Alfeios Bookstore, located at twenty-two Harilaou Trikoupi Street in the Exarchia neighborhood, operates as both a retail bookstore and an active publisher. The establishment is known for maintaining a collection that includes second-hand…
Exarcheia Murals and Politics
This self-guided walk takes you through the heart of Athens's famous countercultural district, showcasing its historic protest sites, community-run spaces, and radical street art. It's the perfect introduction to the modern social struggles and grassroots movements shaping Greece today.
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1. Bookstore Alfeios
2. Navarinou
Navarinou Park is an open-air space in the Exarcheia neighborhood, identifiable by its makeshift appearance and the presence of trees and seating areas tucked between surrounding apartment blocks. Until two thousand nine, this plot was an…
3. Εναλλακτικό Βιβλιοπωλείο
The Enallaktiko Bookstore, located on Themistokleous Street, has maintained its presence in Athens for five decades. This shop distinguishes itself by offering a wide range of titles that span from classic literature and philosophy to…
4. School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens
The Averof Building is the historic home of the School of Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens. You can identify it by its neoclassical facade, which features two monumental staircases leading to an Ionic porch…
5. Plateia Exarcheion
Plateia Exarcheion sits at the center of a neighborhood that has defined itself through decades of radical politics and intellectual life. The square itself is recognizable as a gathering place where the surrounding café terraces spill out…
6. Cinema VOX (ΒΟΞ)
Cinema VOX is an open-air cinema perched on a rooftop in the Exarcheia district, a space often compared to a ship that capsized above the city streets. Since it first opened in nineteen thirty-eight, it has operated as a fixture of the…
7. Strefi Hill
Strefi Hill rises above the Exarcheia district as a limestone outcropping covered in pine trees and crisscrossed by steep stone pathways. Once known as Agchesmos, the hill served as a working quarry from the eighteen forties until the…