The stage has been set, the lights are in place and the camera is rolling. Greece is under the spotlight.
The stage has been set, the lights are in place and the camera is rolling. Greece is under the spotlight.
The time has come to take a leap of enjoyment, celebrate the peak of the season and get into the spirit of festive revelry. So, let’s go over the agenda of July’s festivities through Cycladia’s prism.
The 14th European Music Day , the country’s biggest open-air music festival, is about to flood the streets of 25 cities all over Greece from June 19th to June 21st of 2013.
The landscape of digital arts is about to be shaken between the 7th and the 9th of June at the Athens Video Art Festival in the historical centre of Athens.
Theatre enthusiasts get ready to witness the most inspiring cultural event: the 3rd Youth Theatre Festival is about to begin!
Paving the way for the reformation of the city, the National Technical University of Athens in collaboration with Athens’ bikers submitted a study for the bike path network of the Athenian metropolis at the Velo-city 2013 program and won the 3rd prize in the category “Science, Research & Development” of the “Cycling Visionaries Awards” for the Congress of Vienna.
For the first time ever gastronomy enthusiasts are invited to discover the most mouth-watering and authentic Greek flavours during the 3-day culinary culture festival that will be held at Technopolis in Athens, between the 12th and 14th of April 2013.
Discover Athens, its ancient sites and picturesque neighbourhoods with free guided tours throughout the month of April.
The Hellenic Children’s Museum offers an educational programme introducing kids between the ages of 3-6 to creativity and the traditions of Easter through workshops, learning activities, arts & crafts that will trigger their artistic abilities.
The greatest love story ever written returns on stage at Athens Concert Hall for 3 performances on April 5th, 6th and 7th. After its huge success in 2012, the outstanding production of Greek National Opera’s Ballet “Romeo & Juliet” will shine on stage yet once again in a glamorous production with a stunning scenography by Konstantinos Theofanis and impressive costumes by Celia Kritharioti.
The 14th French Film Festival will inaugurate in Athens on the 4th of April renewing its exciting yearly spring rendezvous. Presented by the French institute of Athens it gives a great opportunity to Greek Francophiles to enjoy the most spectacular French films released last year.
The Onassis Foundation founded and organized a European Architectural competition under the “Re-think Athens project” for the transformation of the city centre of Athens that was presented at the Onassis Cultural Centre on March 21st of 2012. The competition started on May 21st 2012 and attracted many participants from the EU.
Athens…one of the world’s ancient cities, a great centre of art & literature, the birthplace of democracy… No other city has contributed more to the civilization of mankind than Athens. The place where Socrates was born, Plato, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and many others. A city centre full of energy and life!