Athens entertainment
Entertainment in Athens Greece
Athens is one of the most entertaining metropolis of
Europe. Greeks in general love to take the life easy and
discuss politics between a game of backgammon and a cup
of Cappuccino or Frappe coffee the Greek style of
drinking inkstand coffee well stared in mixer with ice
cubes with or without milk, this is on of the main
reasons why in Athens you will find any kind of
entertainment you like. During the day, cafes,
cafeterias, new style cafes like starbacks and other
international chain places of this kind are packed with
young people. The most inn places are around the Athens
university and Kolonaki in the pedestrian streets near
Voukourestiou, Solonos, and Academias street, in Kanigos
and Panepistimiou street around Parliament square,
Exarheia and of course in Plaka and Monastiraki. You can
see all those places if you are on an
Athens sightseeing tour.
The cafeteria is the main meeting place not only in
Athens but all over Greece. But is not all about coffee,
Athens has a lot to offer for entertainment, numerous
Theatres and Cinemas are spread in most areas of Athens.
Before the invasion of the television in Greece the
movies and theatres as well as the shadow theatre of
Kargiozis for the family with children was the main
night outing for the Athenians. During this time there
was over 200 cinemas in Athens and Piraeus not to
mention the Theatres in Panepistimiou street and Omonia
street where was located the famous theatre of
Kotopouli. But a few years ago the fashion of the movies
came back and many new cinema complexes like the Village
Cinemas growing like mushrooms in many areas of Athens
especially in huge shopping malls like the Allou Park in
Petrou Ralli street (Agios Ioannis Rentis), in Marousi
and elsewhere.
The example of Allou Park something like the Bluewater
shopping centre in Kent in England had followed many
other areas in Athens. In such shopping centres you will
find all kind of international chain department shops.
plus fun fairs, cinemas, cafes and restaurants. Fun
Fairs there are also in other areas of Athens like in
Alimos near the old Airport.
For families with children a good idea is a visit to
Attica Zoo witch hosts many species of animals from
Europe, Africa and Asia. The Olympic games in Athens had
as a result the creation of many sport centres. Any kind
of sport activity can be found mostly in the Athens
Riviera, golf, bowling, water sports. The Athens horse
racing has been moved to Markopoulo near the Airport of
Athens. For the fans of lucky games on the mount
Parnitha is the Casino Mon Parnes.
Most famous though Athens is for its famous
nightlife. Greeks
unlike most west Europeans are late birds. they will
never go to a restaurant earlier as 9 or ten in the
night. If they go so late to a restaurants or a tavern
you can imagine what time they will go to floor shows,
night clubs, and live music halls. Many night clubs in
Athens open after midnight. In Friday and Saturday night
whole areas like Kolonaki live a real traffic jam
between 3- 5 in the morning. But not only in Kolonaki
almost in every Athenian suburb main square Friday and
Saturday night the music bars and cafeterias are buzzing
with young people until the early morning hours. Even if
its rain or snow you will see many of them outside the
bars sitting on the bar outdoors stools. Athens is
buzzing of nightlife mostly in the
winter because in the
Summer the buzzing and the Parties of most of the
Athenians will travel to the Greek Party islands like
Mykonos or
Santorini. Our suggestion is to visit Athens once
more in the winter so you can enjoy the city more close
with its inhabitants.
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