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A date with a touch of Suriname.

Suriname brings many cuisines and stories together. Turn a single dish, a city route or a river view into your date.

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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. Pom with a personal twist

    No pomtajer? Try pom at a place to eat and plan to make the full version at home later.

  2. Choose saoto or roti

    No restaurant open? Cook one dish at home and save the second for another date.

Go out and taste something

  1. Paramaribo facades and stories

    Follow a public route past historic wooden buildings in Paramaribo and read about the history of two places.

  2. Pom with a personal twist

    Find a Surinamese recipe for pom, divide up the preparation and discuss which version you've tried from someone else.

Try two new things

  1. Pom with a personal twist

    Find a Surinamese recipe for pom, divide up the preparation and discuss which version you've tried from someone else.

  2. A riverside walk in daylight

    Choose a publicly accessible stretch along the Suriname River and take a short walk with one planned sitting break.

Things to do together anywhere

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

Indoors
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Outdoors
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Indoors or outdoors
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