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Party for free in Istanbul

With the summer in sight, it's time to look at a few holiday destinations. How about Istanbul, Turkey? Womens9 intern Mariëlle lived in Istanbul for almost 5 months, so she knows the city well. Previously she wrote about the disadvantages of Istanbul. Now it’s time for the upsides of Istanbul: drinks for free.

With the right skills you can drink for free in the clubs during your entire stay. The only requirement is that you have to be blond (it doesn’t have to be natural) or tall. And a woman, of course.

We lived in Istanbul with three girls. Two of us are very blond. The third girl is really tall. We heard stories about clubs who want lure the tourists with free shots. An idea was born: we would drink every first free shot and then go to the next club for more free shots. But we never made it past the first shot in the first club: the owner of the club asked us if we wanted to stay the whole night if we would get a bottle of vodka. Our reaction: 'The entire night? No way! The deal is oké if we can go if the bottle is finished'. That was oké.

They liked the deal. The next time we came, they set up the best table for us so we had the best spot. We received vodka, Red Bull and snacks. All for free. We didn’t have to pay a dime when we left. The next time the same thing happened, and the next time, and the next time. We tried the same trick in other clubs. Strangely they accepted it! During our entire stay we could go to clubs for free. Our friends were allowed to drink with us (for free) as well. We even got an offer to go into one club every night, with free drinks every night of the week. But that was too much. Once a week was enough.