Things to do in Bandırma

For someone coming to Bandirma for the first time, everything seems simple. This city has no big promises, no flashy streets or selfie spots around every corner. But as you walk along the beach one morning, the smell of iodine carried on your face by the gentle breeze and the sound of seagulls fluttering for a piece of bagel will inexplicably soften your insides. Instead of drawing a list of things to do here, you start collecting moments to live. You receive greetings from old uncles passing by in the market at an early hour, you share the silence of a couple sitting on a bench on the beach, you realize that you can even get along with a cat you lock eyes with. Everything is ordinary, but the serenity inside is extraordinary. If you visit the Bird Sanctuary, you watch not only the birds but also the silence. People don't talk there, they just listen. The wind, the flapping of wings, the order of nature within itself. When you return to the city, you sit in a small tea garden and order a hot tea. Evenings descend slowly in Bandırma. In the orange light of the sunset hitting the sea, you sit on a bench and just stare without doing anything. Maybe something passes through you, maybe you don't think about anything. But that moment is good for you. Because Bandırma reminds you of what an unhurried life feels like. Maybe you don't change when you come here, but you stop for a while. Maybe for the first time in a long time you just stay as you are. Bandirma quietly offers you this space. 

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