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A date with a touch of Haiti.

Let Haitian art, food and music inspire a date you can plan at home or at a suitable cultural venue.

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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.

A date at home

  1. Viewing Haitian art at home

    Choose work by two Haitian artists online and tell each other which use of colour or story stays with you.

  2. Cooking soup joumou together

    Find a recipe by a Haitian creator and make a small pot of soup joumou together as a leisurely afternoon project.

Try two new things

  1. Kompa listening date

    Put on a playlist of Haitian kompa and take turns choosing a song to listen to attentively together.

  2. Pikliz and small bites

    Make pikliz together to go with a savoury snack, or find a Haitian place to eat where you can try a little.

Try two new things

  1. Viewing Haitian art at home

    Choose work by two Haitian artists online and tell each other which use of colour or story stays with you.

  2. Kompa listening date

    Put on a playlist of Haitian kompa and take turns choosing a song to listen to attentively together.

Things to do together anywhere

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You can also try these ideas in Haiti. Choose a place that suits you and check what is available locally.

Indoors
ALSO FUN HERE One-ingredient potluckEveryone brings something made with the same chosen ingredient.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 The shared soup potEveryone brings one vegetable, and together you turn them into dinner.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Living room talent caféEveryone spends three minutes showing or playing something they enjoy.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE The same hour of radioBoth listen to the same program and call each other afterward.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
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 Park games and a picnicBring two simple games and something to eat to a park.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 Show the other person around your neighbourhoodTake each other on a short video call around one favourite place.View the idea
Indoors or outdoors
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 Ice cream flavor juryTry two different ice cream flavors together and give each your own rating.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 Coffee with time to lingerAgree on half an hour to start with and see whether you'd like another stroll.View the idea
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