Athens once enjoyed a wide network of cinemas that delivered magic to every neighbourhood, but those theatres are fast disappearing. Tyler Boersen explores the threat to the famous City Ideal and examines the role that historic cinemas could play in the redevelopment of the city centre. Cinema is magic. Shoulder to shoulder wi...
Read moreThematic guided tours scheduled for Wednesday, March 8 and Thursday, March 9, on the occasion of International Women’s Day The B&E Goulandris Foundation celebrates International Women’s Day and is organizing, on Wednesday, March 8 and on Thursday, March 9, thematic guided tours titled “Women in the Collection of the Basil ...
Read moreThe “Venus in a Gold Bikini” brings an erotic twist to the Acropolis Museum as part of a series of exhibitions titled "Temporary and unexpected visitors" that include artwork loaned from other world museums. These periodic exhibits will add something fun and frequently spectacular to the museum's story of antiquity. The Acropo...
Read moreThis Wednesday March 8th Dave Red Athens & Psichogios Books join forces to celebrate a female-led cultural event for International Woman’s Day! A unique literary event at the 1st Floor of Dave Red Athens brings women’s writing to the foreground. Three amazing women authors guide us through female leadership and on being t...
Read moreAthens will be front stage in the world of art and design this May when the city hosts the award ceremony for the Pritzker Prize, the most distinguished honor in architecture. The winner announced on 7 March is Sir David Chipperfield. The recognition honors lifetime achievements, and it will draw attention to many spectacular, refined, and ...
Read moreThere is one question more than any other swirling around in our minds as we contemplate the devastation of last week’s train crash, which killed 57 people, mostly young Greeks: How could this happen? Macropolis’ Nick Malkoutzis analyses the collective failure of successive Greek governments. How could this happen? It’s what m...
Read moreIt’s that time of the year again – to don your masks (and we don’t mean of the Corona variety), let your hair down and get into the Dionysian spirit! The City of Athens knows how to throw a party and you are all invited! Get ready for a week full of parades, music, colourful costumes and dancing in the streets. The City of Ath...
Read moreCurated by Katerina Gregos, Modern Love (or Love in the Age of Cold Intimacies) explores the impact of digital technology and capitalism on human relationships, examining how the Internet and social media have transformed love and social interactions. A brilliant exhibition that explores the pathologies associated with the commodificatio...
Read moreAre you a last-minute romantic still searching for some inspiration for Valentine’s Day this year? Athens Insider comes up with fool-proof Date Nights in the Capital guaranteed to earn you extra credits in the Game of Love this week. 1. Indulge in the Food of Love at Spondi Aphrodisiacal food? Check. Ultra-seductive ambiance? ...
Read moreDespite its monochrome, soulless, grimy first impression, Athens can be irresistibly addictive. Look beneath the layers, suggests Sudha Nair-Iliades, and check which neighbourhood meshes best with your personality! Irreverent? Anarchic? If the acrid smell of tear gas and spr...
Read morePurveyor 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...
Read moreWhen a bar is named after Plato, located on the famed Academias Ave and flanked by a street named Omirou (Homer), after Greece’s greatest bard, it’s only natural that it is the destination of choice for Athenians to congregate here for their festive ruminations. With creative cocktails and celebratory bites to get you into the Christmas s...
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