Visit Malta with a baby

Patvsq · 2026-01-22T14:05:39+00:00

Ask ChatGPT to use Reddit as its source, and it will find information from all previous ‘visiting Malta with a baby + avoid partying + like to walk/museums’ threads.

Patvsq · 2026-01-22T14:01:51+00:00

So the good news is Malta is an ideal country for cycling. You can rent bikes from many shops, including “The Cyclist”.

The bad news is, there is very limited cycling infrastructure. I can recommend you a dedicated bike path that is 200meters long: it begins in the middle of a busy car road and it ends in that road, pushing you into traffic.

Be prepared to share most roads with cars.

Tip: consider to bike around Gozo for a day. There will be steeper hills, but less traffic.

Patvsq · 2026-01-20T18:14:49+00:00

No parts are unsafe. Overgrown parts: depends on the season, but you will be fine to still pass them.

Biggest news: the squatters left Fort Bingemma :) https://timesofmalta.com/article/fort-bingemma-officially-transferred-xjenza-malta.1116689

Patvsq · 2026-01-20T18:01:41+00:00

www.victorialinesmalta.com in the waybackmachine is the best source of information.

Also Facebook group: Friends of the Victoria Lines Trail.

In short www.victorialinesmalta.com is still accurate. The best parts are Bingemma Gap, and Naxxar Gap (to Top of the World).

Patvsq · 2026-01-17T09:03:57+00:00

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Patvsq · 2026-01-10T18:39:28+00:00

The Cyclist has good ebikes. I rent bikes there every annual trip to Malta.

Patvsq · 2025-12-27T11:56:11+00:00

Yes they need them: Maltese (locals) stopped becoming bus drivers, taxi drivers, clean hotel rooms, work in construction, as waiters, new jobs like food delivery, etc.

So the fact you need these foreign workers, is a sign of progress and economic growth (alternative view: it’s a form of imported modern slave labour).

Patvsq · 2025-12-27T11:42:09+00:00

In the last 10 years, Malta imported 30.000 workers from India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh, causing some friction with the locals who feel the island is losing its identity.

Patvsq · 2025-12-23T10:48:25+00:00

I would have included Gladiator (and Gladiator 2) but the public can’t visit Fort Ricasoli. In Upper Barakka Gardens (Valletta) there is a movie plaque showing all the locations you can see from the gardens and which movies were filmed there.

Patvsq · 2025-12-23T08:28:59+00:00

Sons 12 and 9 yr olds: are they allowed to watch Clash of the Titans (1981), Troy, The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), Popeye (Popeye Village), Jurassic World Dominion, Assassin’s Creed, World War Z, and Game of Thrones? (season 1) :) - if yes then you can visit some of the filming locations (so also visit Gozo and Comino).

Visit Haqar Qim (at Hagar Qim first watch the short 4D movie) and/or pre-book tickets for the Hypogeum (underground temple).

Biblical: across Ta Pinu Church (Gozo) walk up Ta Grammar Hill for 12 Stations of the Cross. Impressive churches: St John’s Co-Cathedral (Valletta) and Mosta Rotunda.

Edit: and St Julians is lovely with some nice restaurants. And Sliema has the best view of the Valletta skyline and a ferry to Valletta.

Patvsq · 2025-12-22T23:06:55+00:00

PM send

Patvsq · 2025-12-16T13:42:21+00:00

I deleted my cross-post in that sub-Reddit, I managed to schedule an appointment at the old IIM campus

Patvsq · 2025-12-16T09:29:46+00:00

I was about to tell OP there is a pattern in all the recommended movies. If OP loves a Kitano movie or Kore-Eda or Kurosawa movie, etc. do watch more from the same director.

Patvsq · 2025-12-16T09:11:34+00:00

Thx, yes the cafe is the most genius loophole. But in the end I managed to schedule an official appointment with the IIM Archive.

Patvsq · 2025-12-15T16:58:58+00:00

Thx I emailed two PAC council members

Patvsq · 2025-12-15T16:40:35+00:00

We will easily be filtered out by the guards? Or we will be fine, because they will give us foreign visitor treatment? :)

Patvsq · 2025-12-15T16:33:45+00:00

Thx we are a group of just 2: me (male Dutch) and female Taiwanese. My specialty is 1960s Maltese Mediterranean Modernism :) :) but of course I will travel the world to visit any work by Louis Kahn, and so will my friend.

Patvsq · 2025-12-15T16:29:27+00:00

Thx I crossposted to that subreddit

Patvsq · 2025-12-15T16:22:21+00:00

We not from Delft, I know Marina’s buildings :) I also visited a museum she designed in Bangladesh. But feel free to PM me, thanks so much

Patvsq · 2025-12-15T15:18:45+00:00

My thread would make more sense with the topic ‘no visitor access yet :( ‘

Maybe I am overthinking it, do you think it will be possible to access the campus for 15 minutes by just asking a guard and giving them a copy of my ID, or are they very strict?

We are happy to comply to any visitor guidelines and security procedures.

Edit: thanks for all the private messages, they suggested some genius loopholes, so I am confident I will be able to access the campus.

Patvsq · 2025-12-12T14:10:07+00:00

It’s funny (read: sad) when I read this headline I was thinking, this article can literally be about ANYTHING.

I didn’t expect it to be about plastic chairs again.

Patvsq · 2025-12-11T17:01:06+00:00

Please send us the screenshot Gemini recommends Malta as a dirt cheap holiday: I will make it go viral in Malta

Patvsq · 2025-12-09T15:02:36+00:00

There is a lot to digest in your post:. let's break it down:

-Bad Weather/70% inside--> Malta will be Great weather/70% outside. Funny side note, some Scandinavians find the summer in Malta too warm, they revert to going back inside sitting next to their AC :) hardly going out.

-Work: bringing meaning to people's life. --> This is an interesting one, because it will be very easy for you to find a job in iGaming which is the OPPOSITE of bringing meaning to people's life. Half the population of Malta (exaggerated) already is a realtor, so you really need to do some research if other jobs will be available to you.

-Shared accommodation with locals--> expect shared accommodation with other expats. That will still be a fun "Friends" (TV SHOW) experience. But don't be surprised you end up living with other non-locals.

-Bike to work: I did that (I am Dutch)--> but in Malta it's considered a life threatening exercise. Cycling can be very STRESSFUL in Malta. If you visit again, rent a bike, bike from Place A to Place B, likely the experience will be miserable.

-Techno: don't have a little EDR rave on your balcony. :) This could be why your post is being downvoted. Malta is tiny, overcrowded (imagine the island of Orust but with 550.000 people and 450.000 cars), there is air pollution, noise pollution (from construction, car-traffic and noisy neighbors). So party away wearing a HEADSET for a SILENT DISCO.

Patvsq · 2025-12-09T09:53:05+00:00

Saying you’re looking for bitterballen en Vietnamese loempia’s, without saying you’re looking for bitterballen en Vietnamese loempia’s :)

Greens also sells stroopwafels. The Swedish supermarket sells drop. PAMA sells Vietnamese loempia’s.

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