By Nicola Zanella

Si sta riscattando dopo anni di crisi economica dventando un hub creativo che attira artisti e risorse da tutta Europa: ecco i protagonisti del momento.

By Christopher Elliott

One European city, in particular, is going to great lengths to erase the lines between leisure travelers, business travelers, meeting delegates — and even local visitors. 

By Rebecca Hall

The many hidden bars, regenerated gasworks and rich street‑art culture make Athens stand out as a place that successfully interweaves the ancient past with a contemporary European city.

 By Nick Redman

 After dark, en route to a downtown bar, I turn an alley corner and inhale the sweetest aroma: emitted by bitter-orange trees, it could be bottled and sold by Hermès or Bulgari.

By Anastasia Miari

Opened this summer, the industrial space in an overlooked part of central Athens has been transformed by NEON... It’s just one sign that Greece, better known for its abundance of antiquities, is becoming a destination for contemporary art, too.

By Vicky Karantzavelou

"All of this is part of a strategy that gives emphasis to our urban lungs by reviving the city's greenery. "

By Christiane Schlötzer

Wer auf den Omonia-Platz zufährt, sieht die Wassersäule schon von Weitem... zeigt sich der Platz, von dem sechs Magistralen in alle Richtungen führen und die Distanzen zu anderen Städten gemessen werden, der griechische Nullpunkt sozusagen, in neuem Glanz. 

By Charly Wilder

They strolled Pandrossou Street in their masks, filling the restaurant terraces that line the sinuous alleyways of the Psiri neighborhood as the sun set to share plates of mashed fava beans, grilled octopus and Greek salad. 

By Anthony Grant

Of course if you're the type of nomad who needs a world-class city to inspire you to unleash that inner digital workhorse there's always the metropolis at the centre of it all, Athens.

The city offers the perfect conditions for those seeking a better work-life balance and whose job allows them to be on the move.

By Jim Byers

Reach Global was retained to elevate This Is Athens’ presence in Canada through public relations, educate media and consumers about their incomparable seasonal offerings, and drive economic results through sales & marketing.

Some call them digital nomads. To others, they are corona refugees or lockdown migrants. Thanks to technology and encouragement from their clients and employers, they have the freedom to set up a virtual office anywhere in the world. This year, many are choosing Athens.

By Julie Delahaye

According to Hostelworld, the capital of Greece was the most searched for destination for those looking to go abroad on a city break this year.

By Isabel Conway

Wandering this bustling metropolis, steeped in history there has never been a better time to visit Athens.

By Lucy Thackray

The city is criminally underrated, the best mix of captivating historic roots, cool creative neighborhoods and hearty hospitality.

By Kasia Maciejowska

...creative Athens, shaped by bitter financial crisis, has learnt how to persevere – some might say thrive – in the face of adversity.

As COVID-19 swept across Europe, Greece started implementing nationwide measures to contain the virus, including cancellation of major public gatherings and lock-down measures. The city of Athens followed these measures while also moving quickly to bring experts together from all sectors to protect marginalised communities.

By Rachel Howard

Wherever you go in Athens, your children will be treated to an extra scoop of ice cream or an affectionate joke at lunch. And they're bound to love the pools, playrooms, and even private screening rooms some of the hotels here offer. 

By Rachel Howard

The Parthenon seemed to vibrate with the promise of transcendence – a symbol of humanity’s ability to outlast, to overcome, to survive. 

By Felicity Long

The city of Athens approved the creation of the Great Walk of Athens, a 4.23-mile, car-free route designed to promote the historical city center and enable social distancing for pedestrians.

The Greek capital moved up to the 17th place in the world and the 12th in Europe for 2019, its highest ever.

By Jack Rear

And yes, I did get that same soulful, meditative retreat I’d dreamt of. I had the opportunity to chat to and laugh with like-minded strangers for the first time since lockdown began, to allow the current situation to give me new insight into the stories I love, and break out of the little bubble of my North London flat.

By Gorazd Čad

Climbing to its highest ranking ever at the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) Annual Report 2019, Athens ranked as the 17th top destination worldwide for association meetings, moving up seven positions from its 24th position in 2018.

