Tiananmen Square
Free: All time Tiananmen Square is definitely one of the most recognizable squares in the world – and the largest! With an area covering 44,000 square meters, its sheer size alone is overwhelming. Although it’s literally just a vast concrete square with the Gate of Heavenly Peace on which hung the portrait of Chairman Mao,...
798 Art Zone
Free: All time 798 Art Zone s a fashionable contemporary art community in Beijing. It is a collection of art galleries, artists’ studios, fashion designers’ boutiques, quirky cafes and many public art. All nestled in a 1950’s Communist-era military and industrial buildings! Thus, it is interesting to see the juxtapose between the proletarian roots and...
Codecademy
Free: All time Similar to Khan Academy, Codecademy offers free courses online. It is an interactive platform that provides free coding classes in six different programming languages (Python, PHP, jQuery, JavaScript, Ruby, HTML and CSS). Besides the classes, Codecademy also provides a forum where enthusiasts, beginners, and advanced coders can come together to discuss coding....
Free Walking Tour in Cadiz | Pancho Tours
Free: All time Pancho Tours started in Cadiz in 2011 as the pioneers in Free Walking Tours in town. The guides live on tips (their slogan is “you choose the price!” and they are usually very talented, fun, enthusiastic, and younger that the usual tour guides. Cadiz is the oldest city in Europe, mithologically founded by...
Free Walking Tours in Malaga | Pancho Tours
Free: All time Pancho Tours started in Malaga in 2011 as the pioneers in Free Walking Tours in the town. The guides live on tips (their slogan is “you choose the price!” and they are usually very talented, fun, enthusiastic, and younger that the usual tour guides. Malaga is the city of Picasso and Antonio Banderas,...
Free Walking Tours in Seville | Pancho Tours
Free: All time Pancho tours was created in Seville in 2009 by young travellers from all around the world and aims to be a reference tour agency for any kind of travellers by offering the cheapest options and alternative activities. The walking tours offered are free (well, are based on tips – their slogan is...
Khan Academy
Free: All time Khan Academy is a non-profit educational website that features thousands of educational resources, including a personalized learning dashboard, over 100,000 exercise problems, and over 4,000 micro lectures via video tutorials. The subjects covers anything from mathematics to history to cosmology. All these are free to access for anybody around the world that...
Bank of Japan Currency Museum
Free: All time The Currency Museum was first opened in November 1985 to commemorate the Bank of Japan’s 100th anniversary. Its collection comprises currencies of ancient to modern Japan, along with those of other East Asian countries including China. Besides currencies, the museum also displays materials related to money in general such as wallets and...
Ueno Walking Tour | Tokyo SGG Club
Free: Saturdays & Sundays 11am & 1:15pm The Tokyo Systemized Goodwill Guide (SGG) Club offers free guided walking tour of Ueno neighbourhood. The area is a place of striking contrast. Below the railway is an exciting shopper’s paradise of market stalls and restaurants, while above on a pleasantly wooded hill, Ueno Park takes pride in...
Asakusa Walking Tour | Tokyo SGG Club
Free: Saturdays & Sundays 11am & 1:15pm The Tokyo Systemized Goodwill Guide (SGG) Club offers free guided walking tour of Asakusa Sensoji Temple and its surrounding every Saturday and Sunday. The hour long tour takes place twice a day at 11am and 1:15pm. The tour will let you learn more about Asakusa – one of...
OATH Dance Parties
Free: All time Located in the center of Roppongi – Tokyo’s club jungle – OATH offers top of the line underground DJ dance parties all nights. The DJs are most relatively well-known local DJs. There’s no cover charge to join the parties. Check OATH’s website for schedule and featured DJs. Address: Aoyama BLD. 1F, 4-5-9...
PauseTalk
Free: First Mondays of the month at 8pm For those with creative inclination or perhaps just those wanting to meet local creatives, consider joining PauseTalk. PauseTalk is a regular series of events serving as a forum for Tokyo-based creatives (or anyone passing through) to get together and discuss their own projects. The events take place...
