From the owner: Wir sind Club, Kneipe, Veranstaltungsort, Biergarten und Kulturkeller. Wir haben Billard, Kicker,…read moreDarts und Tischtennis. Und täglich außer Sonntags geöffnet. Im Sommer für den Biergarten ab 18:00. Der Ulenspiegel besteht aus einem großen, wunderschönen Biergarten und zwei (eigentlich drei) Gebäuden: Dem Club-Keller, in dem getanzt und Party gemacht werden kann und in dem Kultur-Events jeder Art statt finden. Und der Kneipe (no. 53).

I was a american depentant living in Giessen from July 73 to 75 .We hung out here almost…read moreeveryweekend, it was a great place to party,great setting.I was down there the night the police ( american and german ) gave everybody a ride to the station,that was kind of scary.i will always remenber this place and the many German friends we had thieir. Hope to visit next year. oh yeah my name is George Grinstead

Absolutely Scarabee gets the highest rating from me. My sister and I visited our grandmother in…read moreGiessen for a month or more every year in the 70s and 80s and went to Scarabee all the time There was no bar like this in America that we knew about. Scarabee was always totally laid-back and cool and dark and had such a cool vibe. I have so many memories from being there and we met so many people there. I will never forget scarabee and how it looked and how the manager looked and so many of the friends that I met there. Every year we would go back to Giessen and I was always worried that scarabee wouldn't be the same -that perhaps it had closed or changed but every single year it was unchanged and fantastic. We stopped visiting Giessen in the 80s so I haven't been to Scarabee since but it was a big and awesome part of my Giessen experience.

A typical german punk-rock dive-bar. It's pretty much about Football (Soccer) down there, for the…read moreowner important games can be watched on TV. (Mainly underdog-clubs of 2nd and 3rd league, Hamburg's St. Pauli as well) Check out the "Baguettes" they serve - delicious and cheap. Draft beer definitely recommendable too. Guest and staff are straight anti-fascist and wont tolerate any stupid discriminatory talk & behaviour.

I used Sowieso, in the Summer of 1991, I was working on the building site opposite (Shops and flats…read more) and living in a Wohncontaner on the job. We used to go there in the evening and drink the "wheat beer" and play chess. I remember the barmaid as very friendly.

My first meal in Germany, April 1981. Loved the mixed salads! The view was spectacular!! Ate…read morethere on special occasions.

Best place for pastry in Giessen. You can enjoy amazing cakes with a great view of the town. I was…read morehere many, many times and would always come back.