33 Simple Ways to Experience Other Cultures

photo by Desirée Delgado

by :: Cate

1. Watch a movie in another language
2. Listen to an online radio station from a different country
3. Cook a meal using an ingredient you’ve never tried
4. Read a blog written by someone from another country
5. Try that international restaurant you’ve driven by
6. Visit an international bakery and order something unfamiliar
7. Read a book by an author from another country
8. Buy your groceries at an international grocery store
9. Peruse a magazine from another country 
10. Read Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World to a child
11. Read a Culture Smart or Culture Shock book
12. Take an international cooking class
13. Join a cultural meet-up or language group
14. Attend a SIETAR Local Group event
15. Join Twitter and follow people from around the world
16. Strike up a conversation with the next person you hear speaking a different language
17. Learn a dance from another country
18. Read an online international newspaper 
19. Attend your local university’s international coffee hour, lectures, movie nights, etc.
20. Collaborate on a project with a colleague from another country
21. Read a book in another language
22. Celebrate a holiday from another country with friends or family
23. Listen to NPR
24. Browse Flickr for photos taken by people all over the world 
25. Google a city you’ve never visited to learn more about it
26. Learn how to say hello in multiple languages
27. Read a book set in another world region
28. Watch or play a sport you’ve never tried before
29. Invite someone from another country for coffee 
30. Buy an international cookbook and make something you’ve never eaten before
31. Peruse Material World: A Global Family Portrait or Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
32. Invite an international student from your local university to celebrate a holdiay with your family (contact the International Students and Scholars Office)
33. Take RDU taxi service if you’re ever in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area (my drivers have always been from around the world)

This list was generated from things I’ve either done or would like to do. I’m sure there are many more creative ideas out there – I’d love to hear yours! 

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