This is Beyoğlu as a text adventure. It uses the same real, named places as the 3D version, and every building is described the way you'd find it inside. It works with any screen reader and keyboard, and you don't need graphics.
Type a command and press Enter, or use the buttons. Try look, north, go to and a place name, enter, menu, order 1, sit, talk, leave or help.
2,500 named places from the real map are in this walk. Here is what each kind is like when you step through the door, with real examples you can visit:
Shelves of goods run in rows toward the back, there's a display table near the door, and a register counter sits beside the entrance.
For example: Ağa Hamamı, Aga Hamam Hostel, Jacqueline Cookies, Salpa Sahaf.
Tables with paired chairs fill the room, and high-backed booths run down one wall. A chalkboard menu hangs over the kitchen counter at the back, where a server stands ready. Posters brighten the side wall.
For example: Ulas Balikciluk, Van Kahvalti Muftaği, Gramaj, Yiğit Sofram Gözleme ve Kahvaltı.
The lobby has a long front desk with a brass bell and a wall of key-card slots behind it. There's a red rug with a sofa and armchairs, tall potted plants, a brass luggage cart and two elevator doors. A chandelier glitters overhead. Past the lobby, a corridor leads to guest rooms, each with a bed, nightstands and lamps, a TV on the dresser and a window.
For example: Room Mate Emir Hotel, Corinne, Four sides beyoĝlu, Orka Taksim.
The espresso machine hisses behind a wooden counter, next to a grinder and a glass case of pastries. A chalkboard lists the drinks. Small round tables fill the room, and a sofa corner with a rug, a lamp and a bookcase sits by the window. Warm bulbs hang low over everything.
For example: Babel Cafe, Babel Café Restaurant, Kumbasar Fırın, Holly Cafe.
Desks with chairs, a bookcase of files and a few plants. It's quiet apart from keyboards.
For example: Yunanistan Başkonsolosluğu, Superpool, Buceti Tercume, Özgür Üniversite Türkiye ve Ortadoğu Forumu Vakfı.
It's dim and warm. A long wooden bar runs down one side with stools and a row of beer taps, and backlit shelves of bottles glow amber behind it. Neon strips glow on the back wall, a game plays on a TV, and there's a pool table with the balls racked. Booths fill the other wall.
For example: N'EVET İstanbul Rooftop Restaurant & Roof Bar, Ex bar, Taxim Lounge Hotel, Pinokyo Bar Terrace.
Rows of pews split by a centre aisle lead to an altar at the front, with a plant standing on either side. It's calm and still.
For example: Muhyiddin Molla Fenari Camii, Sirkeci Mustafa Ağa Camii, Firuzağa Camisi, Ağa Camii.
Long shelf aisles run the length of the store, stocked with colourful goods. A glowing cooler wall lines the back, and checkout lanes wait near the front.
For example: Yeşilçam Manavi, Orka Süpermarket, CarrefourSA, Şok.
White aisles of boxes in blue, red and green run toward a pharmacy counter at the back under a big PHARMACY sign. Shelves of prescriptions sit behind the counter, and a blood-pressure chair waits near the front.
For example: Özhan Eczanesi, Nuray Eczanesi, Taksim Şule Eczanesi, Aykut Eczanesi.
A bright counter runs across the back with three registers, and lit menu screens hang above it. Behind the counter you can hear the fryers hiss and the grill sizzle. Two touch-screen kiosks stand near the door, a soda fountain hums along the right wall, and booths line the left wall, with small two-seat tables in the middle.
For example: Mono Burger, Pasa Doner, Usta Dönerci, Kasap doner.
A front office greets you. Down the corridor, classrooms have rows of small desks all facing a whiteboard, with the teacher's desk in the corner.
For example: Sainte-Pulchérie Lisesi, Taksim Sürücü Kursu, İstanbul Kent Üniversitesi, İstanbul Atatürk Anadolu Lisesi.
A service counter faces a row of waiting chairs, and a flag stands in the corner. Offices open off a corridor.
