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A date with a touch of Eritrea.

Eritrea offers inspiration for a simple date through coffee, cooking, urban architecture and music you listen to together.

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4 plans you can actually try.

Use the country as inspiration. Check local opening hours and make a plan together.

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.

Look around and make something

  1. An Eritrean playlist

    Find two Eritrean artists and listen to three songs together.

  2. Asmara on paper

    Explore Asmara's architecture using a reliable heritage source and each sketch a façade detail you find interesting.

Try two new things

  1. Mindful coffee

    Take your time brewing coffee or visit an accessible coffee spot, and take turns describing what you notice about the aroma and flavor.

  2. Make zigni at home

    Choose a zigni recipe and make a simple stew for two.

Try two new things

  1. Mindful coffee

    Take your time brewing coffee or visit an accessible coffee spot, and take turns describing what you notice about the aroma and flavor.

  2. Asmara on paper

    Explore Asmara's architecture using a reliable heritage source and each sketch a façade detail you find interesting.

Things to do together anywhere

Try these too.

You can also try these ideas in Eritrea. Choose a place that suits you and check what's available locally.

Indoors
ALSO FUN HERE Pumpkin soup competitionMake one pot of soup and let everyone come up with their own topping.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Hot chocolate taste testMake two kinds of hot chocolate and give each other a blind tasting.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Make a winter cardMake a card together for someone who could use a kind message.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Italian cooking duelEach make your own sauce for the same pasta and taste the difference.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE A kitchen cupboard journeyChoose a country on the map and cook with ingredients you already have.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Herb scent labSmell five kitchen herbs together and think of a dish for each.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 Night picnicTake a late snack to a safe spot with a view of the evening sky.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Outdoor filmFind an outdoor screening and bring movie snacks together.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 A sculpture trailFind three public sculptures and imagine what they could mean without reading their plaques.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Sketching outdoors togetherBring paper and each draw the same view in ten minutes.View the idea
Indoors or outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Jazz nightListen to a jazz performance together or put together a set of three tracks at home.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Coffee with time to lingerAgree on half an hour to start with and see whether you'd like another stroll.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Coffee in an unfamiliar neighbourhoodTake the bus or cycle to a neighbourhood where you've never had coffee together.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Outdoor cookingMake a simple meal together that you can eat outdoors.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE An hour of reading aloud by the waterEach bring a short story or poem and read a little aloud to each other.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Golden hour portraitsTake turns making portraits of each other in the late afternoon.View the idea
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