Only in Jerusalem – A City Like No Other
In Jerusalem, the locals have their own language – full of quirky words, customs, and flavors.
Only here will you eat fresh “Eshtanur” flatbread with za’atar, kids ask for “Metzitzah” (lollipops), and every juice is simply called “Petel” – whether it’s grape or apple.
Tip: bring a local guide to help you translate!
Friday afternoons in Jerusalem are a sensory symphony: sweet kugel, bubbling cholent, challah baking in the oven – mixed with beer from local pubs, pre-dinner cigarettes, and the smell of falafel after prayers on the Temple Mount.
Nowhere else will you find such wildly different communities living side by side:
Neturei Karta and Gur Hasidim in Meah Shearim next to Armenian priests, Romani families, and Sufi Dervishes in the Old City – all within walking distance.
The city’s buildings are covered in Jerusalem stone – that golden-white glow isn’t just beautiful, it’s practical: it keeps the homes cool in summer and gives the city its iconic look.
(Thanks, British Mandate building laws.)
Legend has it that Jerusalemites fear deep water – they don’t swim much, but they LOVE the fountains at Teddy Park.
On hot summer days, you’ll find hundreds of kids splashing and laughing.
And if you’re into marine life – the city’s new national aquarium is a must.
Only in Jerusalem will you find tens of thousands gathering each night before Rosh Hashanah to recite Selichot – ancient prayers of forgiveness under the stars, in the Western Wall plaza or candle-lit synagogues. A spiritual experience like no other.
Old meets new, every day – walk through a 2,000-year-old archaeological site, and within minutes you’re at a modern shopping mall.
Sacred and stylish, side by side.
The Old City packs it all into just one square kilometer:
33 mosques, 48 churches and monasteries, 30 synagogues – and one God.
Jerusalemites live in their own rhythm – they say “The Monster” and mean the playground slide, meet at “The Triangle” (a 3-street intersection), and give directions based on places that no longer exist (“Turn left after Talitha Kumi…”).
And the city never stops –
Festivals, street performances, crazy chef pop-ups, marathons, music at sunrise in the Tower of David, night bike races, and more.
Because Jerusalem never stands still.