Date Ideas – Top 65 Ideas for the Perfect Date
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Date Ideas – Top 65 Ideas for the Perfect Date

Below you’ll find 100 of the best date ideas and numerous suggestions for an exciting flirtation, from action-packed to romantic, everything is included . This will help you build trust on your first date or any subsequent date and get to know the person better.

Date Idea 1: Play Wii, it’s entertaining and can be spiced up with bets, like the first kiss.

Date Idea 2: Pick up a women’s magazine like Cosmopolitan and take the typical personality tests together. Sex is an inevitable topic of conversation.

Date Idea 3: Take a wellness trip to the nearest sauna paradise. This will quickly loosen up your relationship with nudity.

Date Idea 4: Mix cocktails together, ideally on a beautiful balcony or at a picnic. A cheerful atmosphere is guaranteed.

Date Idea 5: Try strolling through a flea market, it always provides something to talk about about strange roof finds.

Date Idea 6: Go-karting is cool, and it’s even cooler when the loser owes you a sensual massage.

Date Idea 7: Have a wine tasting. This automatically offers your meeting a chic location, a sophisticated flair, and the wine quickly leads to the necessary cheerfulness on your date.

Date Idea 8: Go to a bookstore. There you can learn a lot about their interests (yoga, sports, travel, or perhaps personal development ).

Date Idea 9: Pretend you need something from Ikea, which could end up taking hours. You can set up an imaginary apartment together, and there’s also a place to eat.

Date idea 10: Go play laser tag.

Date Idea 11: If you’re both sporty, go jogging.

Date Idea 12: Take a cooking class; you’ll learn something useful and have a nutritious experience at the same time.

Date Idea 13: Go sledding and then build a snowman. You’ll freeze your butts off and then you can cuddle up.

Date Idea 14: Go strawberry picking together.

Date Idea 15: Go out for dinner at a “Dinner in the Dark.” This restaurant date in the dark is guaranteed to be a memorable one.

Date Idea 16: Just watch the starry sky together.

Date Idea 17: Go for a walk around a lake.

Date Idea 18: Take a walk together in a place where one of you grew up. Childhood memories are very personal, and it creates a very familiar feeling.

Date Idea 19: Trip to a drive-in movie theater, togetherness and romance at its best.

Date Idea 20: Play Twister and yes, you know how that will end.

Date Idea 21: Go play billiards, pretty standard but always entertaining.

Date Idea 22: Go to an arcade and play for a high score.

Date Idea 23: Visit a karaoke bar where each of you has to perform a song.

Date idea 24: Celebrate a trip to a foreign city.

Date Idea 25: Go flying in a wind tunnel.

Date Idea 26: Another classic: Go bowling.

Date Idea 27: Host a finger sports Olympics (thumb wrestling, rock-paper-scissors, finger clapping, finger soccer, beer mat flicking). This encourages physical contact, can involve a wager like a kiss, and is super fun.

Date Idea 28: Have a movie night or, in modern German, “Netflix and Chill!”

Date Idea 29: Visit a toy, chocolate, or sex museum.

Date Idea 30: Go to an interesting photography exhibition together. Women love these kinds of activities, and it’s a natural cultural conversation piece.

Date Idea 31: Go to the local farmer’s market together. First, do some fresh organic shopping and then prepare a delicious lunch together.

Date Idea 32: Take a classical dance class or a salsa class together. Physical contact and a good atmosphere are guaranteed.

Date Idea 33: Write a poem together (e.g., at a picnic) about how you might have first met. You can exaggerate a lot, and it’s incredibly funny!

Date Idea 34: Walk your or her dog.

Date Idea 35: Go to a concert together.

Date Idea 36: Visit an amusement park.

Date Idea 37: Watch the sunset.

Date Idea 38: Take part in an improv theatre performance.

Date Idea 39: Go play mini golf.

Date Idea 40: Make sushi together. It encourages teamwork and is delicious.

Date Idea 41: Go to the circus.

Date Idea 42: Meet up for brunch on Saturdays or Sundays.

Date Idea 43: If you both know how to ride, do it together.

Date Idea 44: Rent a paddle boat or pedal boat and go on a boat tour together.

Date Idea 45: Go to a shisha bar together.

Date idea 46: Play foosball.

Date Idea 47: Host a picnic. Especially with a sunset, it’s pure emotional stimulation.

Date Idea 48: Start with dinner and then go to the movies.

Date Idea 49: Go on a sightseeing tour and check out the tourist highlights of your city.

Date Idea 50: Write a song together. For example, sing about how you met and how your date came about.

Date Idea 51: Have a campfire together to make it romantic.

Date Idea 52: Cook something or bake a cake together. As we all know, the way to a person’s heart is through their stomach.

Date Idea 53: Visit a convention or trade show.

Date Idea 54: Take a day trip to another city.

Date Idea 55: Go to a massage parlor together. This is guaranteed to create a relaxed atmosphere and you can then massage each other later.

Date Idea 56: Go shopping together, the classic.

Date Idea 57: Each do a bungee jump or go hang gliding.

Date Idea 58: If you’re sporty, go on an inline skating tour followed by an ice cream in the city.

Date Idea 59: Pretend to be a couple at a car dealership and take a test drive in a fancy car.

Date Idea 60: Play the 1-Minute Massage Game. You take turns massaging each other for one minute. You each decide which spot gets massaged. Things can get heated quickly.

Date Idea 61: Go paintballing, that will also get rid of any pent-up aggression.

Date Idea 62: Play badminton or squash together. If it’s uneven, play left-handed.

Date Idea 63: Go bouldering in a climbing gym, this will strengthen mutual trust.

Date Idea 64: If you’re both musically inclined, write a song together (e.g. at a picnic).

Date Idea 65: Play a board game like Monopoly, Hotel, or Settlers. You don’t have to talk much, and you can see how well your opponent can really lose.

The most important thing is and remains: Have fun!

Just make sure you always do the things with her that you enjoy doing on your own. This will give you the necessary self-confidence , ensure a lot of fun, and allow for a relaxed and playful introduction.

If you’re worried about awkward silences arising during the date, be sure to check out the following guides for exciting date conversation topics and interesting questions for a successful date .

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