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Christmas in Sydney can be heart-racingly overwhelming. Just hearing the c-word can put some in a tizzy of department store stampede flashbacks and sweaty dread about the office Kris Kringle. This year, let us hold your hand through it with our guide to absolutely nailing it when it comes to gifts, experiences, and stress-free snacks (with booze of course). Pop open your Lazyboy, set the aircon to arctic, sit back and scroll with our list of how to do Christmas right in Sydney.
Sunshine just makes things better, and summer is when Sydney truly comes alive. Ready to get outdoors, soak up the sun and make the most of Sydney with your friends? Whether it's kicking back in the great outdoors or trying out the latest event that guarantees a good time, here are five great places to be with your mates this summer. Fresh ideas for catch-ups deserve a refreshing drink like Lipton Ice Tea to help you cool down. Find out more about Lipton Ice Tea.
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We all know if Sydney were a person she'd be Kylie Minogue: all that sunny disposition and extravagant aesthetics makes for a good embodiment of our harbour town. But what if we broke each neighbourhood down to their bare bone traits – who would they be then? Well, we've designed a sophisticated algorithm (we haven't) and narrowed it down to the new light rail route to find out just that in this highly-technical quiz (repeat: absolutely no scientific research went into this). Take our test to find out if you're more of a sassy Surry Hills or a flashy Circular Quay. Answer the questions below and we'll fire up the calculations (you get it, we're nerds) to reveal what neighbourhood along the light rail route you are and remember to play it safe around light rail. // (function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https://embed.playbuzz.com/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk')); // Got your neighbourhood? Good. Now, enter your name and email through the link below for the chance to win a $100 voucher to one of the featured venues, plus an Opal card loaded with $100 so you can travel around your designated neighbourhood. Enter now
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Around the world, hotel bars remain centres of culture and fine drinking – think NoMad in New York, Dandelyan in London, the Roosevelt in New Orleans or the Park Hyatt in Tokyo. Meanwhile, in Australia, hotel bars are enjoying a renaissance. Hospitality standards have lifted across the board, driven by tourism and the economics of our location on the Pacific Rim. But you don’t need to be a traveller to take advantage of Sydney's top hotel bars. Here are three that are nailing the standards of excellence you've come to expect from our bar scene.
The Time Out Sydney Bar Awards 2020 will be held at the Powerhouse Museum on Monday December 9. Join us, along with host Matt Okine, as we toast the city’s best cocktail bars, new bars, wine bars, bartenders and more at the party for the party-makers.You can expect an evening of delicious drinks, great food, sweet tunes and celebration, shoulder-to-shoulder with the city's best bar professionals. Tickets are on sale now. Awards nominees will be announced shortly in the following categories: Best Cocktail Bar; Best Wine Bar; Best Pub; Best Bar Food; Best Bar Team; Best New Bar; Bartender of the Year; Bar of the Year; and Rising Talent Award. Got a favourite bar? Vote for it in the People’s Choice Award. The 2020 Time Out Bar Awards are taking place at the beginning of a new phase for Sydney. The recently published recommendations of a Joint Select Committee investigating the effect of the lockout laws called for them to be rolled back, and NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has also called for the laws to be repealed. Time Out has helped to spearhead these changes, and our Bar Awards 2020 will be a celebration of Sydney's stunning and resilient night-time scene. Time Out thanks our sponsors Asahi Premium Beverages, Two Suns and Winterhalter as well as venue partner the Powerhouse Museum for making these awards possible.
January in Sydney is set to be magical again with the announcement of the program for Wesley Enoch’s fourth Sydney Festival (January 8-26, 2020). It’s another ambitious line-up spanning eye-opening art installations, boundary-pushing drama and dance, gravity-defying circus, and thrilling musical performances. There are 75 events happening across the city, from new Australian work through to blockbuster international shows. Not sure where to start? Try these five essential events. Tickets are on sale now. Want more? Read Time Out’s 20 top picks of Sydney Festival.
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Here at Time Out, we pride ourselves on our deep understanding of the glistening harbour gem that is Sydney. We’ve traversed her winding (and sometimes impossible to navigate) roads to investigate every fabulous corner of this city. Across our intrepid urban adventures, we’ve found stunning walks, cascading waterfalls, incredible restaurants, the freshest theatre shows, and all of the ‘so Sydney’ bucket list activities you simply must do at least once in you life. To give you a little peep into our day-to-day, we took a city-based road trip to fill a day with our favourite Sydney activities. Helping us get from A to B and back again was the Subaru Impreza. The All-Wheel Drive Subaru Impreza has enough leg room so you can stretch out after a hike, but is compact enough to zip through Sydney’s spaghetti-bowl streets, using the in-built satellite navigation to find your way. We were never bored stuck in traffic, because Apple CarPlay® and Android Auto™ connected our phones seamlessly to the car and kept us connected to the outside world while on the go (and were chargeable using the car’s multiple USB ports). And the reverse camera and Reverse Auto Braking on selected models came in handy when squeezing into tight parking spaces close to our favourite hotspots. If you love Sydney as much as us, follow this fab itinerary for a day-long Sydney adventure road trip. Photograph: Anna Kucera
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