DIMITRIS KARAISKOS

The forgotten, invisible safe spaces under Athens

A network of thousands of underground spaces are scattered beneath Athens. Pedestrians hurry past them, not suspecting that the metal lid of a manhole they have just stepped on is one of the gates to a vast web of spaces, which for decades has been sealed in silence and oblivion.

Deep dive into shipping history off Greece’s Kea island

On the night of April 14, 1912, the Titanic plowed into an iceberg on its maiden voyage, sending 1,500 souls to the bottom of the icy North Atlantic.

26.08.2023 / 19:00

Sailing the Aegean trade routes, Neolithic-style

The Aegean has been a sea of commerce ever since the dawn of the Neolithic Age, and obsidian was one of its most sought-after and valuable exports.

18.08.2023 / 19:30

A Greek success story: Three generations in the mooring rope business

In 2022 alone, 18 million people traveled by ship to and from Greece’s 227 inhabited islands. Of these islands, 89 do not have an airport and are served exclusively by passenger ferries, which offer a crucial link with the mainland.

25.04.2023 / 21:19

The enigmatic philhellene, Mr Perilla

The history of art is full of unsung heroes. Their names have remained in the dark, either because we turned our backs on them or because they chose to.

30.03.2023 / 18:12

A music collector shares his joy

The Athens Conservatory is holding a special event on Monday in honor of music collector Stathis Arfanis, who donated more than 30,000 records – mostly classical and opera and many rare – to the state music school.

12.12.2022 / 08:18

Takis Zenetos: Architect, visionary and ‘futurist’

A building of almost unreal appearance strikes a contrast among the city blocks of Agios Dimitrios. Like a spaceship ready to take off down the straight run of Vouliamenis Avenue, it looks like something that has come from another galaxy.

10.10.2022 / 23:11

Lefteris Volanis’ analogue synthesizer

The camera is in the driver’s seat in a first-person shot. The road twists and turns before a rapid montage spirits us from Kavalas Avenue in Aspropyrgos onto a ferry headed for Kefalonia.

20.09.2022 / 23:16

Taking off from Elliniko to Washington

Elliniko, early September 2007. A skinny young man holding a camera wanders across the empty, yawning expanses of Greece’s former international airport on the capital’s southern coast.

03.04.2022 / 18:00

‘Greatest accomplishment of modern Hellenism’

The ship glides into port. Brightly lit against the night, it appears, from the window, to float in the dark sky. We are in the city of Ermoupoli on Syros, the heart of the Aegean, at the research center of maritime historian George M. Foustanos.

28.03.2022 / 19:13

Exploring Athens’ erstwhile beacon of peace

Rising 200 meters above central Athens and 300 meters above sea level, with views that stretch across the city toward the Saronic Gulf, there is a sugar-cube chapel that looks like it belongs on one of the Cycladic islands.

29.11.2021 / 13:27

Kypseli and its third youth

Pedion tou Areos park to the south, the Tourkovounia hills to the east, Galatsi and Alepotrypa Hill to the north and Patission Street to the west: These form the boundaries of Kypseli, a neighborhood that was part of the countryside until Athens became the capital of Greece in 1834.

09.10.2021 / 10:15

Like ‘The War of the Worlds’

His memorable work – be it political cartoons for magazines like The New Yorker or The Nation or graphic novels, including adaptations of works by great masters like Franz Kafka and Joseph Conrad – has captivated the whole planet.