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CAFE | VEGGIE & VEGAN RESTAURANT

ANÄNA

You will find a famous and cozy cafe restaurant on the street of Praxitelous. Famous because it offers specialty coffee, that you can enjoy with handmade vegan sweets and chocolates. Plus, in the menu, you can find something tasteful to eat for meal, especially if you have vegan or vegetarian taste, made by high quality organic products.

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400 m / AKADIMIAS METRO LINE 2

RESTAURANT

KEENKIES

The best spot for odd salty and sweet choices! Try the greek baby donuts and peinirlis made with traditional doughs, but enriched with tasty modern twists. Choose the greek pastitsio served on donut for your lunch and after get lost in the wide variety of desserts. All food choices are also available in vegan versions! Tell us that you found Keenkies in “FREE ATHENS” and get a 10% discount in our restaurant.

/ 56 Themistokleous St. - Athens / t: +30 210 38 15 278 / fb: Keenkies / insta: keenkies

Feel the energy of Kerameikos and have infinite fun! Do not forget to take a picture of your favourite spot and send it at “info@ipolizei.gr”.

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4 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT KERAMEIKOS

Today, about 46% of the buildings in the area of Kerameikos are empty! Nevertheless, because of the rich architectural heritage and culture of the region, it is believed that the area has many chances to be transformed into a modern neighborhood without social exclusions.

Workmen, shopkeepers and craftsmen were the main inhabitants of Kerameikos in the late 1950s. The only “elite” of the region were doctors and dentists, useful for the needs of the residents.

After 2000, the hallmark of the area is not anymore the factories, but the recreation areas, which may be housed in former industrial facilities. Property prices go up and, gradually, populations such as Greeks Muslims or Roma are eliminated.

It’ s from 1990 that Kerameikos and the neighbourhoods around it start becoming popular in Bohemian, alternative artists, painters, writersand people of art. Even rich Greek people start seeking a different anD less crowded place to be and to create.

ΚERAMEIKOS

“Kerameis” in greek means potters. The area Kerameikos took its name from those people who worked with their hands and created the famous in all over the world Attic vases-real masterpieces. Kerameikos, their settlement back to the centuries, is located to the northwest of the Acropolis and the whole area has undergone a number of archaeological excavations in recent years. Kerameikos border from the east was the Agora and from the west, outside the wall, was the biggest and most important cemetery.

You can reach there through Ermou, Asomaton or Pireos Sreet. Except for the important Kerameikos Museum which is housed in a picturesque neoclassical building there, the area offers a variety of options for entertainment and not only.

From the metro Gazi you can easily reach to everywhere in Kerameikos on foot. The bars and restaurants close to the metro, in the “Tehcnopolis” area are more mainstream and “noisy”, that’ why young people are usually those who prefer them. But, walking a little deeper, to the more quiet streets, you are going to discover the more traditional aspect of the region. But, to be honest, not only traditional: graffitis, theatres, original, greek tavernas with homemade food, street artists and modern art houses, like galleries, or handmade jewellery shops are there and create, all together, the really special atmosphere of Kerameikos.

Do not expect menus in English or touristic corners. The area is an authentic face of downtown Athens, cosmopolitan and low budget in the same time. Go there if you want to see some less classical but still fascinating museums, such as the Islamic Art Museum, the Art Space Asomaton and the Evonimos Ecological Library. One of our personal preferences, here, in “Free Athens”,are the Seminars in Mikro Polytechneio, a cozy multiplex full of inspiration and art.

Kerameikos meets Metaxourgio and Votanikos, and all together are the absolute mix and match of the city of Athens. Multicultural, with unlimited choices for things to do, to taste, to learn. How could it be different? Those neighbourhoods are located, like crossroads, between Plato’s Academy, the Akropolis and the roads leading to Piraeus.