Inside hidden venue at Trinket — Photograph: Supplied/Carmen Zammit

Hidden Melbourne

Explore a different side to the city with our guide to hidden Melbourne – featuring secret art spaces, mysterious regional destinations and other secret shenanigans

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Time Out editors

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Adena Maier

Thursday 4 August 2022

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In a city so overrun by laneways, Melbourne certainly has a few hidden secrets. Whether it's hidden laneway bars, subterranean art spaces or places to go for a little quiet contemplation without crowds of people, you'll find these and more around Melbourne. With that in mind, we've put together a guide to the best of hidden Melbourne – a bucket list of all the unusual and clandestine things to do in and around Melbourne. Just don't tell anyone, OK?

Tick off our Melbourne bucket list while you're at it, or grab your phone and snap away at the city's most Instagrammable sights.

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