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Search this city by topic →Breakfast in an Ottoman village in Cumalıkızık
A morning spread-style village breakfast in the UNESCO-listed timber-and-adobe Ottoman village — and photograph it.
Visit the Cumalıkızık village market
Visit the Cumalıkızık village market in Bursa — and photograph it.
Eat İskender kebab in its homeland
Try the classic İskender on a copper tray where the kebab was invented — and photograph it.
Visit Uludag National Park
Visit Uludag National Park in Bursa — and photograph it.
Eat candied chestnut from the mountain above the city
Uludağ's chestnuts are boiled slowly in syrup until they are glassy and still whole — a Bursa confection sold in every shop in town and made properly in few of them. Taste one — and photograph it.
Tour the Bursa Grand Mosque and the Green Tomb
Wander around the fountain in the 20-domed mosque; see the tiles of the Green Tomb — and photograph it.
Silk shopping at Koza Han
See silk fabrics and scarves in the han courtyard left from Bursa's reign as a silk capital — and photograph it.
See Karagöz shadow theatre in the city it was born in
The two quarrelling puppets are said to have been workmen on Bursa's Ulu Camii, and the art that grew from them is listed by UNESCO. A museum and a small stage keep it alive here. Watch a performance — and photograph it.
Bathe in a historic thermal hammam in Çekirge
A scrub-and-foam at the Byzantine-Ottoman thermal hammams of Eski Kaplıca or Yeni Kaplıca — and photograph it.
Take a tile-workshop lesson in İznik
Learn traditional İznik tile and stencil-painting technique in a 1-day workshop — and photograph it.
Walk through the bazaar on Irgandı Bridge
Crossing Irgandı means walking through a bazaar. The bridge was rebuilt without shops in 1949; its bazaar appearance returned in 2004. Photograph the row of shops, then observe the arch from a public riverside path and record how one structure serves as both crossing and marketplace.
Story and sources →Ski on Uludağ
A weekend at the large ski resort nearest to İstanbul — and photograph it.
Explore Eskikaraağaç
Notice the lakeside landscape of this village by Lake Uluabat. Keep your distance from birds and their nests.
Story and sources →Paraglide at Uludağ
Paraglide at Uludağ in Bursa — and photograph it.
Explore Karacabey Longoz Ormanları
Observe the floodplain forest from permitted paths and record three sounds without disturbing wildlife.
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