ABOUT US
OUR STORY
A group of curious creatives who have made Tel Aviv their home. We are urban explorers, entrepreneurs, social activists, creators, artists and journalists. And we’re all really nice, too.
Come with us to see how the city works, who lives where and why. Understand and decode the complex relations between architecture, design, public space and people.
Discover local oddities such as the mammoth beast of the south – Tel-Aviv’s central bus station (the second largest in the world!), learn about immigrant life in Tel Aviv, or get to know the local street art scene. You can join one of our prepared routes or contact us for a tailor made urban tour.
City Adventures are FOR EVERYONE
Most of our tours range from 1.5 to 2.5 hours. Based on your personal interest (or just trust us on this one) we can recommend combined routes.
We take it slow and easy – our tours are for walking and we welcome all ages. The only requirement is your curiosity.
Our Dream Team
Alongside their work in the cultural field, Mishal and Harel also work as tour guides.
Harel’s portfolio includes working as graphic designer for “Eretz Nehederet” TV show, being a member in ‘the Boat Collective’, showing work alongside Tzipa Kampinsky in the series “gifts from the streets” and in the performance series ‘Overlook’.
Mishal’s walking tour inspired projects include ‘Warsaw Under Contraction’, preformed by artist Noa Reshef in the streets of Warsaw’s old Jewish Ghetto, Poland, 2015, ‘Metropolis’ pop-up art school in Tel Aviv, 2013 and ‘New City Project’ in the streets of Bat Yam, Israel, 2010.
Jonathan H. mishal
Jonathan is a journalist, writer and an enthusiastic urban explorer. MFA graduate from Haifa University. Mishal’s city-wide art projects and urban explorations have been mentioned in ‘Untapped New York’, Lonely Planet, ‘Le Mond’, NRP, Swiss and German national radio services, ׳The Guardian׳ and ‘The Forward’.
In 2018, his explorations of the New Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv were made into a full documentary directed by Tomáš Elšík, with a premier in Sheffield Doc Fest. In 2023 Mishal launched the official United Nations HQ architecture tour which he initiated and developed, now part of the United Nations official public program.
Heela Harel
Heela is an artist and graphic designer, a community gardener and social activist who started her Urban explorations in “no photo”, a fashion column in a popular Tel Aviv magazine. More recently, Harel has taken part in significant initiatives which have been shaping South Tel Aviv in recent years. She acted as the focal point for the Florentin community garden, took a lead role in the planning of Shalvim park, and was instrumental to the urban renewal of Hertzel street and Levinski market. Her positive actions caught the eyes of the media, who follow her activity in articles and news pieces in print, radio and TV.
Harel’s current initiative ‘good eye’ created knitting circles of women around Israel, in communities affected by the October 7th war.