Where to buy Local Fashion with a Conscience this Christmas
Marina Sakellariou of The Meet Market curates a selection of local, ethical, cruelty-free fashion and accessory brands rooted in creativity and s...
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Enter Queen Calliope’s bright and bold world of fa...
In our New Athenians series, Calliope Karvounis shares her sartorial p...
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A Magic Cabinet launches its pop-up shop at Kal.at...
Eugenia Chandris' A Magic Cabinet launches its first pop-up shop for a...
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An Exarcheia resident shares her insider secrets
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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Athens Definitive Holiday Shopping Guide 2022
Purveyor of good taste and all things Athenian, Peter Poulos curates his list of interesting, elegant, one-off shops selling all sorts of interesting items perfect for that someone special or for yourself. With Mr. Stavros, his beloved dog in tow, Peter scours every nook and cranny in downtown Athens to come up with a selection of some o...
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Athens Insider’s Definitive 2022 Guide to Christmas Bazaars
Athens Insider draws up a list of all the Christmas bazaars in Athens that celebrate the city’s cosmopolitan character. Shop for gifts for loved ones and feel the warm, fuzzy spirit of Christmas while supporting the local creative community. Here is Athens Insider's round up of Christmas bazaars in Athens in 2022. If you do kn...
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The Meet Market Fall Edition
What: The Meet Market is a two day ‘nomadic marketplace’ that celebrates the creativity and ingenuity of Athens' many local entrepreneurs. Its fresh and alternative style entices interesting characters to enjoy their well-made products & concepts, with artful promotion, in a fun, lively, musical setting, open to all. Every season it attracts mo...
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Christmas Bazaar Guide 2021
From Lebanon to Sweden, Athens Insider draws up a list of all the Christmas bazaars in Athens. Shop for gifts for loved ones and feel the warm, fuzzy spirit of Christmas. Joyeux Noel at the French School! WHAT: Plunge into the spirit of Noel with French Christmas specialties, wines, cheese, toys, decorations and home-baked ...
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Athens’ best bargains revealed by an insider !
When not canvassing for political campaigns, Tel Aviv-based communications strategist and University professor Nimrod Fridberg is busy scouring Athens’ bylanes for the best buys to impress his powerful clientele and students alike! So enthused is he with the bargains that Nimrod suggests making shopping therapy the number one priority whe...
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Sealed Earth: Firing up creativity
The enormously talented Loukia launched Sealed Earth earlier this year, in an area where sculptures are anchored into its very landscape, at the foothills of the Acropolis. A creative hub for ceramicists, from beginners to professional creators, this is where you want to spend your afternoons, rolling up your sleeves and getting dirty, wh...
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Lexikopoleio: For bookish delights
A place of discovery, escape and joy in leafy Pangrati. Walking into Lexikopoleio feels like coming home, because there’s an inexplicable warmth and safety it fosters. The musky smell of the books, the vibrant colours of the covers, the texture of the pages and spine - that in itself is a draw -but when it is peopled by staff who love lit...
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Flâneur Souvenirs and Supplies: Travel Tales
A trip to Paris is stalled, and two wanderlusts Katerina and Yannis Chytiroglou convert their frustration into what they’d wanted to do in Paris – flâner, that untranslatable French word to just float about aimlessly absorbing the essence of the city into a travel boutique. Flâneur is all that and more. So much more than souvenirs, it is ...
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