Taste ndolé
Find somewhere that serves ndolé and order a small side dish with it. Take your time comparing the flavors.
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A date with a touch of Cameroon.
Cameroon has many regional flavors and creators; choose one dish, one rhythm or one relaxed city route.
Browse the ideas4 plans you can actually try.
Use the country as inspiration. Check local opening hours and make a plan together.
Makossa playlist for two
Choose three Cameroonian makossa tracks and listen for differences in the singing and rhythm. Turn it into a short dance break at home.
Market color challenge
Visit an accessible market and each point out a product or fabric in an unexpected colour for a shared meal.
An artist's portrait in a gallery
Choose one work by a Cameroonian artist in a public gallery and try telling each other the story you see in it.
Combine two local ideas
Choose a combination. Are both ideas out of the question? Find places close to each other or spread the two ideas over two days.
A date at home
- Makossa playlist for two
No live music night? Make it a listening date with headphones.
- An artist's portrait in a gallery
No galleries open? Explore an online exhibition and discuss one work.
Go out and taste something
- Market color challenge
Visit an accessible market and each point out a product or fabric in an unexpected colour for a shared meal.
- Taste ndolé
Find somewhere that serves ndolé and order a small side dish with it.
Try two new things
- Taste ndolé
Find somewhere that serves ndolé and order a small side dish with it.
- Makossa playlist for two
Choose three Cameroonian makossa tracks and listen for differences in vocals and rhythm.
Things to do together anywhere
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You can also try these ideas in Cameroon. Choose a place that suits you and check what's available locally.
Indoors
ALSO FUN HERE Make a rain rhythmRecord the sound of rain and create a short rhythm to go with it together.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Look for record sleevesFind sleeves in a record shop that you both find beautiful or unusual.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Draw what the other person describesDescribe an object over the phone while the other person draws it.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Just dessertSkip the long dinner and meet for just one dessert.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Five-minute listening clubEveryone chooses one song for the others to listen to in full.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Blind tasting at homeSet out three everyday snacks and try to guess the flavors with your eyes closed.View the idea
Outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Concert on the grassFind an outdoor concert and listen from somewhere you can sit comfortably.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Sketching outdoors togetherBring paper and each draw the same view in ten minutes.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Street art treasure huntFind three murals or other public artworks in your neighborhood together.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Bridge routeWalk past three bridges and compare how they connect the neighborhood.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE A sculpture trailFind three public sculptures and imagine what they could mean without reading their plaques.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Façade shape bingoMake a bingo card with arches, balconies and other façade details.View the idea
Indoors or outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Parallel grocery missionLook for the same unexpected ingredient in two places.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Stained glass huntFind three stained-glass windows and compare their colors in daylight.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Compare oliebollenIn winter, try two oliebollen from different places.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Market breakfastEach buy one ingredient at a market and make breakfast together.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Flea market missionEach find an object with an unexpected story at a flea market.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Ice cream flavor juryTry two different ice cream flavors together and give each your own rating.View the idea