What's On | Mar 2024
What's On: Secure a seat for Bill Bailey's comedy extravaganza, Thoughtifier. If you're up for a night of unconventional comedy, comic songs and some batty instrumental experiments with a dash of British wit, book your tickets now! This time, the beloved British entertainer will be regaling Athenians with his upcoming performance at the Pallas The...
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Travel | Mar 2024
Anna Zed Papadimitriou experiments travelling by train and finds it transformative. In this time of ecological crisis, Anna suggests finding our own small ways of venturing outside the default, of stepping outside a system that perpetrates destruction in the name of progress and convenience, and in doing so delighting in our beautiful wor...
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Insider Stories | Mar 2024
Literary sensation Alex Michaelides is back in Athens to launch his brand-new thriller, a dazzling whodunit, The Fury (Celadon and Dioptra in Greek), his third, after his breakout hit, The Silent Patient (2019), and The Maidens (2021). The Fury sets itself apart by adding a dose of old Hollywood glamour and intrigue — not surprising, as M...
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Culture | Mar 2024
Greek artist and 2024 Fulbright Fellow Stella Kapezanou's universally recognised bright figurative paintings bring together the banal and the exotic as commentary on the western consumer dream and materialist culture. She joins forces with
New Mexico based multidisciplinary artist Kate Turner at the non-profit cultural venue Openi...
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Style | Mar 2024
Eugenia Chandris' A Magic Cabinet launches its first pop-up shop for a spring escape in the city center at KAL.ATHI until June 1.
Eugenia Chandris, writer and well-known figure in Greek hospitality, decided a few years ago to share her love for Greece through a special storytelling and shopping experience, gathering a cura...
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City Life | Mar 2024
Exarcheia, the animated and graffiti-soaked neighbourhood in the heart of Athens can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. Small business owner Lina Damianidou gives us a look into her Athens, her Nook, a vintage boutique with a curated repertoire of handmade & reworked objects.
What do you do?
With sustainability and ci...
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City Life | Mar 2024
Nestled in the vibrant heart of Athens, in a Stadiou arcade (stoa), Wild Poppies emerges as a beacon of pulsating musical delight, drawing both locals and travellers alike. Its vivdly-hued, inviting ambiance, bathed in blood reds and verdant greens, sets the scene for an exquisite pan-Asian dining experience.
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Culture | Mar 2024
Grab your best viewing spot as Athens rolls out the pomp and pageantry of its annual Greek Independence Day celebrations with a series of colourful street parades.
When: March 25th 2024
Where: Syntagma Square and surrounding streets
Why: Every year on the 25th March, Athens takes a day off to celebrate Greek Independence...
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City Life | Mar 2024
WHAT: Join in a four-day celebration of the city’s artistic renaissance as Art-Athina 2024 opens its doors at the Zappeion from 19 to 23 September. Not just another art fair, this sophisticated highlight of the Athenian art calendar brings together the most influential local galleries and international exhibitors under the one roof and should not b...
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Culture | Mar 2024
For the third year in a row, Athens Insider curates a new series of conversations with international literary luminaries on May 27 and May 28, 2024 as part of the Athens City Festival.
Athens Insider continues with its Literary Salons with international literary luminaries as part of the Athens City Festival at two different v...
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What's On | Mar 2024
What: Odysseas Androutsos’s sword, Konstantinos Kanaris’s hand grenade, Andreas Miaoulis’s compass, Laskarina Bouboulina’s telescope and Lord Byron’s pistol, bring the History of the Greek War of Independence to life in the new permanent exhibition on the third floor of the Benaki Museum of Greek Culture, entitled “Modern Greece”.
When: On Monda...
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Food & Drink | Mar 2024
Nikos Karathanos reclaims his exalted place in the Athenian culinary pecking order with inventive comfort food at Ateno, a restaurant-deli housed in a stunning 19th century building in the old commercial district. Ateno feeds our rekindled love for childhood favorites and homey foods with sophisticated “newstalgia” and transports us to o...
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