Angermünde - Guide for Gays, Lesbians and Queers

Angermünde has no queer bars, cafés, clubs or saunas. The small town in the Uckermark district has around fourteen thousand inhabitants, and no local scene with regular meeting places has developed here. Anyone looking for a gay bar or a sauna with a queer crowd needs to travel to a larger city.

Queer life in Angermünde becomes visible above all at its Pride march. The town has its own Pride, a demonstration through the streets that has opened the Pride season in Brandenburg. The organizers see it as a sign that Pride does not only take place in big cities. If you want to get in touch with queer people in the area, the organizers' social media channels are the best starting point. That is where the date and other gatherings are announced.

Angermünde is one of a number of small towns in Brandenburg that have gained their own Pride march, alongside Eberswalde, Ludwigsfelde and Neuruppin. This shows that queer people outside the big cities come together and organize, even without permanent venues.

The location makes trips easy. Angermünde station is one of the most important rail junctions in north-eastern Brandenburg, with lines toward Stralsund and Schwedt. That makes it simple to plan an outing to a larger city with a queer scene.

Visitors to Angermünde mainly find a quiet town with an old town centre, a market square and lakes on its edge, set in the open landscape of the Uckermark. For queer travellers it is more a place for nature and rest than for nightlife, and on Pride day a place to meet the small community of the region.