Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu with Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis In efforts to initiate actions for improved relations between Greece and Turkey, Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis invited his Turkish counterpart Ekrem İmamoğlu to the Greek capital this week. Bakoyannis and İmamoğlu met at Athens City Hall to discuss mutual actions that will “build bridges of peace” […]
The Athens Urban Transport Organization – OASA has launched an interactive map offering essential information to commuters about the Greek capital’s transport network. The organization presented the digital map during the 85th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) that was recently held in the northern port city. “Aiming to upgrade the services offered to commuters, the
The “Persian or Scythian Rider”. Copyright: Acropolis Museum / Giorgos Vitsaropoulos On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, the Acropolis Museum in Athens will hold the cultural program “A Museum Open to All” for migrants and refugees during September 24-26. Organized every September by the European Union and the Council of Europe, the European […]
The Monocle Magazine will hold its “Quality of Life” Conference 2021 in Athens during September 23-25. The magazine’s editors have chosen the Benaki Museum in the Greek capital as the venue to hold the sixth edition of the “Quality of Life” and are inviting everyone to join the conference and learn “how to reshape and […]
Glenn Close. Photo source: @glennclose, Instagram Hollywood star and eight times Oscar nominee Glenn Close recently arrived in Athens to film for season 2 of Israeli espionage thriller “Tehran”. After the completion of its first season, which was almost exclusively shot in Athens, the show of Apple TV+ once again “disguises” the Greek capital as […]
The Athens Municipality has expanded its street art program with the addition of one more impressive mural on the wall of Thessalonikis pedestrian street, located near the capital’s Technopolis cultural complex in the district of Gazi. Created by Italian artist Demetrio Di Grado, the mural has joined the list of other street art creations in […]
The interest of international holidaymakers for Athens has grown stronger during the last few months, with online searches for the Greek capital picking up pace in July compared to the previous months, according to a survey conducted by travel and tourism marketing agency Tourix. Titled “Tourism Demand via internet related to accommodation for the destination […]
Athens museums, cultural spaces and all forms of art take the spotlight as part of the “Art on the Road” campaign launched by the municipality together with advertising firm Interbus. The initiative dubbed “Art on the Road – Let’s Visit Museums” includes a series of actions (in Greek and English) showcasing Athens’ cultural past and […]
An impression of the lower part of Syntagma Square following its makeover. The Municipality of Athens recently began its announced renovation works to the lower part of Syntagma Square in the center of the Greek capital. More specifically, the works concern interventions to the public space delimited by Filellinon, Karagiorgi Servias and Mitropoleos streets. As […]
View from Anafiotika, Athens. Photo source: @Visit Greece The World Tourism Association for Culture and Heritage (WTACH) has commenced a study into the tourism carrying capacity of Athens, in partnership with the Athens Development and Destination Management Agency (EATA). “Tourism Carrying Capacity” is defined by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) as “the maximum


















