name budges and will aim to welcome everyone.
• Thank YOU for being so open in meeting new people and making 50+ events with 7500+ attendees in 2.5+ years happen!
• more info via our LINKS
• Yes YOU are good & courageous for looking for new fun connections!
• 95% of people come solo - you can too❤️
• Everyone is in same situation and you ll be surprised how friendly people are ❤️
• Come early though later also ok as many people there until 00:00
• It works! We heard of many new friendships, living together and even getting a new job
• For volunteering for free please msg Christos 0768175380. We can provide free drinks for your service

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TIPS on HOW TO CONNECT:

• Look out for a good smile/vibe in a person/group of 2-3 people and say "Hi my name is xxx, can I join?".
• Try something different (person, game, table, activity) often until you find fun quality connection
• Ask Support: we understand going out to meet friends can be a stretch. We make this easy with a fun and safe event. Also you can ask for help from our clearly communicated (see photos of this event) "People Connectors" who can help you discreetly to connect with others
• Invest time(not quickly just come by) as friendships are an investment
• Come back: big turnaround, people come randomly at each event, so you never know who you ll meet

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ABOUT US: (in detail)
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WHY Connection Space?

• ... we ❤️ uniting people while having fun! We make the world better by enabling fun quality offline connections & building community!
• ... we truly believe Human Connections is what we truly deeply crave for and what we truly need so we can be happy and healthy! This is proven by data in ANCIENT HISTORY, in MODERN HISTORY and also scientifically proven by HARVARD in an 87 year old study. Yes this is what you really need - the other things are not as important as society tells you.

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• WHAT is Connection Space?

Imagine a co-working space where everyone is with headphones, laptops, mostly being 'alone' all day ...
or a cafe/restaurant/bar where pretty much all people talk to people they already know..
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The "Connection Space" is exactly the opposite of that; its a fun social environment outside family and work, a cultural exchange, where we unite and hangout with new and old friends as one community.
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Thats it.
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No to phones, laptops, zoom-calls, books
No to a specific reason to get together (eg. only for specific hobbies, genders, age groups, languages etc)
No to just talking to your friends
Not a dating, not a party, not an expat-only meetup
NO to division (political racial gender etc)
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Yes to simple and real in-person connection with new and old friends
YES TO FUN! We got many optional activities for you to try out
Yes to feeling like home & come as you are
Yes to unity, love and respect for one another
Yes to eating, drinking and music
Yes to everyone-is-welcome & always-free events
YES to UNITY! Getting along with each other in spite of different opinions
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Our events are inspired by the Greek village culture of "Καφενείο" (village coffeeshops) with photos HERE. When myself Christos was a kid, my granddad took me to these "Καφενείο". Every neighbourhood had one, and people met, without an exaggeration, on a daily-basis. It was the community center of the village. People met new and old friends, played games, socialised, ate snacks, drank coffee and ouzo. It was a very friendly, welcoming and homey environment. Unfortunately this concept is rapidly dying in Greece. As a kid I had extremely good memories of these coffeeshops, and for this reason I am passionate to revive and recreate this environment and also add a modern twist. Hope you enjoy it!
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• WHAT is NOT Connection Space? NOT a drinks or party event (responsible drinking only, no shots, no free drinks). NOT a dating event. NOT foreigners-only, but everyone is welcome
• What KIND of event is this? Its a mix of social and cultural event that build community. We have many people from so many different cultures socialising, we promote culture with events with Art exhibitions and Live Music and we also revive the social culture of the Greek traditional village coffeeshop (Καφενείο - read more above).
• WHO? Wir wollen gerne mehr Schweizer/innen dabei haben! Alle sind willkommen und die meisten können Deutsch sprechen. Not an expat event. Everyone welcome!
• Mindful Connection Games: from The School of Life available: Confessions Game, The Friendship Game, Connection Game, The Loser Game, Games for grown-ups and three sets of "100 questions" (Conversation Toolkit & Careers & Relationships)
• Fun Social Games: bring your own board/card games or choose from: Cards against humanity, Exploding Kittens, Codenames, Debatable, Sotally Tober, Taboo, Mafia, Uno, Monopoly and more.

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Looking forward to fun quality Connections! 🙂