Like everybody, you ask yourself the question: What things to do in autumn? This is the ultimate bucket list for autumn!
Halloween, delicious autumn fruits and gorgeous nature – finally autumn is here! The golden season is perhaps the most underestimated season of all. Yet there are 1001 beautiful things to do in autumn that you can enjoy at no other time of year likewise. It’s time for romantic hours, coziness and relaxation, autumnal treats and activities with friends and family.
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100 Fabulous Things to Do in Autumn
- Make a kite yourself
- …and fly the kite
- Buy fresh autumn fruits at the market
- Featherwhites and onion tart feasting
- Go mushroom picking in the forest here are some important tips for beginners
- Harvesting apples
- Celebrating Thanksgiving
- Halloween pumpkin carving
- …and cook various pumpkin dishes like pumpkin soup
- Hosting a horror movie night to get in the mood for Halloween
- Host a Halloween party
- Or attend a Halloween party
- …and get in the spirit at a horror movie
- Sew your own Halloween costume
- Bake a plum pie or apple pie
- …and canning apple compote for winter
- Take a ghost tour or visit a spooky dinner
- Visit a place that is supposedly haunted – for example, an old castle ruin
- Suitable for the weather and Halloween read a real scary novel
- …or read scary stories to each other
- Culinary celebration of autumn
- Set up a camera with multi-shot function in the garden and record a time-lapse – this is how nature changes in autumn
- Take a walk in the autumnal forest and enjoy the rustling leaves with all your senses
- Going to Oktoberfest or an Oktoberfest next to you
- …or host an Oktoberfest themed party
- Savoring the sun’s rays in the park
- Sleep in late on Sunday and have a decadent brunch
- Collecting leaves and decorating the apartment
- Taking an evening walk through the illuminated city with hot tea or the first mulled wine
- Have a pumpkin carving contest
- Host a fun house rally
- …or have a fun competition at the Olympics game
- Enjoy baked apples with custard
- Meeting people you haven’t seen in a long time at the café
- Writing a letter to a good friend
- Reading a good book again
- Going to the fair and snacking on roasted almonds, glazed apples and stomach bread
- …and once again ride a ride and become a child
- Take a city break and see European capitals without the hustle and bustle
- Take time for romance and surprise your partner with a cuddle weekend
- Watching an entire season of your favorite show binge-watching in the rain without feeling guilty
- Collecting chestnuts and trying out new recipes
- Den Balkon oder Garten bereit für den Winter machen
- Celebrate a festival of lights
- Creating a photo album or scrapbook for your best friend
- Invite good friends over for a fondue or raclette night
- Feiere am 11.11. um 11:11 Uhr den Karnevalsbeginn
- In der Stadtbibliothek stöbern und sich mit Lesestoff eindecken
- …und in Secondhand-Bücherläden nach Schätzen suchen
- Zuhause so richtig gemütlich machen
- Make your own mulled wine
- Go shopping and stock up on winter fashion
- Go to an indoor flea market and browse
- Learn to crochet, sew or knit and make something beautiful for yourself
- Have a game night with friends
- Take advantage of the last opportunity to make jam
- In peace and quiet already looking for the first Christmas gifts (and save yourself stress in December)
- Make a bonfire in the garden or heat up in the fire basket and have time for long conversations with friends comfortably wrapped in blankets
- The summer break is over – at the beginning of the season once again go to the theater
- Let in a fragrant bubble bath and relax by candlelight and with sparkling wine
- Take time for wellness and relax for a whole day in the thermal bath or floating
- Once again go to the museum and look at an interesting exhibition
- Surprise your partner with a sensual massage
- Get up early on a great sunny autumn day and enjoy the light and fresh air
- …and capture the beautiful, colorful nature in photos
- …or having a go with a paintbrush and canvas
- Go to the sauna
- Walking along deserted beaches by the sea
- Make your own blackberry vodka or gin or make a rum pot for winter
- Go to the indoor pool again for once and really swim instead of splash
- Spend the whole Saturday or Sunday in bed with a hot water bottle, cuddly socks and maybe your partner
- Taking a romantic moonlight walk
- Attend a candlelight dinner or set one up yourself
- Make blue and have sex all day
- Collect walnuts and hazelnuts
- Collect rose hips and boil them down into syrup
- …or create your own tea blend for rosehip tea
- Sitting by the fireplace and those who don’t have their own fireplace go to a café with a fireplace
- Spend a romantic weekend for two in a different part of Germany
- Make an autumn picnic with thermos and hot treats in the park
- …or picnic in the forest
- Take a wine hike…
- …and taste wine at winemakers
- Go camping one last time
- Visit a tea salon and try new teas
- Get warm in the tropical greenhouse
- …and admire fall in the botanical garden
- Lying warmly wrapped up in the park with your treasure and watching the migratory birds in the sky
- Go hiking
- …or go for a bike ride and enjoy the beautiful nature
- Make an original forest rally with friends or kids
- Write a story for someone special and surprise them with it
- Sich den Wind beim Landkiten um die Nase wehen lassen
- Tiere im Wald beobachten
- Einen Suppencontest mit Freunden veranstalten und sich durch köstliche Suppen löffeln
- Eine Feuerzangenbowle machen
- Ein Vogelhäuschen bauen
- Einen Trimm-dich-Pfad entlang joggen
- …oder einen Waldlehrpfad entlang wandern
- Visit a local fall festival
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