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Ready-made Detroit day plans, morning to night, stop by stop, built only from places we know and have checked.
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Detroit in 48 hours: the classics and the brand-new citySaturday market, the riverfront, Art Deco lobbies and the newest Detroit: a two-day plan you can mostly do on foot. -
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Where's Detroit's art? A whole weekend's worthRivera's murals, a bead-covered sculpture garden, houses turned into art and big street murals: a weekend from museum halls to alleys. -
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The Dad weekend: cars, barbecue, bowling and a little luckThe Model T's birthplace, a ballpark, whiskey, barbecue, bowling and The Henry Ford: two days Dad will be talking about for years. -
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Look up! A day with Detroit's most jaw-dropping buildingsA sailors' church, Yamasaki's first skyscraper, Art Deco lobbies and Albert Kahn's New Center: a whole day spent looking up. -
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From Motown to techno: where Detroit's music livesMotown, Aretha's church, the city's oldest studio, techno landmarks and jazz rooms: a music weekend in the capital of soul. -
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An anniversary weekend in Detroit, made for twoA firehouse turned hotel, dinner on the 72nd floor, a fireplace cocktail bar, a marble lighthouse and an evening river cruise. -
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Detroit and Ferndale's best beer and cocktails, in one weekendMarket breweries, a distillery, Corktown cocktail bars, mead and cocktails in Ferndale: two days chasing metro Detroit's craft drinks. -
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How to spend a whole day on Belle IsleA bridge over the river, a green-tiled aquarium, a palm house, a leaping gazelle, a marble lighthouse and hydroplane history. -
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Your turn, Mom: the perfect girls' weekend in DetroitBrunch, a massage, your own perfume, handmade bonbons, a retro hotel, piano karaoke and Shinola: two days that are all about you. -
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Why does everyone fall for Corktown?One of Detroit's oldest neighborhoods: Irish roots, a reborn train station, an izakaya, local spirits, Neapolitan pizza and a bar since 1902. -
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Hop on, hop off: a whole day riding the QLINEFrom the riverfront to New Center along Woodward: a statue, public squares, a movie palace, modern art, city history, Art Deco and Motown. -
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How to do a Pistons game day rightA beer on Broadway, Eminem's spaghetti, a photo at the Fox, basketball at Little Caesars Arena and live jazz after the final buzzer. -
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Detroit-style pizza, from the 1946 original to today's favoritesSquare crust, crispy cheesy edges: a pizza day from Six Mile and Conant through Greektown and Capitol Park up to Midtown. -
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An easy, lovely day on Detroit's east sideA lakeside Ford estate, a church congregation founded in 1865, pie, pottery, a palm house and a jazz dinner: an unhurried day by car. -
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Where to shop for the real Detroit in one weekendPistachios, cheese, hats since 1893, graffiti jewelry, Shinola and City Bird, then Polish amber and the Rust Belt Market on Sunday. -
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In town for the Red Wings? Turn game night into a whole weekendSleep minutes from Little Caesars Arena, grab a pregame beer, toast on a rooftop after, then ride the People Mover and walk the river: one game, one full weekend. -
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From Motown to techno: where did Detroit's sound start?Two days from the Motown house to the city's oldest studio, techno's unmarked headquarters and Jack White's record store, ending in Detroit's jazz rooms. -
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What can't you miss in Detroit? The icons in two daysArt Deco tile, the Fist, the RenCen, the free People Mover and QLINE, Rivera's murals, the reborn train station and Belle Isle: Detroit's big classics in a weekend.
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Where was Detroit's Black history written? Two days on freedom's trailFrom a surviving Underground Railroad hideout to Joe Louis's gym, Aretha's church and Rosa Parks's bus: two days in Detroit's Black history. -
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How do you spend a Saturday at Eastern Market?Dawn market, a new mural, a Polish church, soul food and Saturday karaoke, a brewery, a distillery and a butcher bistro: a full Saturday in Detroit's market district. -
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Where should you eat Asian food in Detroit? Ramen, dim sum and nigiri in a dayRamen in Corktown, the reborn train station, Asian art at the DIA, a Southeast Asian dinner, nigiri and Japanese whisky, then an anime-meets-techno lounge.
