Gurgaon After Work: What to Do When You Don't Want to Go Straight Home

Because “office se ghar, ghar se office” is not exactly a bucket-list lifestyle.

Let’s replay our life after 5:30PM in our mind. We leave our office at 6PM. We check our google maps and it shows the red line indicating the traffic is going to make a 20 mins journey into a 3 hr journey. Then you reach home at 8PM and you think I will rest for 15mins and go out. You wake up after 15 mins and realise the time is already 11PM. And congratulations you have spent another day without exploring Gurgaon. Yes we get it. Gurugram is a work city. But there is always time in between meetings, deadlines and traffic to explore the city outside. To make your life easier, We This is Gurugram is here to help you with the list of things to do in Gurgaon after work. Here are a few ways to make your evening feel like an evening.

Start With Something That Isn't Your Laptop

After putting your brain on a treadmill solving problems, looking at Excel and powerpoint slides for 8 hours and going to a cafe, looking at a mobile screen is not a great way of recovery. Instead try something hands-on like. Gurugram provides you with various options such as creative workshops, potter sessions, art experiences and other activities. For a detailed list read our blog “What to Do in Gurgaon When You Don't Want to Go to a Mall”. Even if the Pot you imagined turned out to be a duck. At least there is no one to tell you to circle back on it tomorrow. 

Perfect for: After-work dates, friends and anyone trying to rediscover their creative side.

Take a Walk Without Having Somewhere to Be

Think back to the last time you took a walk without google maps telling you “In 100 meters, turn left.” Aravalli Biodiversity Park makes you realise there is a completely different side to gurgaon other than just tall glass buildings. with walking trails, greenery and birdlife within the city. If you think its a bit too far after office, Leisure Valley Park is an easy option for an evening walk and some time away from traffic. 

Replace Traffic With a Little Culture

It's not always trees, birds, and greenery is the only way to recover from the boring daily routine. For someone who is interested in photography, even photos cameras and its equipment might also give peace. Museo Camera in Sector 28 is home to an extensive collection of cameras, photographic archives and exhibitions. This is a place where you can spend time in a completely different place exploring. It's the perfect place where you can spend time looking into completely different things other than spreadsheets and deadlines. And honestly, that sounds healthy.

Make Your Evening a Little Less Predictable

If you are a person who finds peace in crazy adventure activities or through making your evenings competitive. Gurgaon also has these things to offer and has live music, comedy, workshops and other events happening across the city. And if you want to know what's happening around Gurugram right now, check out our guide to exciting events happening in Gurgaon. 

Don't Let Gurgaon Become Just Your Workplace

There is one unsolved mysterious question about Gurgaon that lakhs of people spend their  entire day without exploring the city but just keeps complaining about the city. Office. Traffic. Home. Repeat. But there are pathways in parks which are waiting to see your footsteps, there are street foods that you tastebuds never tasted, temples bells that you never rang, event tickets that are waiting for you to book and experiences sitting just a few kilometres away from your usual route. And that's what This Is Gurugram wants to change. So tomorrow, when the workday ends, don't automatically open Google Maps for the route home.