All tours cost 15€ per person, minimum payment 30€ , special prices for groups --- Booking at least 2 days in advance --- duration 2-3 hours
Activism and PoliticsHistorical elements from the creation of the Greek state to the last years society’s awakening after 2008.
City in crisis, people on the move. Crisis on TV screens, society in motion. People get indignant, dream, react. New ideas, loud voices, give color to the ruins of despair and allow the rebirth of the concept of direct participation. The social movements of the city, the demands of the times, the neighborhood groups, reveal another city. Walk with them in the streets as they’re making history. |
Urban MovementsCitizens initiatives, or organized groups, creative neighborhoods and community actions
From reclaiming the public space and community actions, 2008 was the ignition point for many grassroots initiatives. Many of those were related with the city and the public space. The city and its feeling changed drasticly since then, let's discover how and why. How those actions influenced the city, a few years later? |
Money, Culture, IdentityThe aim of this walk is to present the recent political and cultural history of Athens, through a series of its representation in the banknotes. The architecture of financial institutions will supplement the iconography in the Greek currency, providing a parallel narrative of the economic development of the city. Banknotes are one of the most prominent symbols of national identity, combining monuments, personalities, and territories in an effort to construct a community, upon which the value of the currency is constitute. Our tour will start from the Historical Archive from the National Bank of Greece that hosts the collection of Greek banknotes, and conclude at the Numismatic Museum of Athens. On the way to the Numismatic Museum, we will visit the first parliament, the Bank of Greece Headquarters, the historical Stock Market of Athens, and the monument of the Drachma, the first European currency.
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Alternative City History TourThe Conquerors of Athens
A journey through space and time seeking the conquerors of Athens from antiquity to the 20th century. Apparent conquerors, others more concealed, who intervened in shaping the history of Athenian space. A three-hour route that mentions the long-term intervention, sometimes disastrous, sometimes positive, the varied rotation of governors and the political course that shaped Athens in the city that is today' |
