20 Long Distance Date Ideas to Feel Closer

Pick a film, press play at the same time, and text or call while watching. You can make it feel more like a real movie date by getting the same snacks beforehand and staying on a video or voice call.

Order or cook food at the same time, set up your cameras, and eat together like you're at the same table. You could even choose the same type of food so it feels a little more like you're sharing the meal.

Choose a recipe you both want to try and cook it at the same time on video call. When you're finished, compare how yours turned out. Just don't blame the recipe when one person's version looks significantly better.

Create a shared playlist with songs you love, songs that remind you of each other, and songs you think your partner should hear. Then listen through it together.

Choose a movie released in the year one of you was born and watch it together. Next time, switch years and let the other person choose.

Make silly mini-presentations about each other, your relationship, or completely random topics and present them over video call.

Some ideas:

• Rank your funniest moments together.
• Present where you think you should travel next.
• Rank your partner's most predictable habits.
• Present evidence that you would survive a zombie apocalypse.
• Create a completely unnecessary ranking of your favorite snacks.

The less seriously you take it, the better.

Screen-share a virtual museum tour and explore the exhibits together. You could visit somewhere you'd like to see in person one day or choose a museum neither of you knows much about.

Teach each other a small skill, topic, recipe, phrase, or hobby. It doesn't have to be something impressive. The fun part is getting a glimpse into something your partner knows or enjoys.

Pick a place, culture, period in history, or completely random subject neither of you knows much about. Spend part of the date learning about it, then compare what you found interesting.

Choose a documentary, video, interview, or something else about a topic you're both curious about. Watch it together and talk about it afterward instead of immediately disappearing into your separate routines.

Write a letter to your partner and agree to open or read them at the same time. You can send physical letters or write them digitally if waiting for international postage isn't particularly romantic to you.

Open your old photos and take turns choosing memories from your relationship. Instead of simply looking through them, tell each other what you remember about that day or something the other person might not know.

If you use Konda, you can also look back through the Moments you've saved together.

Put together small care packages for each other and agree on a night to open them together over video call. They don't need to be expensive. Snacks, handwritten notes, photos, inside jokes, or small things that remind you of each other can make it much more personal.

Take turns telling three stories from your life that your partner hasn't heard before. They could be childhood memories, embarrassing moments, old adventures, or seemingly insignificant stories you've simply never had a reason to tell.

You might be surprised by how much there still is to learn about someone you talk to every day.

Choose somewhere you'd love to visit together and build your dream itinerary. Look at places to stay, restaurants, things to do, what you'd pack, and where you'd go.

It doesn't even have to be a trip you're ready to book. Half the fun is imagining it together.

Browse apartments, houses, furniture, or interior ideas online and talk about what your shared space would look like.

Where would you live? Apartment or house? City or countryside? Who gets control of the kitchen? It's a fun date that can also lead to some surprisingly meaningful conversations about what you both want in the future.

Create a list of things you want to experience together. They can be big goals like visiting another country or tiny ones like trying a particular restaurant the next time you're together.

You'll also have a ready-made list of things to do when you finally see each other.

Talk about what each of you wants to accomplish this year and choose ways you can support one another. It turns the conversation from simply knowing your partner's goals into actively being part of them.

Instead of another conversation about what happened during the day, take turns asking questions you've genuinely never asked each other.

They can be funny, romantic, hypothetical, nostalgic, or serious. The goal isn't to turn the date into an interview. It's to stumble into conversations you probably wouldn't have otherwise.

Choose one thing you'd genuinely love to experience as a couple and talk about it. It could be somewhere you want to travel, something you want to learn, a tradition you'd like to start, or simply what you want to do the next time you're together.

Sometimes anticipating the next experience together is part of what makes long distance easier.