In central Beşiktaş, in a small side street, far away from the bustling crowd, there is a place that can take you on a journey to creativity and inspiration, food and arts, ecology and innovation.
Its name is KafeNa and it is the very first and only café and arts place in Turkey made entirely from recycled materials!
Let’s face it – Istanbul is not among top literary cities, even if Turkish one and only Nobel Prize laureate in literature lives in it. That’s why anything related to books brings some of that special excitement to us who love them.
In a district that is famous for its cozy coffee shops, an inspiring corner to work from isn’t difficult to find. Hardly anything can be as stimulating as a good cup of coffee in a comfy chair, and all the more so if you don’t need to go far to find it.
So when you find yourself in central Beyoglu, where to go with your laptop in search of some good work atmosphere?
Homemade food is all over Istanbul, but good homemade food actually isn’t that easy to find. A real food expert who lives in Kuzguncuk recommended one tiny restaurant in her neighbourhood, and it simply couldn’t have gone wrong.
The restaurant’s name is Hatice Anne Ev Yemekleri.
Istanbul is a city of concrete and packed buildings. Unless you are lucky to live somewhere by the seaside with a view breaking over the Bosphorus or the Marmara sea, chances are you will be looking into a concrete structure from your window. This is the Istanbul we live and that we got to love for all its charm and its shortcomings. Yet, all citizens of megacities like Istanbul inevitably crave green and quiet areas, to rest from the busy city life, its heavy traffic and often over crowded streets.
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