diff --git a/src/components/nextTopic.js b/src/components/nextTopic.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d25cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/nextTopic.js
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+const TUESDAY = 2
+const THURSDAY = 4
+const WEEK = 7
+
+// for easier mocking in tests
+var today = new Date()
+
+export default () => {
+  // don't put the nextTopic date in the staticly generated html
+  // because it would be outdated rather quickly
+  const isSSR = typeof window === "undefined"
+  if (isSSR) {
+    testNextTopic()
+    return "unbekannt"
+  }
+
+  return formatDateInfo(getNextTopicDate())
+}
+
+// javascript dates are not nice
+
+function getNextTopicDate() {
+  // first thursday and third tuesday in month
+  const nextTopic = new Date(today)
+  nextTopic.setHours(0)
+  nextTopic.setMinutes(0)
+  nextTopic.setSeconds(0)
+  nextTopic.setMilliseconds(0)
+
+  // first thursday
+  if (calculatePriorWeekdays(THURSDAY) === 0) {
+    addDays(nextTopic, getDaysUntilNext(THURSDAY, nextTopic))
+    return nextTopic
+  }
+  // third tuesday
+  const priorTuesdays = calculatePriorWeekdays(TUESDAY)
+  if (priorTuesdays <= 2) {
+    addDays(nextTopic, getDaysUntilNext(TUESDAY, nextTopic))
+    addDays(nextTopic, WEEK * (2 - priorTuesdays))
+    return nextTopic
+  }
+  // first thursday next month
+  const currentMonth = today.getMonth()
+  addDays(nextTopic, getDaysUntilNext(THURSDAY, nextTopic))
+  while (nextTopic.getMonth() === currentMonth) {
+    addDays(nextTopic, WEEK)
+  }
+  return nextTopic
+}
+
+/**
+ * calculate how many of the given weekday this month already had.
+ * for example: how many tuesdays were in this month already
+ */
+function calculatePriorWeekdays(weekday) {
+  const testDate = new Date(today)
+  testDate.setDate(1)
+
+  var priorWeekdays = 0
+  while (testDate < today) {
+    if (testDate.getDay() === weekday) {
+      priorWeekdays++
+    }
+    testDate.setDate(testDate.getDate() + 1)
+  }
+
+  return priorWeekdays
+}
+
+/**
+ * how many days are there until the next <weekday> starting from <date>
+ */
+function getDaysUntilNext(weekday, date) {
+  return mod(weekday - date.getDay(), WEEK)
+}
+
+/**
+ * just the modulo function, but always return the positive result
+ */
+function mod(n, m) {
+  return ((n % m) + m) % m
+}
+
+/**
+ * add <days> days to the <date>
+ * but do it in a way that ignores daylight savings time
+ */
+function addDays(date, days) {
+  date.setDate(date.getDate() + days)
+  if (date.getHours() > 12) {
+    date.setDate(date.getDate() + 1)
+  } else if (date.getHours() !== 0) {
+    date.setDate(date.getDate() - 1)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * return a human readable representation of the date
+ */
+function formatDateInfo(date) {
+  const dayNames = {
+    "2": "Dienstag",
+    "4": "Donnerstag",
+  }
+
+  const dayName = dayNames[date.getDay()]
+  const isoDate = getISODateString(date)
+  const weeks = weeksBetween(today, date)
+
+  if (weeks === 0 && date.getDay() === today.getDay()) {
+    return `Heute, ${isoDate}`
+  } else if (weeks === 0) {
+    return `Diese Woche ${dayName}, ${isoDate}`
+  } else if (weeks === 1) {
+    return `Nächste Woche ${dayName}, ${isoDate}`
+  } else {
+    return `${dayName} in ${weeks} Wochen, ${isoDate}`
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * how many sunday to monday transitions are between the two daysTillTuesday
+ */
+function weeksBetween(date1, date2) {
+  const MILLISECONDS_IN_WEEK = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
+  var weeks = Math.floor((date2 - date1) / MILLISECONDS_IN_WEEK)
+  // if there is a sunday to monday transition between
+  if (mod(date1.getDay() - 1, WEEK) > mod(date2.getDay() - 1, WEEK)) {
+    weeks += 1
+  }
+  return weeks
+}
+
+function getISODateString(date) {
+  const year = date.getFullYear()
+  const month = date.getMonth() + 1
+  const day = date.getDate()
+  const monthPadded = (month < 10 ? "0" : "") + month
+  const dayPadded = (day < 10 ? "0" : "") + day
+  return `${year}-${monthPadded}-${dayPadded}`
+}
+
+// test, becuase this is complicated
+
+function testNextTopic() {
+  const topicsIn2020 = [
+    "2020-01-02",
+    "2020-01-21",
+    "2020-02-06",
+    "2020-02-18",
+    "2020-03-05",
+    "2020-03-17",
+    "2020-04-02",
+    "2020-04-21",
+    "2020-05-07",
+    "2020-05-19",
+    "2020-06-04",
+    "2020-06-16",
+    "2020-07-02",
+    "2020-07-21",
+    "2020-08-06",
+    "2020-08-18",
+    "2020-09-03",
+    "2020-09-15",
+    "2020-10-01",
+    "2020-10-20",
+    "2020-11-05",
+    "2020-11-17",
+    "2020-12-03",
+    "2020-12-15",
+  ]
+  today = new Date("2020-01-01")
+
+  for (const nextTopic of topicsIn2020) {
+    const result = getISODateString(getNextTopicDate())
+    console.assert(
+      result === nextTopic,
+      `starting at ${getISODateString(
+        today
+      )}: was ${result}, expected ${nextTopic}`
+    )
+    today = new Date(result)
+    today.setDate(today.getDate() + 1)
+  }
+
+  // reset to correct value
+  today = new Date()
+}
diff --git a/src/markdown-pages/events.mdx b/src/markdown-pages/events.mdx
index 9be7021..593ddbe 100644
--- a/src/markdown-pages/events.mdx
+++ b/src/markdown-pages/events.mdx
@@ -3,5 +3,8 @@ path: "/events"
 title: "events"
 edit: "events.mdx"
 ---
+import NextTopic from "../components/nextTopic.js"
 
 # Events
+
+**Nächstes Topic-Treff**: <NextTopic/>