The 40th International Annual Meeting of the SL-Club Pagode e.V. will take place in 2020 in the 2-city state of Bremen and Bremerhaven. If you like, you can come to Bremen on Thursday, August 20, 2020, where we will be staying at a central location in Bremen.
You can also download the following program as a PDF file for printing (German).
The start of the 40th International Annual Meeting will take place in Bremen old town area), Bremen's so-called good parlour. We will spend the night in the ATLANTIC Grand Hotel Bremen (old town location), directly in the centre of Bremen and only 100 meters away from the Weser. This is also where the Alexander von Humboldt (the Beck's ship with the green sails) has its berth. In the evening we meet for a dinner at the "Club zu Bremen" in the historic "Haus Schütting", directly at the market place. After dinner we take a cultural walk through the nightly city of Bremen (city tour of approx. 1.5 hours duration).
For Friday, 21 August, we have prepared the following pre-programmes:
Bremen is the birthplace of Borgward and the legendary Isabella, whose era unfortunately came to an end at the beginning of the 60s. Since then Mercedes-Benz has established itself in Bremen as a successful successor, whose car production in Bremen began with the T-Model W 123. In 1989 the production of the R 129 started, the last full convertible of Mercedes-Benz and in 2014 the Mercedes-Benz plant Bremen celebrated 25 years of SL-Roadster production, which still exists today and hopefully for a long time to come.
The Weserstadion can also be visited (stadium tour). Take a look at the Weserstadion and behind the scenes of Werder Bremen.
If you don't have to drive a car, you have the alternative of covering the distance from Bremen to Bremerhaven with an excursion boat, enjoying the amenities of a river cruise and letting the beauty of the landscape slip past you.
At 12:30pm we start from the parking lot of the Mercedes-Benz factory to the 20th "Sail" to Bremerhaven. The Bremen police will escort us with a Borgward "Isabella" directly to our hotel ship "MS ASTOR".
All those who do not take part in the pre-programme can arrange the morning themselves and, for example, make visits and sightseeing. At 12:30pm they can join the other participants either at the Mercedes Benz plant or at the "Fahrwiese" car park on the A 27 from Bremen to Bremerhaven (after exit 18 "Bremen-Überseestadt"). This is recommended, because Friday will be a strong arrival day for the "Sail".
Bremerhaven is regarded as a seaside town on the North Sea and lies at the estuaries of the Weser and Geeste rivers. Bremerhaven and Fisch used to belong together. In the course of time, however, changes have not stopped at Bremerhaven. Today Bremerhaven can boast the largest connected container transshipment facility in Europe and is the world's largest transshipment centre for automobiles. But Bremerhaven has even more to offer, including the German Emigration Centre, the Klimahaus, the "Zoo by the Sea" and much more.
Almost at the same time as our 40th annual meeting the "Sail" takes place in Bremerhaven. The "Sail" is an international sailboat parade, which takes place every five years since 1986 as a recurring big event and attracts many visitors from near and far. This is a first-rate highlight. Therefore we will also organize the annual meeting maritime by booking the cruise ship "MS ASTOR" instead of a hotel, which will be located at the cruise terminal in Bremerhaven.
The check-in on the "MS ASTOR" is possible from 3:00pm.
On the ship we will be accommodated and catered for cruise-wise. We are offered up to seven meals. On both evenings the meal takes place at 6:30pm. Afterwards we continue in the ASTOR Lounge with show, dance, music and entertainment. Through our beverage package we get coffee, cocktails and other drinks all day long.
We have reserved staterooms on the Atlantic and Baltic decks. Please book your cabin directly with TransOcean Cruises. Cabin prices and other details can be found below.
From 10:00am on Friday our parking lot at the Crusader Terminal is open. We expect the guests who arrive there on their own to the ice cream/champagne reception, on the parking deck to park their pagodas.
If you like, you can go for a ride with the pagodas along the Weser and Elbe estuaries, through the Wurster Land and through the Cuxhavener Küstenheide to Cuxhaven on Saturday, 22.08.2020 (food and drinks are free) or personally do something else (e.g. visit the "Sail").
As an alternative to the exit to Cuxhaven, you can also do this:
In the evening the gala dinner will take place on the ship at 6:30pm, which will be finished in time before the big fireworks of the "Sail" and which can be watched from the ship. Next to the fireworks there will be a laser show.
Check-out and farewell by 12:00pm.
Sailing trip from 11:00am to 3:00pm, from 65.00 € per person (registration required immediately, almost fully booked!)
Visit of the "Sail" | open Ship
... and bye, we are looking forward to your coming and wish all participants a pleasant journey to Fishtown.
Your Regional Club Bremen
| 1 | 4-Bed Inside Cabin, Atlantic Deck | 329 € |
| 2 | 4-Bed Outside Cabin, Baltic Deck | 419 € |
| 3 | 2-Bed Inside Cabin, Baltic/Atlantic Deck | 439 € |
| 4 | 2-Bed Outside Cabin, Baltic/Atlantic Deck | 659 € |
| 6 | Inside Suite, Boots/Atlantic Deck | 719 € |
| 7 | Outside Suite, Atlantic Deck | 959 € |
Atlantic and Baltic Deck are reserved for us at the above savings price.
All prices per person for 2 nights, plus 54 € beverage package.
Please reserve your cabin on the MS Astor in Bremerhaven directly at the shipping company:
TrancOcean Kreuzfahrten
Mr. Ohrt
phone: +49 69 800 871 613
mail: Fohrt@transocean.de
booking term: Pagode
travel: AO 13
deadline: December 31, 2019