Find the secret garden read more
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Find the secret garden

Gizli Bahçe is located in Beyoglu's most famous street, Nevizade, however they don't have a sign or waiters cutting your way and persistently inviting you in. This place has its own style and wants customers of their own kind. So you need to hear it from someone else before you can discov ›
Rock'n Coke 2011: prepare your tents read more
Festivals

Rock'n Coke 2011: prepare your tents

Rock'n Coke has always been the music festival that excited Istanbulers the most. Who haven't we see ›
Freshtival: get ready for 2011's first open-air festival read more
Festivals

Freshtival: get ready for 2011's first open-air festival

Miller Freshtival tells us the summer has officially come! Opening its doors at Maçka Küçükçift ›
Maçka Küçükçiftlik Parkı read more
Venues

Maçka Küçükçiftlik Parkı

Küçükçiftlik Park is a relatively new open-air venue and currently owns the biggest stage in Turkey. With it's ›
Interpol is here: turn on the lights! read more
Concerts

Interpol is here: turn on the lights!

Maçka Küçükçiftlik Parkı just stole our hearts with this one! We have been waiting to see Interpol for a long ›
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Amy Winehouse to paint Istanbul black read more
Past Events

Amy Winehouse to paint Istanbul black

WELL, WE HAVE BAD NEWS, THE CONCERT IS CANCELLED, WE GUESS YOU KNOW WHY... HOPE YOU GET BACK ON YOUR FEET SOON AMY ›
Çiya Sofrası: Wise Gourmet read more
Local Food

Çiya Sofrası: Wise Gourmet

Do you want to hear a very special tip? This is your chance to explore the wonderful foods of “forgotten cultures ›
Sonisphere: are you ready to bang your heads? read more
Festivals

Sonisphere: are you ready to bang your heads?

Last year Sonisphere more than satisfied hard-rockers, and this year it gives them Iron Maiden!! Bes ›
Galata Tower read more
Nice View!

Galata Tower

We don’t usually recommend stuff that is in every guidebook, but watching Istanbul from Galata Tower is one of most subtle ways of relating to this old and wi ›
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Atelier 55 read more
Boutiques

Atelier 55

This stylish little boutique brought famous designer brands to Galata's very popular shopping street Serdar-ı Ekrem. You can find Notting Hill Design, David Ko ›
!f Istanbul is on the horizon! read more
Past Events

!f Istanbul is on the horizon!

Our favorite alternative film festival is about to begin! The festival between 17 and 27 February is short, but lo ›
Valentine's Day with Jay Jay Johanson read more
Past Events

Valentine's Day with Jay Jay Johanson

Once again we are hosting Jay Jay Johanson with his piano in Istanbul and very excited to hear his h ›
Bronx Pi Sahne read more
Live Music

Bronx Pi Sahne

Bronx Pi Sahne is another live music venue that hosts great Turkish rock bands. For almost ten years Bronx has been offering amateur rock bands a chance to prov ›
Istanbul Archeology Museums read more
Museums

Istanbul Archeology Museums

There are various factors making Istanbul an attractive city, however, its history dating back to 8000 years is ind ›
Hayal Kahvesi Beyoglu read more
Live Music

Hayal Kahvesi Beyoglu

Hayal Kahvesi, meaning “dreams cafe”, is one of the oldest live music spaces in Istanbul. Since 1992, many popu ›
Macy Gray on Valentine's Day read more
Past Events

Macy Gray on Valentine's Day

The American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress Macy Gray will put her spell on Istan ›
Emirgan Woods read more
Have a picnic

Emirgan Woods

We don’t have well-planned parks like London’s Hyde or New York’s Central, but we have great woods, some of them preserved since the Byzantine period. Wit ›
Wet Hamburger read more
Local Food

Wet Hamburger

Here you have a special hamburger adjusted to Turkish taste. The bread has a very juicy tomato sauce, that is why it is called "wet"  (ıslak) and it looks kin ›
Via/Port read more
Outlets

Via/Port

This gigantic shopping center is merely devoted to outlet stores, something like an outlet heaven. The big building you see on the back is a five-star hotel and ›
Kutlug Ataman: The Enemy Inside Me read more
Past Events

Kutlug Ataman: The Enemy Inside Me

Istanbul-born contemporary artist Kutluğ Ataman’s eleven major works are exhibited in Turkey for the first time. ›
TOBIAS REHBERGER: Minor problems in a major city read more
Past Events

TOBIAS REHBERGER: Minor problems in a major city

The wide-ranging work of Frankfurt artist Tobias Rehberger (born 1966) moves between the opposite po ›
Laundromat read more
Boutiques

Laundromat

Now that Galata has become one of the hottest places in Istanbul, you shouldn't be surprised to see the creativity boost out there! Thanks to Galatamoda shoppin ›
Babylon read more
Live Music

Babylon

Once upon a time, there weren’t nice venues and clubs in Istanbul. And then, out of nowhere and in the middle of nowhere, Babylon arose. This pocket-size mini ›
A fast food guru: Kızılkayalar read more
Fast Food

A fast food guru: Kızılkayalar

We know it is not chic and it doesn't look promising at all, yet you will notice people lining up for food and eat ›
Body Worlds read more
Past Events

Body Worlds

Gunther von Hagens' "Body Worlds" exhibition is now in Istanbul. Real plastinated human bodies displayed in various postures offer a unique way of exploring hum ›
Feel like Friday read more
Bookstores

Feel like Friday

Down the Istiklal Street, Robinson Crusoe bookstore welcomes all bibliophiles who like to spend hours with books. With its floor-to-ceiling dark brown shelves f ›
Three Monkeys read more
Films and Istanbul

Three Monkeys

Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Three Monkeys takes you to Istanbul suburbs to tell you a story about the common vices of humanity: deception and self-deception. Have yo ›
Kanyon read more
Shopping Centers

Kanyon

Well this shopping center is unique with its architecture, inspired from canyons. One of the best places to cool off while Istanbul burns out. This chic and bre ›
IKSV Salon read more
Venues

IKSV Salon

It is a newly opened live performance space, yet it already started to boost the irregular heartbeat of Istanbul art life. IKSV Salon manages to be an attractiv ›

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