Greece Journal

Travel stories & memories about #Greece 🇬🇷 | Ideas for your next trip | Authentic & Adventurous | By travel journalist & Greece-specialist @frederieklommen

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1st #May 🌺 Kalo Mina
Cover of The Athenian magazine
by Spyros Vassiliou, May 1989 💐

The Athenian was the 1️⃣st magazine 🗞️in 🇬🇧 language to be published in #Greece 🌸🪻

The magazine’s covers were iconic
💚🩷 of the time @TheAthenianMag @Greece_Journal 🌺🌷@EvaLemaier 💐

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The Ghika Gallery at Kriezotou 3 in Athens was gifted to the Benaki Museum by the artist Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, who lived and worked here from the 1950s till 1994. A wonderful place to enjoy his work, and that of others:
@TheBenakiMuseum #GhikaGallery
https://t.co/Btg1k6RyBz

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Renowned Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos returns with Bugonia - a dark and surreal tale, starring Emma Stone. Now playing in theaters worldwide.
Journalist Aimilios Charbis met with Lanthimos in Athens for an in-depth interview:
https://t.co/j9gxXXgcp2
#Lanthimos #Bugonia

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1st #October 🍂Kalo Mina
Cover of The Athenian magazine
by Alina Gabrielatos,October 1992

The Athenian was the first magazine 🗞️in 🇬🇧language to be published in #Greece 🎨

The magazine’s covers were iconic 🤎of the time @TheAthenianMag 🌀@Greece_Journal 🖌️ ⁦@EvaLemaier⁩

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The tiny chapels in Greece. Often owned by private families:
🕯️🔔
“This tradition and custom that connect us between members of the family is part of our identity” >
https://t.co/YEl20JR9dD

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#Exhibition
«Cracking the Pomegranate: exploring
#Greek IDIOMS”

19 Sept-19 Dec 2025
📍Taalhuis #Amsterdam

Join us for a festive opening on
19 Sept ⏱️17:30
Quiz 🧩, music 🎶, drinks🍹 & the cozy atmosphere of a 🇬🇷 afternoon 🌀

🖇️https://t.co/1P1CVRsh4L

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🖼️ Exhibition Alexandros Simopoulos ‘Every beach I have ever slept in’
🗓️ September 16 - October 16 2025
📍12 Antinoros
Athens, Greece

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When visiting #Athens, make sure you visit the flea markets at #Monastiraki and #Thiseio.
Athanasia Santikou of @greeknewsagenda explored the neighborhood and wrote:
‘A “Taste” of the Past in Contemporary Athens’:

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📚🖼️🗺️🪗What a better way to say goodbye to the summer than by having a stroll at the flea markets in the center of #Athens, and take 'a piece of memory' of the city and a 'taste' of its past.

Read more 👉https://t.co/hzcsi1tSjT

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✍️ A special afternoon in #Maastricht (29.8)with writers Frederiek Lommen & Wim Willems, celebrating their deep love 💙 for #Greece 🇬🇷✨

Stories, inspiration & friendship across borders📚
Many thanks to Valantia for representing us
⁦@Greece_Journal⁩ ⁦@moraitakiv⁩ 🖋️

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Καλό μήνα! Happy month!
@PressGreekEmbas

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1st #September 🌀Kalo Mina
Cover of The Athenian magazine
by Pamela Williams,Sept 1976 🎭

The Athenian was the first magazine 🗞️in 🇬🇧 language to be published in #Greece

The magazine’s covers were iconic of the time @TheAthenianMag 🌀@Greece_Journal 🖌️ @EvaLemaier

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Kala matia means 'beautiful eyes'. What has the Greek city with this intriguing name to offer? Travel with us to the south of the Peloponnese and you will find out...
https://t.co/1X6cvgRoXV
#Kalamata @DiscoverGRcom

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Time for a new header on the website and social media of #GreeceJournal
🌅📷
This photo is taken during sunset on the island of #Amorgos, just above the village of Chora. There were few people, in comparison to all the famous spots to watch the sunset on the island of Santorini.

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When in Athens, don't miss this exhibition in the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST):
'Why Look at Animals? Justice for Non-Human Life'!

📍 EMST, Kallirrois Avenue & Amvrosiou Frantzi Street, (Fix factory)
📆 16 May 2025 - 15 February 2026
#VisitAthens #EMST #Athens

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Featuring over 200 works by more than 60 artists from 25 countries, EMST’s latest exhibition "Why Look at Animals? Justice for Non-Human Life" is urgent, emotional and deeply political.
https://t.co/cXN1sz7Q9I

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A meeting with writers ✍️
Frederiek Lommen & Wim Willems
invite you to a special afternoon dedicated to their love 💙 for #Greece

Friday 29.08.2025 ⏱️16.30 uur
📍 Boekhandel De Tribune

🎫Free entrance

Registration ➡️ [email protected]
⁦@Greece_Journal⁩ 🖌️ #book 📚🧿

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Vittoria Traverso (what’s in a name…) discovered the ancient paths in the Zagoria, perfect for adventurous mountain hiking
⛰️🥾🧗🇬🇷
https://t.co/bbxBj9tckj

#Zagoria @BBC #Epirus

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1st #July 🌀Kalo Mina
Cover of The Athenian magazine
by Gary Van Haas,July 1984 🐋

The Athenian was the 1️⃣st magazine 🗞️in 🇬🇧 language to be published in #Greece ⛵️

The magazine’s covers were iconic of the time ☀️ @TheAthenianMag 🌀@Greece_Journal 🐙@EvaLemaier ⚓️🐬#Mykonos ⛴️

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How did tourism shape a nation?
#ImaginingGreece is a digital exposition about the evolution of tourism in #Greece.
🇬🇷📚🖼️
Check the beautiful posters, brochures and books of the 1940s- 1980s, which reflect the style and preferences of those decades.
https://t.co/Z39AfNDUVP

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Enjoying modern culture in an ancient theatre?
The #AthensEpidaurusFestival will run from June 27 to August 23, 2025.
The festival will feature a diverse program of music, opera, theatre at various venues in #Athens, #Piraeus and #Epidaurus.
🎶🎭🎤🏛️🇬🇷
https://t.co/NPFS2u4OJZ

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Strolling through Kalamata…

#Peloponnese #Kalamata #Greece #GreeceBeyondTheObvious #MessiniaGreece #Greekdoors #Greekartwork @VisitKalamata @VPeloponnesegr @VisitGreecegr