Air pollution linked to car traffic declined by up to 50 percent, seismic noise related to human activity down by at least 30 percent compared with the pre-lockdown days, scientists at the Athens National Observatory have been impressed with Greeks' compliance with the full lockdown the government imposed on March 23 to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The normally busy streets and squares of Athens were empty this week as the country continued its lockdown, designed to stem the spread of the new coronavirus.

By Odett Schumann

Am Ende meiner Griechenlandtour kann ich all die Sommerurlauber gut verstehen, bin aber dennoch auch sehr froh, dieses großartige Land im ruhigen Winter für mich entdeckt zu haben.

By Ella Buchan

The Athens Riviera – whose beauty and glamour have been compared to the Côte d’Azur – became a playground for the Athenian elite and the world’s most famous faces. Frank Sinatra and Brigitte Bardot bronzed on the beaches and dined in tavernas.

By Rebecca Hall

Greeks also have a communal culture – family is very important to them, as is the celebrated Greek philotimo, or kindness to strangers. They pull together in hard times.

By Rachel Howard

The Athens Riviera may not have the cachet of the Côte d’Azur or the sheer drama of the Amalfi Coast, but this 35-mile coastline is back in the spotlight. Stretching from metropolitan Paleo Faliro to Cape Sounion, a craggy headland crowned by the magnificent temple of Poseidon, the Riviera is where Athenians come to escape the clamour and concrete of the inner city.

By Rose Hill

From classic culture to stylish food, enjoy being pampered in Greece.

By Michael Billington

My immediate impression was that Athens is a hive of theatrical activity: some 1,500 productions a year covering everything from Aeschylus and Sophocles to Pinter and Albee.

By Ioanna Gkomouza and Charis Kanellopoulou

More than 20 years after it was founded, and following several long delays in the opening of its renovated home in the former Fix brewery in Athens, EMST—National Museum of Contemporary Art welcomed its first visitors this week.

I was spoilt growing up in Greece. You take Athens’s landmarks for granted — they’re on your doorstep. It was after I left that I appreciated their significance. 

By Shivani Ashoka

...rather than admitting defeat, modern-day Athens has recalibrated and reinvented itself as a source of inspiration for its next generation of innovators.

By George Kafka

Disparate in their topics, the size of their pages, the textures of their covers and even the languages of their content, these titles are nonetheless united by their home city of Athens.

By Evita Tsokanta

Despite the economic crisis in Greece – or perhaps even because of it – the creative scene in Athens has flourished.

...Θα δημιουργήσουν το ποιοτικό άλμα στο μάρκετινγκ και την προώθηση της πόλης που όλοι προσδοκούν Κάτι ανάλογο ήδη συμβαίνει στην Αθήνα με την σύμπραξη This is Athens αρχικά της Aegean του αεροδρομίου Αθηνών και του δήμου Αθηναίων που λειτουργεί εξαιρετικά και παράγει αποτελέσματα.

By Rob Waters

In a country with the greatest density of bee colonies in Europe, colorful beehives are a common sight.

By Frederike Müller

Unvollkommen, rau und lebendig: In den Ausgehvierteln der griechischen Hauptstadt Athen pulsiert das junge Leben. Und Kulturschätze wie die Akropolis sind allemal eine Reise wert.

By Rachel Howard

For a city with so much mythical and cultural baggage, Athens is surprisingly modern... come expecting a living postcard and you’ll be in for a shock. Three million people are crammed into this hectic, 24-hour city. Yet there’s an intimacy to the way life is lived outdoors in neighbourhood squares, rooftop bars, and balconies where neighbours gossip in their nighties.

By Marina Rafenberg

Un temple moderne. Un sanctuaire d’acier et de verre qui se cambre face à la mer Egée comme pour défier l’ île d’Egine posée au loin, sur la ligne d’horizon. 

By Eva Biringer

Aufgeräumt und klar beschildert ist Athen im Jahr acht Jahre nach der Krise nicht. Dafür aber locker, unkonventionell, die Stadt wirkt trotz ihrer Unvollkommenheit gut gelaunt und platzt förmlich vor Energie und Aufbruchstimmung. Ein bisschen wie Berlin in den 90er-Jahren. 

