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A good day out starts with the kind of experience you want: making something, solving something, watching a performance or exploring a place.
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Games & indoor funGames & indoor funGames
A good day out starts with the kind of experience you want: making something, solving something, watching a performance or exploring a place.
Explore this ideaGames & indoor funGive disc golf a go
Disc golf combines walking with throwing a disc towards a sequence of targets.
Explore this ideaGames & indoor funGo
Go is a strategy board game in which players place stones to surround territory.
Explore this ideaGames & indoor funGoal games
“Goal games” can describe several activities involving targets or goals rather than one clearly defined sport.
Explore this ideaGames & indoor funGo on a geocaching hunt
Geocaching adds a hidden destination and a clue-solving purpose to a walk.
Explore this ideaGames & indoor funHaunted house
Haunted attractions use sets, performers and effects to create a frightening experience.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageHistoric Buildings
Historic buildings and monuments make more sense when you know the story or detail you are looking for.
Explore this ideaGames & indoor funIndoor playground
Indoor playgrounds provide weather-independent play, but their age zones, supervision rules and facilities differ.
Explore this ideaGames & indoor funIndoor water parks
Water parks offer different balances of slides, wave pools, play areas and quieter swimming.
Explore this ideaNightlife & social venuesIrish bar
An Irish pub may appeal for conversation, live music, food or a particular sporting event.
Explore this ideaNightlife & social venuesIrish pub
An Irish pub may appeal for conversation, live music, food or a particular sporting event.
Explore this ideaFilm, music & performanceJazz and blues
Live-music venues can offer seated listening, standing gigs, jam sessions or small acoustic performances.
Explore this ideaNightlife & social venuesJazz bar
A jazz bar combines a social venue with live or recorded jazz, but some are focused listening rooms and others are lively bars.
Explore this ideaNightlife & social venuesKaraoke
Karaoke can mean singing before a whole venue or booking a private room with friends.
Explore this ideaFilm, music & performanceKaraoke with friends
Karaoke can be a private sing-along with friends or a turn on a public stage.
Explore this ideaGames & indoor funKids parks
Children's parks and playgrounds vary in equipment, enclosure, shade and facilities.
Explore this ideaGames & indoor funLaser gaming
Laser gaming is a team or individual game using electronic tagging equipment in a designed arena.
Explore this ideaFilm, music & performanceListen to a live story
A storytelling event creates an experience through a voice, a room and the audience's imagination.
Explore this ideaFilm, music & performanceLive music
Live-music venues can offer seated listening, standing gigs, jam sessions or small acoustic performances.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageLook beneath the surface at an aquarium
An aquarium lets you compare how aquatic animals move, hide and use different habitats.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageLook twice at an art museum
An art museum becomes less overwhelming when you follow one question: what makes you stop and look?
Explore this ideaFilm, music & performanceLook up at the architecture
An architecture walk makes doors, rooflines, materials and street layouts into clues.
Explore this ideaNightlife & social venuesLounge bar
Lounge bars generally put more emphasis on seating and an unhurried social visit, though music and dress expectations differ.
Explore this ideaGames & indoor funMahjong
Mahjong uses tiles and several regional rule sets, so two groups may play quite differently.
Explore this ideaGames & indoor funMake a puzzle walk
A puzzle walk combines a route with clues or a story, giving everyone a reason to look more closely.
Explore this ideaGames & indoor funMake time for a badminton match
Badminton can be social doubles, a focused lesson or a court hire with friends.
Explore this ideaGames & indoor funMake time for a swim
A swimming outing can mean lane swimming, recreational water play or a relaxed public session.
Explore this ideaGames & indoor funMake your own discovery hunt
A scavenger hunt turns a walk or public place into a series of observation tasks.
Explore this ideaGames & indoor funMind games
Mind-game groups can introduce strategy, logic puzzles and collaborative problem solving.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageMonument
Historic buildings and monuments make more sense when you know the story or detail you are looking for.
Explore this ideaFilm, music & performanceMovies
A cinema visit can be more varied than the latest mainstream release: repertory screenings, documentaries, subtitled films and event cinema offer different experiences.
Explore this ideaFilm, music & performanceMovie Theatre
A cinema visit can be more varied than the latest mainstream release: repertory screenings, documentaries, subtitled films and event cinema offer different experiences.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageMuseum child
Museums can offer hands-on exhibits, focused collections, workshops and guided interpretation.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageMuseums
Museums can offer hands-on exhibits, focused collections, workshops and guided interpretation.
Explore this ideaFilm, music & performanceMusic
Live-music venues can offer seated listening, standing gigs, jam sessions or small acoustic performances.
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