Immediate help is needed in serious emotional emergencies.
In case of acute danger or if immediate action is required:
Police service: Telephone number 110
Fire brigade / emergency rescue service: Telephone number 112
In emergency situations where people require immediate psychological or psychiatric help, the following institutions can also be contacted:
Social psychiatric service Bremen Mo - Fri. 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. - depending on the reporting address:
Center 0421 - 800 58 210
South 0421 - 222 13 10
West 0421 - 222 14 10
East 0421 - 408 18 50
North 0421 - 66 06 12 34
Overview of Social Psychiatric Services in Bremen (in German).
Crisis Intervention Service: 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. and on weekends/holidays from 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
0421 - 800 582 33
Psychiatric Clinic Bremen-East / Clarification Emergency Department
0421 - 408-0 (central office)
Hospital for psychiatric crisis Bremen-Ost
24 hours, Address: Züricher Straße 40, 28325 Bremen
Telefonseelsorge/International Helplines
0800 - 11 101 11
24 hours, free of charge, also from mobile phone
Online platform (emails or chat) available in English to share troubles and worries. Anonymous. For registration (in German only) use QR code. For more information see: https://www.telefonseelsorge.de/telefon/
Crises Telephone ("Nachtwerk"): Mo-Fr 9 p.m. to 8.30 a.m on weekends/holiday from 5 p.m. to 8.30 a.m.
0421 - 95 700 310
No guarantee that English will be spoken.
Medical on-call service: Mo-Fr 7 p.m. to 7.am (Wed. from 3 p.m. to 7 a.m), weekends/holidays 24 hours
Bremen-Stadt, Bremen-Nord, Bremerhaven:
116 117
Address: St. Joseph-Stift, Schwachhauser Heerstraße 54, 28209 Bremen (access via Schubertstraße)
If you suffer from urgent health problems in any medical field and the general practitioner’s practice is closed. Phone announcement in German only.
For further information on German healthcare and Bremen healtcare institutions see also: