[deleted]

When I was in college last year I loved going to Boston common to see the scenery. Definitely an amazing sight.

Season pass to the Kendall ice skating rink

Strolls around Fresh Pond, especially when there's snow

Paddy's

• See shows - theater, improv asylum, shit faced shakespeare, the orchestra (tickets are around $25 if you’re under 40), concerts, etc. There are a lot of great local venues and shows that are lower cost.

• bar trivia has been a consistent activity for my friends and I during the winter and a ton of places around the city run it.

• Leading up to the holidays, Snowport, SOWA holiday market, and going to see the holiday lights in the common are all hits.

• Ice skating (indoor or outdoor), curling at the liberty hotel for winter sports.

• Bowling, boda borg, escape rooms

• museums! I especially recommend the evening events that they throw like ICA First Fridays and Harvard Art Museums at night. Also, I know a lot of people haven’t been to the Harvard Art Museums or their Peabody museum which I highly recommend.

• This is an “at home” activity, but my friends and I have done cooking nights like dumplings from scratch, hot pot, etc that are fun and more hands on. always been a hit.

• seeing movies at the local theaters like Coolidge Corner theater and Brattle theater. Beyond normal screenings and indie films, they often do screenings of classic movies, Rocky horror, and other fun things like that.

• Maybe an obvious choice to go out to eat, but we make an effort to try places we’ve never been in different parts of the city so we do a bit more exploring.

• Take advantage of days with (relatively) warmer weather and sun to go explore a different neighborhood with a hot chocolate.

When it gets really cold:

• Ice skating on Spy Pond or at the Public Garden

When it snows a lot:

• take a quiet walk at night, the snow keeps it bright outside and it's very cozy
• take the ski train to Wachusett
• take the commuter rail to a small town without worrying about road conditions