Fufu with two sauces
Find a Togolese fufu recipe and make a small version at home with two sauces. Each choose a combination for the other.
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A date with a touch of Togo.
Togo invites you to enjoy a date with a shared meal, craftwork, local music and a short city break.
Browse the ideas4 plans you can actually try.
Use the country as inspiration. Check local opening hours and make a plan together.
Lomé market with a question for a maker
Choose a locally recommended market in Lomé and ask about the material or technique used in a handmade item.
Togolese music in three songs
Listen to three tracks by artists from Togo and decide together which track suits a morning, afternoon or evening.
City walk with one colour
With local advice, choose a short public route and each find five shades of the same color in façades, fabrics and plants.
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
- Lomé market with a question for a maker
Not in Lomé? View work by a Togolese artist online.
- Togolese music in three songs
Listen to three tracks by artists from Togo and decide together which track suits a morning, afternoon or evening.
Go out and taste something
- City walk with one colour
With local advice, choose a short public route and each find five shades of the same color in façades, fabrics and plants.
- Fufu with two sauces
Find a Togolese fufu recipe and make a small version at home with two sauces.
Try two new things
- Fufu with two sauces
Find a Togolese fufu recipe and make a small version at home with two sauces.
- Lomé market with a question for a maker
Choose a locally recommended market in Lomé and ask about the material or technique used in a handmade item.
Things to do together anywhere
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You can also try these ideas in Togo. Choose a place that suits you and check what is available locally.
Indoors
ALSO FUN HERE A tasting without labelsTaste three versions of the same product without knowing which brand each one is.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Workshop swapEach choose a skill you can teach the other in twenty minutes.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Open mic nightAttend an open mic together and each choose one performance to discuss later.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Map without namesDraw a map of your neighbourhood from memory and compare what each of you remembers.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Shadow theaterPut on a three-minute show using a lamp and paper figures.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Take turns drawing a comicDraw a comic, taking turns to come up with the next panel.View the idea
Outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Walk among the lightsAfter dinner, walk past three beautifully lit places in your neighbourhood.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE A monument in detailVisit a public monument and find five details you'd miss from a distance.View the idea 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 Façade shape bingoMake a bingo card with arches, balconies and other façade details.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 Jazz nightListen to a jazz performance together or put together a set of three tracks at home.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE X on the mapDraw a small treasure map leading to a place where the other person will find a surprise.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Make your own city guidePut together a list of five places you'd recommend to a friend.View the idea 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 Street name storiesFind three striking street names and discover where they come from.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Letter shape huntFind five eye-catching letters on buildings, signs or packaging along the way.View the idea