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The Russian church of Athens
The imposing Russian church is not only one of the oldest churches in Athens, but also one of the most fascinating. This historic...
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Big Olive
- Nov 5, 2015
- 5 min
A little bit of Paris: Christ the Savior Church in Athens
Agios Sostis Church is a very peculiar Christian temple located on the neighborhood of Neos Cosmos. On the church’s foundation stone it...
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Big Olive
- Oct 22, 2015
- 5 min
Diario della terra - Interviewing archaeologist Valentina Porcheddu
by Stefano Serusi. This feature originally appeared in Cerchio Magazine. Translated from Italian by Yannis Zaras Valentina, on the...
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Big Olive
- Sep 17, 2015
- 4 min
An Elegy for Blue
Blue has a long and topsy-turvy history; first developed some 4,500 years ago in Egypt, it is believed to be the earliest artificial...
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Big Olive
- Aug 20, 2015
- 4 min
New Concepts for Greek Hotels
Xenia Motel at Meteora by Aris Konstantinidis (1960). Photo source: tourismlandscapes. The Glorious 50s & 60s – Until the 1950s, the...
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Big Olive
- Jul 23, 2015
- 3 min
A little bit of Paris: Beaux-Arts Classicism in Athens
Iris Movie Theater of the Athens Student Club (1926-1931) by Alexandros Nikoloudis. Image (c) ΠΟΦΠΑ. Athens has quite the stable of Beaux...
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Big Olive
- May 21, 2015
- 2 min
Lust & A Literary Walk of Athens
“Creativity takes courage” – Henri Matisse Creativity takes courage, and the capacity to dare yourself inspires confidence. Confidence is...
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Big Olive
- Apr 23, 2015
- 3 min
Old brewery becomes Contemporary Art Museum
The National Museum of Contemporary Art In 2000 The National Museum of Contemporary Art was officially given responsibility for the...
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Big Olive
- Mar 19, 2015
- 3 min
A little bit of Paris: literary cafés in Athens
Café Brazilian. © Big Olive / Katerina Nikakis Where better to sample of a slice of Athens’ bygone past than one of the beautifully...
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Big Olive
- Jan 22, 2015
- 4 min
Big Olive’s pick of Athenian Restaurants
There are well over 1,000 restaurants in a city with less than a 4,000,000 inhabitants – you can eat somewhere new every night, and in a...
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Big Olive
- Dec 18, 2014
- 5 min
Athens on the menu
Editor’s Note: This guest post by Heather Cowper has been featured on Heatheronhertravels.com. Heather has a quality blog and we comment...
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Big Olive
- Nov 20, 2014
- 1 min
Meet Nicolas, our lead historian
Nicolas Nicolaides is a PhD cand. in History at the University of Athens. He received his MA in South East European Studies at UoA. His...
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Big Olive
- Sep 18, 2014
- 5 min
Athens: Irregular and Indigenous
The battle between what architects and planners hypothesized on their drawing boards and how the urban dwellers went on with carrying out...
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Big Olive
- Aug 21, 2014
- 5 min
Mapping the Memories of Anatolian Refugees
Editor’s note: This guest blog post was written by Ciara Barrick a Literature and Ancient Greek student at the Richard Stockton College...
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Big Olive
- Jul 10, 2014
- 4 min
Naturist Beaches in Athens
With the ever-growing popularity of nude beaches ardent naturists are being joined by more casual visitors daring to dress only in...
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Big Olive
- Jun 6, 2014
- 4 min
Greco-Nordic relations: Architecture, Royalty and Ikea meatballs
Scandinavians have brought many great things to mankind: the Nobel Prize, Abba, IKEA, Lego, and existentialism. But Greece’s relationship...
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Big Olive
- May 22, 2014
- 6 min
The Queen’s Gardens
The National Garden Behind the Old Palace (Parliament Building), lies a 16-hectare (40-acre) park, cherished by all Athenians. Formerly...
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Big Olive
- Apr 17, 2014
- 5 min
Museums in Athens
Athens is home to top-notch museums and historic sites. This list contains the most famous or well-regarded organizations. Click on the...
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Big Olive
- Jan 23, 2014
- 1 min
Literary Reflections
How could someone trace the literary and artistic history of a city through a walk, through specific sights and places, especially when...
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Big Olive
- Dec 19, 2013
- 3 min
Modernism in Athens
A guided walking tour past some of Athens’ best modernist architecture devised and led by Big Olive. Modernism visited Athens in person...
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