Date night ideas: 12 ways to make it a fun evening together

Between work, appointments, and everything that needs to be done, time together often gets pushed aside. A regular date night helps: one evening where you consciously do something together. But make it something fun, and not just the same pizza on the couch every time.

Here are twelve ideas to choose from, from easy to a bit more effort.

Dining out, but different

1. Choose a cuisine you both don't know yet

Ethiopian, Georgian, Peruvian: in many cities, you can find cuisines you've never tried before. Tasting something new together immediately gives you something to talk about.

2. Go for small dishes to share

With tapas, meze, or small plates, you order together and share everything. That naturally feels more convivial than everyone having their own plate.

3. Sit at the bar instead of at a table

Many restaurants have spots at the bar or by the open kitchen. You sit next to each other, see the chefs at work, and it feels more informal.

4. Start with a drink at a different place

Make it an evening with two addresses: first a drink on a terrace or in a cocktail bar, then off to the restaurant. It immediately feels more like an outing.

Doing something together

5. Do a workshop together

Making pasta, mixing cocktails, ceramics: a workshop is fun because you learn something together and can also have a good laugh about it.

6. Go to a concert or performance

Small venues and cafes often have live music on weekdays. Combine it with an early dinner nearby.

7. Take an evening walk through your own city

Your own city looks different at night. Walk a route you don't know yet and end up on a terrace.

8. Play tourist

Visit that museum or that boat tour you've been cycling past for years. Many museums are open longer on certain evenings.

A night away

9. Book a hotel in the city next door

You don't have to go far to get away. A hotel half an hour away, a dinner within walking distance, and a leisurely breakfast the next morning: that's all you need.

10. Choose a hotel with wellness

An afternoon in the sauna or the pool, then dinner and early to bed. A quiet date night for when you are both tired.

If you stay at home

11. Cook something challenging together

Choose a recipe you've never made before, do the shopping together, and set the table as if you were dining out.

12. Plan the next date together

Sounds boring, it isn't: choose the next three date nights together. Then you have something to look forward to, and no one has to come up with something at the last minute.

The best date night idea is an idea that you both feel like doing, not what the other thinks you like.

Choosing where to go together

Not sure what the other is in the mood for? Create a Choose together link in HelloWhere and send it to your date. You both privately indicate which atmosphere, budget, and food you are interested in, and you see which restaurants suit you both. Choose "Date" under "What kind of evening is it?", and places that are suitable for that will be weighted more heavily.

Found some nice places? Save them in a collection, so your next date night is already half planned.