For example: Beyoğlu police station, PTT Taksim, Goethe Institut İstanbul, Istanbul Romen Kültür Merkezi.
Rails of hanging clothes fill the floor, folded shirts line the wall shelves, and two mannequins stand near the door. Fitting rooms with curtains run along one side next to a tall mirror.
For example: fanfinfon shoe store, Zarafi, Levi's, Nike.
A waiting room with chairs and a coffee table faces the reception desk. Down the hall, exam rooms each have a bed, a small desk and a chair.
For example: Taksim Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Cihangir lab (covid test), Cihangir Dental Clinic, İç Hastalıkları Uzmanı Dr. Hayrettin Kundur.
Styling chairs line one wall in front of mirrors, waiting chairs sit opposite, and the front counter is by the door.
For example: Pide salon, Öz Develi Etli Pide Salonu, Beyoğlu Belediyesi Cihangir Spor Salonu, Emrah Barber Shop.
It smells of wood smoke and baking dough. A brick dome oven glows orange at the back with a stack of split logs beside it. Pies sit under glass on the counter, a chalkboard menu hangs on the brick wall, and the tables have red-and-white checked cloths with shakers of chili flakes and parmesan.
For example: Pizza Vegas, Mitto Pizza, Boheme Pizza & Panino, Domino's.
Tall wooden bookcases cover the walls, and tables of new releases are stacked with colourful spines. There's a reading nook with two armchairs, a rug and a standing lamp. The register is by the door, and warm pendant lights hang overhead.
For example: İnsan Kitap, Scala Kitapçı, Ada Cafe + Bookstore, Turkish-German Bookstore Cafe.
Rows of white front-loading washers line both walls, their round glass doors like portholes. Stacked dryers tumble at the back. A long folding table in the middle has warm clothes on it, a row of plastic chairs waits, and a change machine blinks by the door.
For example: Laundry Taksim, Sahane Camasirhane Laundry, Şirin Laundry, Elif Laundry.
Pedestals with artefacts stand in a grid across the gallery, with benches for resting and an information desk by the door.
For example: The Museum of Innocence, Illusion Museum, Museum of Illusions Istanbul, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art.
The floor is a black-and-white checkerboard. A blue counter holds the tubs, red stools line up in front of it, a freezer hums, and an arcade cabinet and a pinball machine blink in the corner.
For example: Freddo Cihangir (Dondurma), K. Maraş ice cream, Yaşar Usta'nın Dondurması, K.Maras Dondurmasi.
Exercise mats, barbells and punching bags fill the floor. Dumbbells sit on a rack, and the front desk is by the door.
For example: Ace Of Gym & Pilates, Flash Gym, NOA Gym, Gaia Spa & Fitness Center.
Fluorescent lights hum over narrow aisles packed floor to ceiling with snacks and drinks. Glass-door coolers glow along the back wall. By the register, hot dogs turn on a roller grill under a heat lamp, the slushie machine churns red and blue, and the coffee station smells burnt in the best way.
For example: Opet, Total Milangaz, Petrol Ofisi, Türkiye Petrolleri.
Glass display cases glitter with gems under bright lights, more cases line the walls, and the register is at the back.
For example: Tattoo Jewelry.
A huge screen fills the far wall, and tiered rows of red velvet seats face it. The popcorn counter is by the entrance.
For example: Roxy Bar.
A long teller counter runs across the back, a row of waiting chairs sits by the door, and banker's desks with chairs are spread across the floor.
For example: AK Bank Sanat Galerisi.
White display tables hold laptops and phones with glowing screens. A whole wall of TVs plays bright colours, and headphones hang in rows on one side. A service counter is by the door.
For example: CAN ELECTRONIC LTD.
Tall orange shelving racks rise almost to the ceiling, stacked with boxes and bags. A pegboard wall is covered in tools, paint cans are stacked in a corner, and a pile of lumber smells of fresh-cut pine.
For example: Al Nalburiye - Hardware Store.
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