LIFESTYLE

First Zen monastery in Greece in the works
SOCIETY

Konstantinos Sgoumpopoulos, a Zen abbot as well as shipping and real estate businessman, talks to Kathimerini about the first Zen monastery to be built in Greece and the wider region.


I love you, but I hate your cooking
THE NEW YORK TIMES

When Marta Hurgin first met Lisa Wolford, she loved Wolford’s sharp legal mind, her sense of humor and her empathy toward animals. And Hurgin even accepted that Wolford’s favorite food was chicken, though, as a vegetarian, she couldn’t quite understand it. The two lawyers began to date, and soon, in pursuit of domestic bliss, they […]

Luxury water becomes fashionable among the elites
SOCIETY

Millions of people worldwide don’t have clean water to drink, even though the United Nations deemed water a basic human right more than a decade ago. Yet, even as extreme heat dries up more aquifers and wells and leaves more people thirsty, luxury water has become fashionable among the world’s privileged, who uncap and taste it like fine wine.


Love, a divine pursuit
OPINION

Lasithi, Crete. Our journey took us to a once-thriving mountain village. In the past, the place relied on agricultural and livestock production that bound its residents to their homeland.


New tours mean no more FOMO for plus-size travelers
THE NEW YORK TIMES

Vacation is meant to be relaxing, exhilarating and insert all the other positive adjectives you like, but it is often stressful and disappointing. Traveling while fat can be both of those things, as well as dehumanizing and FOMO-inducing. Actually, plus-size travelers don’t just have the fear of missing out; they’ve historically had the near guarantee […]

Concrete daisies? There’s a fine for that
THE NEW YORK TIMES

On a recent afternoon, Jo Farb Hernández, a Californian folklorist and curator, was admiring the bizarre structure that stood before her near Spain’s border with France.



The Finnish secret to happiness? Knowing when you have enough
THE NEW YORK TIMES

On March 20, the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network released its annual World Happiness Report, which rates well-being in countries around the world. For the sixth year in a row, Finland was ranked at the very top.

A nose for opera
IMAGES

Luigi Cherubini’s “Medea” provided the inspiration for the Greek National Opera’s new bespoke candle, as the company prepares to stage the late 18th-century opera at the Stavros Niarchos Hall this spring.

Artists light up SNFCC for Christmas
CULTURE

Five new artistic lighting installations are being switched on as of Thursday at the Stavros Niarchos Park in Athens marking the start of the Christmas season.


How to sustain the will to run as a daily habit
THE NEW YORK TIMES

Nicole Hagobian, a marathon runner, running coach, and sport and exercise scientist at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, knows just how hard it can be to lace up her running shoes and get herself out the door.

Cosmetics industry to make up for some ground lost
ECONOMY

The cosmetics industry in Greece is bracing for a rebound this year, as the association of the sector’s company (PSBAK) expects turnover to post a 4.5% annual increase in 2022 while remaining well below pre-pandemic figures.

Athens Tattoo Convention returns
CULTURE

Starting on May 13, some 350 tattoo artists (among them all-star personalities in the field) from Greece and around the world will be introducing a great variety of tattoo art genres over a colorful three-day period.