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Mia Arawi

6 Niche Instagram Accounts You Need To Follow If You Love Beirut

How much do you love Beirut? There are quite a few niche Instagram accounts that we’re sure you’ll want to follow if you really, really love Beirut the way we do!

1. Chairs of Beirut

Featuring abandoned and lonely looking chairs all over the city, the account captures an overlooked beauty in Beirut. Many of these chairs had a history before they were abandoned, and it’s pretty fun trying to conjure up our own stories as to how they ended up there.

2. Doors of Beirut

A chairs of Beirut equivalent, except it’s dedicated to doors. This account is sick and tired of boring and minimalist modern architecture and wants to bring back the creativity that Beirut once had in its doors. In the caption, you’ll be able to read exactly where to find it so you can see it yourself.

3. Ugly Beirut

There’s beauty in chaos, and this account is showing just that. Capturing chaotic images from all over Beirut, they’re hoping to show you that there is beauty in everything, especially chaos ( for which our city just happens to be known).

4. Beirut Street Cats

Filled with adorable shots of Beirut’s strays, Beirut Street Cats is arguably the best timeline cleanse you’ll find on Instagram. The quirky cats of Beirut are worth dedicating an entire Instagram account to, so happy scrolling! And maybe send in your own photo of a cute city stray.

5. Lebanese Vans

Although inactive since 2016, this account might as well be an artifact. It has so many photos of the funniest and most outrageous vans ever, so if you want to have a few laughs, then you should definitely keep this account in your archives.

6. Zakaria Baydoun

This street photographer went viral a while ago because of the amazing candid shots he took of the charming people of Beirut. We’re sure scrolling through his account will remind you exactly why we love Beirut and its people.