1. Aerobics – Kazmah Club in Adaliya. tel 6476918/6851169 2. Art – Kuwait Free Atelier (tel 2243 6023) located near the British Embassy on the Gulf Road welcomes visitors Saturday to Wednesday from 9am to 1:10pm. The National Council for Culture Arts and Letters has a nice, old, renovated Kuwaiti house across the Gulf Road from Souq Sharq where painting and sculpture classes are held. Contact 2241 6549 / 99301199 or Q8artist@hotmail.com . Also, http://www.kuwait-arts.org/a/about.htm (their English page is under construction) 3. Arts and Crafts – Bayt Lothan (tel 2575 5866) is located in Salmiya on the Gulf Road just south of the Marina Mall. It is an Arts and Crafts center with frequent courses, a shop and tea rooms. www.baytlothan.org
4. Art Galleries - (call for current exhibitions and showings) 5. Badminton - played regularly at Gulf English School, also call 9791896 or visit www.q8pinoy.com 6. Baseball – Kuwait Little League,2 251 6257 or call US Embassy. The field is near the Science Club off the 6th Ring Rd. 7. Basketball League – 22455353 all nationalities welcome 8. Beaches – TEC manages three beaches-Messilah Beach, the first to open to the public in September 1980, along with Mangaf Beach and Agila Beach. Messilah Beach allocates two days a week for women only. Along with the beach, each of these attractively landscaped areas also offer cafeterias, restaurants, swimming pools, showers with changing rooms and shaded play areas for children. Parasails, jet skis, boat rentals are all widely available and there are several public boat launches in Kuwait. See the whole section on Beach Clubs. 9. Bicycling in the Desert – Desert Biking Club, an active club, 2482 4741, 9952 9567. 10. Billiards – All the craze starting a few years ago. Various halls/tournaments around Kuwait, some more family oriented than others. 11. Boating A dhow can be hired for a few hundred dinar a day, including crew and all running costs, which is ideal for a small office outing or for several families clubbing together. Enquire at any dhow harbour. A trip by dhow to Umm al-Maradim Island for 30 people from Khiran Resort (tel: 23951122) costs KD100 for 12 hours. Boats may also be hired at the sea clubs. One holding 14 persons rents for KD25 an hour. A 45-minute sea trip in a large boat usually costs KD2 a head or KD1 in a small boat. But at the Yacht Club a 74-footer holding up to 35 persons can be rented for KD250 for the day. |
12. Bowling www.cozmobowling.com American style bowling is available in Kuwait at several locations – to include shoe rental. One of the newer bowling alleys is in the City Centre Souk just off of 5th Ring Road (between Highway 30 and Gulf Road) called Cozmo Bowling (tel 25744975/6). There is Al Kezemi Club at 244 8000, the Hunting and Equestrian Club and the Crowne Plaza. – There is a league for competitive or social bowlers. Bowling Alleys Hunting & Equestrian Club 2473 9299 Off 6th Ring Rd Platinum 880 008 Mata’am St, Salmiya Billiards, Bowling, Internet, Men’s gym, Squash, Restaurant Safir Hotel 2253 3000 Silver Towers 2244 8000 13. Bridge players 6566601 / 9707404 / 9047035 usually meet at Kuwait Regency Hotel or Kuwait Sea Club (Salmiya) every Sunday and Tuesday evening at 8:00. 14. Camel races - Camel Races are generally held on Thursday afternoons from September to May. In Kuwait, you can find off of 6th Ring Road towards Jahra (Sulaibiya exit). Also, Al Atraf Camel racing Club, tel. 2539 4014, 7kms west of Jahra on Salmi Road. 15. Ceramics – Kuwait Ceramic Centre is open for pottery classes. (Tel: 9028440 Fax: 5518910). KCC is located near Messila. All budding or experienced potters are welcome. 16. Chamber and Philharmonic Music – frequent concerts, competitions and educational programs, 532 0427 also call SAS Hotel as most of their concerts are held in the Al-Boom. 17. Cinema / Movies – There are 15 cinemas in Kuwait that offer English-language films with Arabic sub-titles. All intimate contact (to include close contact/kissing) is censored, but violence is not. You can find out what is playing in the area or buy your tickets online at http://www.kncc.com/ or 1803456 / 24610526 /2 5396091 for a recording of current movies. There is also a drive-in cinema which pumps cool air into your air during hot summer evenings. The drive-in is in Subahiya. Seating areas for families and single men are segregated, and women do not usually go to the cinema alone. Arabic, Indian, Chinese and international films are shown. Prices range from KD1/500 to 3/- a head. Tel 25387300/400 for locations and timings. Automated 24-hour telephone service for movies schedule 803456. KNCC has plans to construct a unique multiplex cinema entertainment center at the current location of Drive-in cinema on the 6th ring road with 10 screens. The center will also have restaurants, bowling alley, games arcade, prayer rooms, internet cafe and extensive shopping centre. 18. Coin Collecting – You can frequently see coins for sale at the Friday Market. One known international coin trader listed for Kuwait, bethsheba2002@excite.com also call Central Bank of Kuwait 2244 9200 ex. 2041 for mint sets or special editions. 19. Cricket – Expatriate cricket in Kuwait has been established since 1948 when Hubara Cricket Club was formed. For information, contact Tel/Fax 2532 5639 or 2371 5620 or 2398 2229. Also www.cricketkuwait.com 20. Darts – Kuwait has 2 darts leagues both of which are highly competitive, whilst being very sociable. The Premier Darts League tel 2265 8535, 2534 2648 & E-mail andrewc@paci.gov.kw, or take a look at their web sites: or http://members.tripod.com/premier-darts-league and tel 2372 6299 21. Dhow Trips (see Boating) – Dhows are the traditional sailing vessels used in trading and in the fishing industry in Kuwait and other Arab countries. Dhow trips usually have to be arranged with a Kuwaiti who knows a dhow owner. The AWARE Center, as well offers dhow trips on occasion. The Dhow Makers Association welcomes visitors and has small dhows for sale 22. Failaka Island Excursions – Failaka Island houses some of the most important historical and archeological locations in Kuwait. Its history goes back to the Bronze Age, with the Greeks arriving there. |
