Attiéké with two side dishes
Find somewhere serving attiéké and each choose a different side dish to taste together. Compare textures and seasonings.
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A date with a touch of Côte d’Ivoire.
Côte d'Ivoire offers scope for a date full of flavours, contemporary music, cocoa and work by local makers.
Browse the ideas4 plans you can actually try.
Use the country as inspiration. Check local opening hours and make a plan together.
Coupé-décalé playlist
Choose three Ivorian coupé-décalé songs and take turns choosing the next one. Have a little dance break during the last song.
Cocoa from bean to bar
Taste two chocolates made with cocoa from Ivory Coast and read together how the journey from cocoa farmer to chocolate bar is described.
Makers in Abidjan
Visit an accessible art market or gallery in Abidjan and choose an object whose making process you'd like to understand.
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
- Attiéké with two side dishes
Nowhere open? Make couscous or cassava at home with two simple vegetables.
- Makers in Abidjan
Can't get to a market? View an exhibition of Ivorian makers online.
Try two new things
- Coupé-décalé playlist
Choose three Ivorian coupé-décalé songs and take turns choosing the next one.
- Cocoa from bean to bar
Taste two chocolates made with cocoa from Ivory Coast and read together how the journey from cocoa farmer to chocolate bar is described.
Try two new things
- Attiéké with two side dishes
Find somewhere serving attiéké and each choose a different side dish to taste together.
- Coupé-décalé playlist
Choose three Ivorian coupé-décalé songs and take turns choosing the next one.
Things to do together anywhere
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You can also try these ideas in Ivory Coast. Choose a place that suits you and check what's available locally.
Indoors
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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 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 A team photo scavenger huntIn pairs, look for six everyday details in the same neighbourhood.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE One-page outdoor reading clubEach bring a short text and read your favourite sentences aloud outdoors.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 Mini food tourTry three small bites along the way at three places close to one another.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Leaf printsCollect fallen leaves and use them to make prints on paper.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Build and test a kiteMake a simple kite together and try it out in a suitable open space.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Compare oliebollenIn winter, try two oliebollen from different places.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Digital postcard chainSend each other three photos that together tell a mini story of your day.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