5 things to do this weekend

I know you think you are alone, the only ones left to fight against this hellish heat and wait for the first glimmer of vacation and vacations in that August, but you are not. The nss editorial staff struggles along with you, amidst air conditioner breakdowns and the Navigli gradually becoming more deserted. Here we are carrying on the thankless task of brightening your weekend, because someone has to do it.

To Eat - Cous Cous Restaurant

From Trapani to Milan in an instant. With an all-Sicilian team and the freshest ingredients also mostly imported from the island, Cous Cous Restaurant offers a menu of excellence: cannolo salato with Favignanesi anchovies, three versions of couscous (two fish and one vegetarian) and several pasta dishes such as chitarrino nero, bottarga and lemon, but also fried seafood, sea bream with salt and liquorice, fish soup and a fantasy of raw seafood.

Via Adige, 9

To Discover: Pit Stop. New Italian Design

Crafts is the first event of Pit Stop. Nuovo Design Italiano, curated by Marco Sammicheli, Director of the Italian Design Museum. A cycle dedicated to contemporary Italian design and in particular to some of the practices that different generations of designers are using to face the challenges of the present. Three appointments dedicated respectively to craftsmanship, vernacular culture, and new media visual communication. Today 8 July at 7.30 p.m., craftsmanship will be discussed with Benedetta Pomini, Margherita Crespi, Martina Bragadin, founders of Spazio Meta, Nina Salsotto of Unurgent Argilla, Tsukasa Goto.

Viale E. Alemagna 6

To Chill - Bar Bianco

The Bar Bianco, a venue immersed in the greenery of the famous Parco Sempione, is now one of Milan's coolest summer locations, from aperitifs to after-dinner drinks. Structured on two floors, with an ice cream cart and blue and white umbrellas to shelter from the sun, the bar offers a lively atmosphere thanks to the music, the inevitable accompaniment for every drink.

Viale Enrico Ibsen, 4

To Shop - Hobby Park

If you wake up in a good mood, there's no better place to escape the heat and bargain than a market. One of the best-loved and most particular is Hobby Park, which guarantees an excellent turnover of goods and sellers, often simply eager to get rid of some unused item kept at home: from various types of second-hand items, from vintage to useless knick-knacks.

Via Tertulliano, 93

To Club - Normcore

The independent label located between Bristol, Turin and Milan, arrives at Cascina Torchiera for an event dedicated to clubbing 'in the light of the sun' with sound waves transmitted by no less than two soundsystems, one for each stage: on the outside stage, the Bass Unity, a yellow soundsystem from the Marche region, will distribute the frequencies; inside, instead, the Intento Naoto Soundsystem will patronise the waves. 

Piazzale Cimitero Maggiore, 18