When Renate Bergmann takes the stage, there won't be a dry eye in the house: Get ready for a wonderfully offbeat reading featuring Germany's most famous online grandma and her creator, Torsten Rohde.
Renate Bergmann “But Please, With Cream!” – The Online Granny is Making Waves at
Author Reading with Torsten Rohde
May 15, 2027 | 7:30 p.m.
Haus des Gastes in Graal-Müritz
With Renate Bergmann, there’s no time for small talk—it’s time to get things done. The old village tavern in Spreeweide isn’t getting enough customers. The former bridal school was affectionately called the “Kuppelkrug.” What times those were, before “Ossiporose,” when she and Ilse used to cut a fine figure on the dance floor in their dance class. Something has to be done about this! What if the mayor’s daughter, Brummer, moved her café—which is too small—there? Then everyone in Spreeweide could enjoy some delicious pastries, with plenty of room even for walkers and the like. The “Online Granny” is taking on the challenge: with a woman’s homemade waffles and hand-brewed coffee beans.
Renate Bergmann
“Germany’s most famous Twitter Granny” (Bild) has diabetes and “Ossiporose,” sleeps under an electric blanket, and says she “didn’t survive the war to now eat soy-based meat substitutes”: Renate Bergmann, 82, from Berlin, is a fictional character created by author Torsten Rohde. The first book, “I’m Not Sweet, I Just Have Sugar,” was published in 2014. That bestseller has since been followed by over twenty more, equally successful books. Every day, more than 100,000 fans follow Renate Bergmann’s adventures on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, and tens of thousands have already attended her book readings.
Torsten Rohde
Born in 1974, he studied business administration in Brandenburg/Havel and worked as a controller. The idea came to him at family gatherings: to post the nuggets of wisdom he’d overheard from elderly ladies on a social media account. This led to his first book in 2014, which has since been followed by well over twenty more. “From accountant to author”—his @RenateBergmann account became an internet phenomenon, and his books under this name spent several months on the bestseller lists. Torsten Rohde lives in Berlin.
Admission price for residents of the Baltic health spa town of Graal-Müritz and guest card holders: €16 per person
Note: Persons who are neither residents of the Baltic health spa town of Graal-Müritz nor holders of a guest card are required to pay a daily spa tax in addition to the admission fee.
Tickets are available in advance at the Haus des Gastes Graal-Müritz (Rostocker Str. 3, 18181 Graal-Müritz) or at the information desk by the pier, as well as at the box office—while supplies last!
Online ticket shop: https://www.eventim-light.com/de/a/60f2af98fd5c7b2524ae5155/e/6a9d6d62de97322707c0a901
Available at the eventim-light ticket shop | Admission price: €17.55 per person (including ticket fee)
Tickets available on eventim.de and at all major ticket outlets: €19.15 per person (includes ticket and booking fees)
Organizer: Tourismus- und Kur GmbH Graal-Müritz, Rostocker Str. 3, 18181 Graal-Müritz | Tel.: 038206 7030 | events.graal-mueritz.de
Portrait photo: Dagmar Morath | Book cover: Rowohlt Verlag (Torsten Rohde – courtesy of the publisher)
