New in York
Your first month, planned.
Four weeks, sixteen small steps, almost all of them free. By the end you’ll have a coffee spot, a Saturday routine and people who know your name.
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0 / 16Saved on this device.Get your bearings
Learn the city's shape before you try to fill your calendar.
A local guide is the fastest way to learn York's layout and stories. Free tours run on tips.
Walking tours →Find your nearest café, pub, supermarket and park. Note the ones you want to go back to.
Start with the local favourites.
Where locals eat →Free walks, markets, parks and events: the cheapest way to get to know a city.
What's on this week →Find your people
Pick two things that repeat every week. Repetition is how strangers become friends.
Join a table of strangers, or bring the people you met on your walk.
Meet people →Pub crawls, trivia and live music nights that are open to everyone, not just guests.
Weekly nights →Most take solo sign-ups and put you on a team. Ask at your nearest gym or park.
Whatever's on this weekend that you wouldn't normally pick.
This weekend →Find your places
A regular coffee spot and a regular bar do more for belonging than any app.
By the third visit, you are a regular.
One the hotels around here recommend is a good start.
Out for a drink →Same stalls every week: the easiest routine to start.
Markets →Many have free entry or a free day each week.
See & do →Make it routine
Turn the things that worked into your week.
Second visits are where you start to know people.
A walk, a market or a trivia night: pick something on this week.
What's on →A hike, a beach or a day trip out of town.
Get outside →Say what you've liked so far and get a plan for Saturday or Sunday from what's on.
Plan my day →New in York, answered
What should I do in my first week in York?
Take a walking tour to learn the layout, walk your own neighbourhood end to end, try three places locals eat, and look for the free things on that week.
How do I meet people in York?
Pick two things that repeat every week, such as a trivia night, a run club or a weekly night at a local hotel or hostel, and keep going back. What's On York lists the ones on this week.