The Bathhouse of the Winds is the only surviving hamam (Turkish bathhouse) in Athens and one of the few remnants of Ottoman times. Built...

The imposing Russian church is not only one of the oldest churches in Athens, but also one of the most fascinating. This historic...

Agios Sostis Church is a very peculiar Christian temple located on the neighborhood of Neos Cosmos. On the church’s foundation stone it...

Iris Movie Theater of the Athens Student Club (1926-1931) by Alexandros Nikoloudis. Image (c) ΠΟΦΠΑ. Athens has quite the stable of Beaux...

The National Museum of Contemporary Art In 2000 The National Museum of Contemporary Art was officially given responsibility for the...

The battle between what architects and planners hypothesized on their drawing boards and how the urban dwellers went on with carrying out...

Scandinavians have brought many great things to mankind: the Nobel Prize, Abba, IKEA, Lego, and existentialism. But Greece’s relationship...

The National Garden Behind the Old Palace (Parliament Building), lies a 16-hectare (40-acre) park, cherished by all Athenians. Formerly...

A guided walking tour past some of Athens’ best modernist architecture devised and led by Big Olive. Modernism visited Athens in person...