66 Hot Summer Tips You Shouldn’t Miss This Summer

Summer is here! And with it almost endless possibilities for leisure activities: we present our top summer tips!

It’s been a long time coming, but now it’s finally here: summer, the time of year when the thermometer, ice cream consumption and high spirits soar! There is hardly anyone who does not enjoy summer – but everyone does it in their own way. Some lie in the sun all day, others have fun in the pool and still others feast on all the ice cream parlours in the area. Time for variety and adventure!

To help you make the most of this summer, we’ve collected 66 of the hottest summer tips for you.

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66 Summer Tips – You Can’t Miss Them!

1. Explore your city or area in a whole new way, as if you were a tourist
2. Take a night hike under the stars
3. Get up really early and see a sunrise
4. Collect as many sunsets as possible and capture them photographically
5. Spend a sunny Sunday
6. Try out a totally crazy fun sport, e.g. zorbing, blobbing or crunning
7. Create your own cocktails
8. Have a real summer party
9. Take a spontaneous road trip with no fixed destination
10. Create your own personal summer soundtrack
11. Go to the water as often as you can
12. And learn a new water sport
13. Build a sandcastle on the beach
14. Feel the sand between your toes
15. Make your own ice cream
16. Take to the streets on a longboard
17. Grab your camera and go on a photo safari in your neighbourhood
18. Kiss for all you’re worth
19. Eat strawberries till you drop
20. Try 10 foods you’ve never eaten before
21. Surprise someone with a picnic in the countryside
22. Invite your friends to a melon eating contest
23. Sit around the campfire with friends and philosophise about God and the world
24. Make flower wreaths with your friends and be a hippie for a day
25. Go to the open air cinema with your partner or date
26. Dance your heart out at an open air concert or festival
27. Plant a herb garden on your balcony
28. Or try urban gardening
29. Explore the flea markets in your area
30. Get out of your comfort zone at least 3 times
31. Spend an evening on a roof terrace
32. Stand in the warm summer rain and feel every drop on your skin
33. Pick ripe fruit straight from the tree
34. Go skinny dipping with your best friends
35. Have a water balloon fight in the garden
36. Or a battle with water pistols
37. Take an outdoor yoga class
38. Go mini golfing with your friends
39. Try your hand at slacklining, diabolo or hacky sack*.
40. Sleep outdoors for at least one night
41. For example, go on a camping trip
42. Go to the high ropes course with your friends
43. Get drunk outside on a warm summer evening with your best friend
44. Visit a street fair and try everything out
45. Play an outdoor throwing game with friends or family in the park
46. Take a trip to the butterfly or tropical house
47. Explore the nearest botanical garden with friends
48. Hire a pedal boat and go for a few laps
49. Climb a tree and feel nature
50. Practice riding a bike hands-free
51. Go white water rafting with friends
52. Listen to a cricket concert in the countryside
53. Make a date with your friends for a guerrilla barbecue
54. Pack a jukebox on your bike and cruise around your hood with your friends
55. Make a walk through rose garden
56. Eat summer-ripe tomatoes and vegetables fresh from the bush
57. Gather elderflowers to make your own make your own elderflower syrup
58. Enjoy the cool semi-darkness of the forest on a hot summer’s day
59. Set off on a voyage of discovery with no fixed destination by paddle boat, inflatable boat or canoe
60. Seduce your loved one outdoors on a balmy summer night
61. Rent a convertible and let the summer wind blow through your hair as you drive
62. Get a whole new summer hairstyle and feel sexy
63. Organise a get-together with your old school friends
64. Watch ladybirds, butterflies and other insects
65. Surprise a loved one with a bouquet of flowers you picked yourself
66. Watch the clouds with someone while lying in the grass and colour in what you see in them

So what are your summer tips? 🙂

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