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About Offline Dating

What Offline Dating is, how we choose the places and events we recommend, and how to send a correction.

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Offline Dating is a practical guide to meeting people in person — where to go, what to say, how to plan a good first date and how to stay safe, city by city. It's published by the team behind M.

How we choose what to recommend

  • Long-running over trendy — venues and events that have existed for years.
  • Low pressure — cheap, public, easy to leave and easy to extend.
  • Sourced — schedules, prices and statistics link to the organiser or the original data.
  • No paid placements.

Corrections

Events move and bars close. Email info@mtheapp.com and we'll check and update the page.

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  1. City guidesCity guides — where to meet people and where to go on a first datePractical city guides for meeting people offline — run clubs, language exchanges, dance socials, speed dating, first-date spots and local safety numbers for London, Berlin, New York, Prague, Vienna and Amsterdam.
  2. The main guideHow to meet people offline — a practical guide for adultsHow to meet people in real life as an adult — why recurring activities work, the best places to meet people (run clubs, classes, language exchanges, volunteering), how to turn acquaintances into friends or dates, and what the research says about loneliness.
  3. SkillsHow to start a conversation with someone you like in real lifeA practical, respectful guide to starting a conversation with a stranger offline — where it works, what to actually say, how to read interest, and how to exit gracefully.
  4. First datesFirst date ideas that are actually goodFirst date ideas that make conversation easy — the rules of a good first date, ideas by type (drinks, walks, markets, activities, rainy day, cheap), what to avoid, and first-date spots in London, Berlin, New York, Prague, Vienna and Amsterdam.