Karaköy is the hipster heaven of Istanbul. There are times when I pray for the hipster culture to phase out. If that's your thing, fine! That's the place to be! People watching is here, lemonade in jam jars and food on chopping boards are served...
Karaköy is the hipster heaven of Istanbul. There are times when I pray for the hipster culture to phase out. If that's your thing, fine! That's the place to be! People watching is here, lemonade in jam jars and food on chopping boards are served...
A day out in Tophane... Tophane is one those neighborhoods that cannot resist change and gentrification. Yet, it is much more residential compared to Karaköy, thus still low key... and it is just a step away from the trendy Karaköy teeming with...
A treat at Kılıç Ali Paşa Hamam- a hamam by Sinan the architect.My reading list for summer: Again about Istanbul... Zeynep Çelik's The Remaking of Istanbul: Portrait of an Ottoman City in the 19th Century.My Nişantaşı Walk: it is sooo hot....
Have you ever heard of Eatwith? Not many people have, I suppose. Eatwith offers a local- or an underground, I would say- dining experience for travellers and operates through a social networking site in the same fashion Couch Surfing or Airbnb does....
In January, we happened to run into John Malkovich right in front of St. Regis Hotel in Nişantaşı. I assumed he was staying there, but had no idea what he was up to in Istanbul. I had the urge to go up to him and ask if he needed a guide for Istanbul....
It was one of those cold, overcasted spring days when we met up at the kahve of Yedikule train station. Kahve is the place where local men of the neighborhood gather to spend the day in idle chat or playing cards. You wouldn't miss it; there...
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