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Hidden gems in Kolkata
Hatibagan MarketPuja shopping the way North Kolkata does it, almost entirely without visitorsDetails →
The Seagull BookstoreA world publisher's own shop, quiet and full of editions India rarely stocks
Armenian Church of the Holy NazarethA gravestone from 1630, older than British Calcutta, in a courtyard few find
St. John's Church & Job Charnock's MausoleumThe city's first cathedral, with its founding legend buried in the yard outside
ByloomBengal's handloom with a contemporary eye, in a house rather than a showroomDetails →
The Russell ExchangeAsia's oldest auction room still takes bids on a Sunday morningDetails →
Weavers StudioKantha, shibori and block print made on site, with an archive to matchDetails →
Santragachi JheelSeven thousand wintering waterfowl on a lake beside a commuter platform
Chandannagar Strand (French Riverside)An hour north, a French promenade on the Hooghly and the river's best sunset
Currency Building (Ghare Baire)Changing art exhibitions inside the restored colonial currency office
Metcalfe HallRestored, free of crowds, and hiding a gallery of the city's oldest mapsDetails →
Agri-Horticultural Society GardenTwo centuries of flower shows, and the rest of the year almost nobody there
Magen David SynagogueMarble, chandeliers and stained glass kept up by a community of a few dozenDetails →
Chintamoni Kar Bird SanctuaryReal forest at the end of the metro line, kept quiet and known mostly to birdersDetails →
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