Khruangbin and Lord Huron to headline Outside Festival. Done with endless swiping on dating apps, more people are looking for love through in-person events. I traveled to one in the Alps with a group of rowdy singles in search of love.
New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems, upcoming running events, and more near you. Your weekly Local Running Newsletter has everything you need to lace up! To my left, a group of skiers in Hogwarts regalia bops along to house music. Artificial fog engulfs the group on the table in front of me, where a flannel-clad man is dancing in front of the crowd. A woman sways in black sequined pants.
In the right lighting, she could be mistaken for a disco ball. He waves for the crowd to join in. Over bachelors and bachelorettes have flown in to party for a sleepless week with hot, available strangers. Nearly half the skiers are from the UK, and a surprising number have come from across the United States. You can barely ski a weekend in Breckenridge, Colorado, for that price.
The catch? Almost everyone is sleeping on twin-size beds, in shared bedrooms in small apartments, with strangers. They got the idea when Rawlings broke up with his girlfriend before a romantic ski trip and ended up bringing McNeill Love instead.
I had just moved to London when Thursday started putting up billboards around the city, and I was intrigued. The idea for the app was great, but it paled in comparison to the singles-only events the company ran around the city every week. In the first three years of Thursday, I went to cocktail bars, a ball-pit-themed nightclub, a climbing gym, and a running club.