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What should you do with kids in Detroit? A day from the river to the islandA downtown park, coney dogs for lunch, a People Mover loop, a riverfront walk, a lighthouse, then an aquarium, a palm house and a marble lighthouse on Belle Isle. -
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Where do you grab a bite on the move in Detroit?Dawn tamales, fresh tortillas, market fried fish, charity water ice, a container food hall, a Thai spot born as a food truck and a mangonada shop born on a street corner. -
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Where should you take kids under 10 in Detroit?A streetcar on Woodward, hands-on science and a planetarium, an Afro-Caribbean lunch, old Detroit streets in a museum, the zoo in the afternoon and a kids' bookshop. -
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Vegan in Detroit? Here's how to spend a full daySaturday market, a vegan breakfast in an old spice warehouse, a vegan lipstick shop, burgers with vegan proteins, vegan ice cream, vegan ramen and a plant-based pub menu. -
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What does a fall Saturday at Eastern Market look like?The fall market at dawn, a Dequindre Cut walk to the river, a lighthouse, beer in Rivertown, hot cider at Beacon Park, the Heidelberg Project, then beer and pizza. -
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Where should you get coffee in Detroit? A day from roaster to roasterA North End roastery, two Eastern Market roasters, an Avalon cookie, the Javabot at Campus Martius, cheesecake in Capitol Park and a vinyl bar in Mexicantown to close. -
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Drag, dancing and bingo: where does queer Detroit go out for a weekend?A queer-friendly pub, a drag party bus, disco since 1927, a queer bookstore, Royal Oak's showbar, a drag cabaret, bingo brunch and a Sunday tea dance. -
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Where's Detroit's gay neighborhood? From Palmer Park to FerndalePalmer Park's historic gayborhood, then Ferndale: a pizza spot from 1961, an artisan market, Michigan's largest LGBTQ+ center, a leather shop, queer theater and SOHO. -
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Game or concert at Little Caesars Arena? Here's how to spend the day around itGrand Circus Park, the Tigers' and Lions' stadiums, Brush Park's Victorian mansions, the Fox Theatre and Woodward's oldest church, a robata dinner, then the arena. -
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Oakland County Brew Weekend: Ferndale Taprooms to a Rochester BrewpubFerndale taprooms, mead and house-distilled cocktails, Michigan's oldest comedy club, then Sunday at a brewpub inside an old Rochester knitting mill. -
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Pierogi and Polish Roots: A Saturday in Polish DetroitA Pulaski statue by a Hungarian sculptor, a local history museum, a Polish import shop, Hamtramck's cathedral-size church, pierogi and a modern Polish dinner. -
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Only Have One Day? Detroit's Greatest Hits, Car-FreeBreakfast on Woodward, an Art Deco lobby, the riverfront, a free elevated loop, a coney dog, the streets of old Detroit and Diego Rivera's murals. -
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Ride On! Detroit on Two Wheels, From the Dequindre Cut to the RiverSaturday market, a sunken old rail line full of graffiti, a lighthouse on the river, a guided group bike ride, a Rivertown pint and a Belle Isle sunset.
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A Saturday in Royal Oak: Zoo, an Art Deco Tower and a Night OutBrunch, the Detroit Zoo's Arctic and penguin habitats, Father Coughlin's Art Deco tower, an indie bookstore, Michigan-made gifts, live-music dinner and stand-up. -
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Shop Local Detroit: From Market Sheds to a Vinyl Pressing PlantCheese and hats at Eastern Market, a book factory, jewelry cut from graffiti, a charity Detroit shop, a free Fisher tour, Carhartt, City Bird and Third Man. -
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Spring Break in the D: A Two-Day Family PlanHands-on science, old Detroit's streets, Diego Rivera, a free ride above downtown, penguins, an indoor waterfall, a green-glass aquarium and square pizza.
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Sunday Funday: Creole Brunch, an Island, Two Museums and Live JazzCreole-spiced Southern brunch, a mural alley, Belle Isle's nature center and shore, the great museum of African American history, Diego Rivera, soul food and jazz. -
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Where Techno Was Born: A Detroit Techno Day and NightTechno artifacts at the history museum, the world's first techno museum, Techno Alley, the first techno club's address, Movement's plaza and real Detroit clubs.
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The Detroit Bucket List: A Weekend of Must-DosSaturday market, an Art Deco jewel, the coney dog face-off, a People Mover loop, the reborn train station, a night at the Fox, then Motown, Rivera, pizza, Belle Isle.
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Deer Widows Weekend: A Girls' Getaway in Northville and PlymouthSleep in a former seminary, sip in an underground wine bar, dance in a speakeasy lounge, taste whiskey, catch a classic film and a play, sing karaoke, Sunday lunch. -
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Tour Detroit: A Weekend of Guided Tours, From Skyscrapers to the Model TAlbert Kahn's skyscrapers, lunch in an old ticket office, the restored train station inside, a dinner cruise, the Model T's birthplace, the Fisher, the DIA, a ghost walk. -
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Wayne County Brew Weekend: Eastern Market Taps to Downriver PintsSaturday among Eastern Market's breweries and distillery, a riverfront rooftop and a pint by the stadiums; Sunday in Corktown, then Wyandotte for brick-oven pizza.
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