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Order an espresso in Italian
Walk up to a Milanese bar and order 'un caff猫, per favore', standing at the counter, like a local.
Aperitivo in Navigli
Find a canal-side bar, order a Negroni Sbagliato, and stay for the buffet.
Find the pink flamingos
There is a private garden in Milan with real flamingos. Peek through the gate on Via Cappuccini.
Duomo rooftop at golden hour
Climb the terraces of the Duomo and shoot the spires as the sun drops.
Ride tram line 1
Board an original 1928 wooden tram and ride the historic loop end-to-end.
Risotto alla Milanese
Order the saffron risotto in a family-run trattoria off the tourist map.
Street art in Isola
Wander Isola and find three murals worth remembering.
Confess to a stranger
Ask a Milanese local for their honest favourite restaurant, not the touristy one.
Funicular to Citt脿 Alta
Ride the 1887 funicular up to the walled upper city.
Casoncelli tasting
Try the stuffed pasta of Bergamo, bacon, sage, butter, and a hundred years of tradition.
Walk the Venetian walls
Circle the entire UNESCO wall on foot at sunset.
Piazza Vecchia coffee
Sit in the piazza Le Corbusier called 'the most beautiful square in the world' and just watch.
Learn one Bergamasco word
Ask a shopkeeper to teach you a word in the local dialect, and use it before you leave.
Sunrise at Piazzale Michelangelo
Climb before dawn. Watch the Duomo emerge from mist as the city wakes.
Bistecca alla Fiorentina
Order the legendary T-bone, a full kilogram, rare, no exceptions.
Cross the Arno at dawn
Walk Ponte Vecchio before the shops open and the tourists arrive.
Buchette del vino
Find a working wine window and order a glass of red through the tiny door.
Uffizi corridor with no phone
Walk the Uffizi for two hours without your phone. Look with your eyes only.
Gelato taste test
Try gelato from three artisan shops and pick a favourite.
Public sauna at L枚yly
Sweat it out in a public sauna, then jump in the Baltic Sea.
Rye bread from a market hall
Buy a loaf of dense, dark ruisleip盲 from Vanha Kauppahalli.
Espoo island ferry
Take the free ferry to Suomenlinna and hike the island's fortress trails.
Ask about 'sisu'
Ask a Finn to define sisu, the untranslatable national virtue.
Design District walk
Visit five independent design studios in Punavuori.
Medieval Old Town at night
Walk the cobbled Old Town after 10 PM when the day-trippers leave.
Try black bread with sprats
Order this Baltic staple, rye, sprats, egg, and pickled onion.
Telliskivi Creative City
Explore the ex-industrial complex reborn as Estonia's design and startup hub.
Learn 'ait盲h'
Say thank you in Estonian every time today. All day.
KGB Museum
Visit the top floor of Hotel Viru, the Soviet spy nest hidden in plain sight for 20 years.
Kadriorg park picnic
Walk to the baroque palace gardens with food from the market.
Art Nouveau district crawl
One-third of Riga's centre is Art Nouveau. Photograph five of the most extravagant fa莽ades.
Central Market zeppelins
Explore the five giant WWI zeppelin hangars that now house Riga's central market.
Black Balsam shot
Try the 24-herb Latvian liqueur, invented in 1752 and still a mystery.
Rooftop of St. Peter's
Ride the lift up St. Peter's Church for the best Riga skyline.
Miera iela hipster coffee
Try a specialty coffee on Riga's most creative street.
Republic of U啪upis
Cross the bridge into U啪upis, a self-declared artists' republic with its own constitution.
Cepelinai lunch
Try the massive potato dumplings stuffed with meat, Lithuania's most serious meal.
Hill of Three Crosses at dusk
Hike up as the sun sets and the Old Town glows below.
Bernardine gardens picnic
Sit by the fountain in the Old Town's most peaceful garden.
Try kvass from a barrel
Find a summer street cart and drink fermented bread soda from a plastic cup.
Ride the top of a red bus
Take route 15 from Trafalgar Square to Tower Hill from the front seat, upstairs.
Borough Market tasting
Eat your way through five stalls at London's oldest food market.
Sunset on Primrose Hill
Watch the London skyline light up from the city's favourite grassy hill.
Speaker's Corner debate
Go to Hyde Park on Sunday morning and actually ask a question.
Hidden pub on a mews
Find a proper pub tucked into a cobbled mews and order a pint of cask ale.
Sir John Soane's Museum
Visit the strangest, densest, most personal museum in London, a Georgian architect's house frozen in 1837.
Ride the Overground loop
Take the orange line all the way around, a slow-motion tour of London's real neighbourhoods.
Learn cockney rhyming slang
Ask a Londoner for one piece of rhyming slang and use it in a sentence today.