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Eymir Lake: the loop, the bikes and the METU forest
A reed-fringed lake inside a university's own forest, free on foot, with a loop track that Ankara runs, cycles and walks its dogs around every weekend.
Mogan Lake and Gölbaşı
Ankara's other lake — a long lakeside park, kites, breakfast places and birds — and an honest word about the drought.
Beypazarı: Ottoman houses, carrots and güveç
A hill town of three thousand timber houses ninety minutes west — meat and vegetables baked in clay, eighty-layer baklava, and a carrot on every corner.
Kızılcahamam: the thermal town and Soğuksu forest
Hot mineral water and a black-pine national park an hour north — Ankara's answer to a cold weekend.
Winter in Ankara: snow in the city, sledges on Elmadağ
A real winter — dry cold, blue skies, snow on the citadel — and a hill twenty-five kilometres out where the city goes to slide.
Atatürk Orman Çiftliği: Gazi's farm
The model farm Atatürk founded on bare steppe in 1925 — a replica of his Salonica house, the old brewery, and now a huge new nature park on the same land.
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Eymir Lake: the loop, the bikes and the METU forest
A reed-fringed lake inside a university's own forest, free on foot, with a loop track that Ankara runs, cycles and walks its dogs around every weekend.
Mogan Lake and Gölbaşı
Ankara's other lake — a long lakeside park, kites, breakfast places and birds — and an honest word about the drought.
Beypazarı: Ottoman houses, carrots and güveç
A hill town of three thousand timber houses ninety minutes west — meat and vegetables baked in clay, eighty-layer baklava, and a carrot on every corner.
Kızılcahamam: the thermal town and Soğuksu forest
Hot mineral water and a black-pine national park an hour north — Ankara's answer to a cold weekend.
Ankara by season
The year changes what's worth doing.
Autumn
NowStill warm, much quieter.Summer
The hottest, busiest months.Spring
Mild days, fewer people.Find your people
Clubs for what you love
Sailing, hiking, brunch, live music — communities around every experience.
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Sailing, dinners, walks, live music — organized and waiting.
Browse events →Right now
Someone's probably doing it today
Spontaneous coffees, walks and plans — join a hangout.
See hangouts →Understand Ankara
Residence permits, banking, transport, quick links — the Handbook.
Read the Handbook →Find what you need
Cafés, restaurants, services — member-vetted businesses.
Browse the Directory →Visiting first?
Post your dates — locals reach out.
Settling in?
The Handbook — long-form how-tos.
Planning a season?
Experiences — seasonal picks & series.
Neighborhoods
Where the Republic started — the first parliament, the Roman baths, Hacı Bayram and the old-town bazaars
The citadel: copper lanes, restored houses turned restaurants, and the museum quarter at its foot
Restored Ottoman streets, courtyard cafés and the calmest walk in the old city
The city's crossroads — metro hub, Sakarya's fish-and-beer tables and the student crowd that never goes home
Tunalı Hilmi, Kuğulu Park and the Bestekar bar street — Ankara's evening out
7. Cadde: bookshops, cheap eats and a long walkable evening in a garden-suburb grid
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