By Enrico dal Buono

Se in città c’è chi mormora che la crisi sia stata progettata a tavolino, per svendere le meraviglie locali ai diavoli del capitalismo, c’è chi non rinuncia a buone tradizioni novecentesche. 

by Ella Alexander
...the political upheaval of Athens is what lies behind its rising arts scene. Good art is fuelled by intense emotion, be it love, anger, frustration or pain – or simply by having a point of view – and the Athenians have found a release through creativity, giving rise to tiny one-room galleries, sprawling creative hubs and an inventive food scene.

By Mathieu Belay & Alicia Dorey

Au-delà de son patrimoine incomparable, Athènes est aussi une capitale ancrée dans son temps avec son lot d’adresses chics ou branchées, idéales pour une escale prolongée avant de filer sur les îles ou un city break dédié. 

As told by Eugenia Vereli to Trupti Rami

Athens is the definition of Mediterranean. You can see this in the kitchen, in the seaside, in the nature. It’s a really youthful city. People stay out until late into the night every single day of the week.. We are out all day long. We have many bars, many cafés, many shops. When you wake up, you’ll go out and drink coffee. 

By Omaira Gill

Having emerged from a difficult time in its recent past, Athens has entered a new phase as the epitome of all things cool. Although people say Athens is the new Berlin for its bar scene, or London for its emerging street-art culture, none of them do the city justice, because Athens is distinctly itself and incomparable to anywhere else.

By Christopher Bagley

My recent trip to the city confirmed that most of the hype is legit. But Athenians like to point out that city’s unique brand of dysfunctional dynamism has been there all along, even though outsiders are only now paying attention. For travelers who favor unpredictability over prepackaged gloss, Athens is a kind of round-the-clock discovery zone, a place where extreme contradictions are taken for granted.

By Katherine LaGrave

...when you don’t have enough time to leave the mainland, or just want a break from the hustle and bustle of the city, where can you go? Do as the Athenians do and start in the cosmopolitan seaside district...

By Chrysanthe Tenentes

Beyond its preeminent collection of Greek and Roman ruins, Athens is teeming with vibrant neighborhoods dotted with colorful graffiti, modern structures, and a crop of significant 21st-century designs.

By Eleni N. Gage

I didn’t need the kids to be a certain age to handle Athens. I needed to grow mature enough to manage my expectations without bending the city, and everyone’s experience, to fit my plans. The lesson of the souvlaki was not to try to do too much too fast. My new game plan would involve picking a few key things that would interest them (and me) and see them at a leisurely pace.

By Rachel Howard

The revival of Europe’s classical capital has attracted plenty of artists, curators and digital nomads. But it’s entrepreneurial young Athenians who are opening pop-up restaurants, design collectives and guesthouses, regenerating derelict buildings... Athens fizzes with an intense energy that burns bright into the night.

By Charly Wilder

There are places we live and places we visit, and then there are the other places. Places we return to, where we put down roots, but not strong enough roots to hold us — places that change us, that we haunt and are haunted by. Nowhere embodies this for me more than Athens, a city I’ve watched shift and evolve, endure crisis and chaos and economic collapse, and yet emerge from the wreckage as one of the continent’s most vibrant and significant cultural capitals...

By Rob McGibbon

The strong educational aspect to Athens makes it a more meaningful break with children, but these days it is also a safe and friendly city with a young, energetic vibe. 

By Chris Leadbeater

Longing for one last blast of warmth before winter sets in? Look no further than Athens. Summer lingers in Athens, which basks in a glow of 68F (20C) as October slips into November. A wide range of flights also make it a feasible destination. 

By Stephen Heyman

I started where everyone does, in the mythic Athens, the tourist Athens. But when I reached the Acropolis, I kept walking: past the stands selling archaeological schlock, past the spectators on Segways, into the park that surrounds Philopappou Hill. I took a seat on a rock ledge overlooking olive trees, where a few smart Athenians had strung hammocks to watch the sunset.