Plenary Room

Beside the ground floor, we also provide a big room with projector and table tennis in the cellar and the Movement Room in the 1st floor. This space is wheelchair accessible through outside ramp.

Cooking & Self-Catering

From the kitchen you have access to the wooden terrace which is ideal for meeting and eating. Infront of it, there is a parkwith big trees, a campfire place and playground stuff for smaller children. The forest is 5min walk from here. 

Wheelchair Accessibility

We have 1 outside ramp that goes to the maindoor of the Seminarhouse, 1 outside ramp that goes down to the big room in the cellar, to access the Aula in the 1st floor we have a lift.

Surroundings

Arruda is surrounded by nature which means that the soundscape is calm. 

Practical Information about the area

The next supermarket are in:
• Bad Freienwalde (7km) – Kaufland, Aldi, Netto, Rossmann
• Eberswalde (12km) – organic store, DM, Rewe, Lidl, Rossmann,..
• Falkenberg (2,5km) – has a very small Lotto with post service + tabacco
• Dannenberg (2km) – Biohof with regional products (fresh cow milk,bread, eggs, different kind of meat)

Lake
The Gamensee is 3km away on the road direction South West (Dannenberg), or a walk/cycle through the forest (see map).

Trains and Buses
NEB Trains go from „Falkenberg/Mark“ (which is 3km away and a 30-40 minutes walk). The road is quite narrow and there are barking dogs. If possible, stay on the right side so car drivers can see you easily.

Payment from the heart

Dear guests,
we changed our payment structure from slidingscale to ”payment from the heart”. First, decide if you want to spend time at our place. And then let yourself feel the possibilities of the space – accessibility, community supported, just to name some … Sounds good? Take time to both, think about the reality of your financial situation and to sense into your heart what number feels right. Then make a decision of how much you are willing to pay. We trust what you come up with!

Something to consider, while deciding on the price:

It’s important for us to be honest with you, and not pretend that Arruda doesn’t have needs. Based on that we decided to set the minimum contribution per night to 20 € per person. Our goal is to make Arruda a sustainable place and for this a fair price is 35€ per night. That will cover the costs we already had and will have while taking care of the space. Besides running costs for water, heating, electricity and paying back loans. We also have costs for the maintenance of the building and outside area and to continue making Arruda more accessible for wheelchair users and other body realities, over time.
Also in the long run we will be able to give some money to ourselves and stop self-exploitation.
35 € / night will allow others to pay less and create a better financial situation for our collective to run a self-organized & anti-discriminatory Seminar House.

Kids until 3 years: free
Until 14 years: 10 – 17.50€
From 14 years on + adults: 20 – 35€ cover the costs for water, gas, electricity, heating and maintenance for one person and night.
Seminarhouse: 40 – 80€ per group per day
Camping: 10€ per person and night(with the possibility to use the inside installations of Seminar House)

Optional bookings:
Movementroom: 60 – 100€ per group per day
Mufuroom: 50 – 100€ per group per day

Extras:
Bed sheets: 5€ per set(sheets, blanket & pillow cover), a single piece costs 2€ each

We want to enable everyone to visit Arruda regardless of financial privileges or resources. Therefore, we encourage individuals and groups who have easier access to financial resources to pay more than 20 euros. By doing so, you enable individuals and groups with smaller wallets to pay less.

However, this flexible funding system only works if we receive enough donations and enough users* pay soli prices when they can. This concept builds on the will to take responsibility as community care. Thus, at least on this level, we escape the capitalist logic of exploitation and try to decouple the good or service from its market value. 

Cleaning:

We ask everyone to be aware of it

We are a non-profit association/project and a self-organized seminar house group without a cleaning service. Therefore each group has to clean properly after their stay- the standard is to keep the space as clean as it was when you arrived.

In case, we need to clean after your leave, we will charge a fee of 40€ per hour.

That is not ideal for us, because we have low time capacity, and also it is not our idea of self organized spaces. Do it yourself 😉

Feedback & Suggestions

We are in an ongoing process to improve our space regarding accessibility in any way.

We are open and thankful for any kind of suggestions, feedbacks and questions. 

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