Farmers' market challenge
Give each other a small budget and each choose one ingredient at a market for a shared lunch.
North America / 7 ideas
A date with a touch of the United States.
The United States offers too much variety for one fixed formula. Make your own neighborhood the starting point.
Browse the ideas4 plans you can actually try.
Use the country as inspiration. Check local opening hours and make a plan together.
Library and dinner
Each choose a cookbook at a public library, then make one simple recipe from your finds later.
A neighborhood with your own guide
Explore a neighborhood that is new to both of you on foot and write down three places you would like to return to.
Diner with two milkshakes
Choose a classic diner or make two small milkshakes with different flavors at home.
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
- Library and dinner
No bookstore open? Use your own bookshelf or a library's online catalog.
- Diner with two milkshakes
Choose a classic diner or make two small milkshakes with different flavors at home.
Try two new things
- Farmers' market challenge
Give each other a small budget and each choose one ingredient at a market for a shared lunch.
- A neighborhood with your own guide
Explore a neighborhood that is new to both of you on foot and write down three places you would like to return to.
Try two new things
- Farmers' market challenge
Give each other a small budget and each choose one ingredient at a market for a shared lunch.
- Library and dinner
Each choose a cookbook at a public library, then make one simple recipe from your finds later.
Things to do together anywhere
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You can also try these ideas in the United States. Choose a place that suits you both and check what's available locally.
Indoors
ALSO FUN HERE Dinner with three secret coursesEach come up with a course and only reveal what you've made at the table.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Living room restaurantSet the table as though you are opening a small restaurant for each other.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Charity shop missionWith an agreed budget, each find an object the other person would choose.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Library rouletteChoose a book for each other from a shelf you normally skip.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE A quiet reading hour togetherEach bring a book and read beside each other for an hour in a quiet space.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Choose comic book coversEach find three intriguing covers in a comic book shop.View the idea
Outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE A route among the lightsWalk a route along illuminated streets and choose the most beautiful window together.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Walk among the lightsAfter dinner, walk past three beautifully lit places in your 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 GeocachingFind a public geocache together and take turns navigating.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 Façade shape bingoMake a bingo card with arches, balconies and other façade details.View the idea
Indoors or outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Soup and a city walkTake a short walk, then warm up together with a bowl of soup.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Flea market missionEach find an object with an unexpected story at a flea market.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 Two-stop dinnerEat one course in one place and the next somewhere else.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 Small-budget challengeGive each other a small agreed amount and use it to come up with a snack date together.View the idea