The former gas factory operates as a cultural center, Technopolis, hosting concerts, art exhibits, lectures, music and dance performances, and more. The Industrial Gas Museum, also here, is Greece’s only surviving gas plant and among a handful in Europe that showcases 19th century industrial technology and architecture. Its great gift shop has creations by well-known designers, English-language books, toys, jewelry, photographs, and an open-air cafe-snack bar.
[Open: Tuesday – Sunday 10.00 – 18.00 (summer) and 10.00 – 20.00 (winter) • 100 Pireos • Tel. (+30) 210.347.5518 • www.techonoplis-athens.com ]
Some of the biggest names in contemporary art have been featured at the Benaki Museum annex since its opening in 2004. The Benaki Museum’s Pireos Street Annex has added 3,000 square meters of exhibition space to that of its main building in Kolonaki. Exhibits represent a broad spectrum of mediums, by artists of the caliber of Yannis Tsarouchis, Sean Scully and John Galliano. In addition to hosting live performances, the annex also has a café-restaurant and shop.
[ Tickets: Temporary exhibitions: € 4 to € 6. All-inclusive: 20% discount on total cost of tickets for all exhibitions on day of visit. • Open: Thursday & Sunday: 10.00 – 18.00 • Friday & Saturday: 10.00 – 22.00 • 138 Pireos & Andronikou • Tel.: (+30) 210.34.53.111 • ww.benaki.gr ]
A treasury of cinema art, the Greek Film Archive has both an indoor and open-air theater,
featuring tributes to great filmmakers and pioneering work (original language, with Greek subtitles), as well as temporary exhibitions. [ 48 Iera Odos & Megalou Alexandrou • Tel.: (+30) 210. 360.9695 • www.tainiothiki.gr ]
© Alexandros Ioannides
In the heart of one of Athens’ hottest nighttime destinations and right next to Kerameikos metro station, Gazarte multipurpose arts and culture center houses a happening music hall, bookstore and cinema on its ground floor, and a highly scenic cocktail bar and restaurant with a glittery panoramic view of the Acropolis on the second floor. [ 32-34 Voutadon • Tel.: (+30) 210.346.0347 • www.gazarte.gr]
A contemporary cultural gem strategically strewn in the post-industrial neighborhood of Votanikos, Athinais Cultural Center hosts permanent and temporary art exhibitions, film tributes, festivals, musical performances and theater productions, while also offering fine dining and glamorous drinking. [Kastorias 34-36, Votanikos • In a short distance (350 metres) is located the metro station of Kerameikos • Tel.: (+30) 210.348.0000 • www.athinais.com.gr ]
Marina Douni | November 25th, 2015
The reopening of the old gas factory as a cultural space a few years ago changed Athens’ once neglected district of Gazi into a trendy quarter, a favorite hangout for the city’s young people. These days the district is a great place to catch the city’s artistic side through the year-round concerts and exhibitions. Watch the world go by at one of the cool cafés nearby or grab a bite to eat at venues where the chefs are not shy about getting creative with the cuisine.
The former gas factory operates as a cultural center, Technopolis, hosting concerts, art exhibits, lectures, music and dance performances, and more. The Industrial Gas Museum, also here, is Greece’s only surviving gas plant and among a handful in Europe that showcases 19th century industrial technology and architecture. Its great gift shop has creations by well-known designers, English-language books, toys, jewelry, photographs, and an open-air cafe-snack bar.
[Open: Tuesday – Sunday 10.00 – 18.00 (summer) and 10.00 – 20.00 (winter) • 100 Pireos • Tel. (+30) 210.347.5518 • www.techonoplis-athens.com ]
Some of the biggest names in contemporary art have been featured at the Benaki Museum annex since its opening in 2004. The Benaki Museum’s Pireos Street Annex has added 3,000 square meters of exhibition space to that of its main building in Kolonaki. Exhibits represent a broad spectrum of mediums, by artists of the caliber of Yannis Tsarouchis, Sean Scully and John Galliano. In addition to hosting live performances, the annex also has a café-restaurant and shop.
[ Tickets: Temporary exhibitions: € 4 to € 6. All-inclusive: 20% discount on total cost of tickets for all exhibitions on day of visit. • Open: Thursday & Sunday: 10.00 – 18.00 • Friday & Saturday: 10.00 – 22.00 • 138 Pireos & Andronikou • Tel.: (+30) 210.34.53.111 • ww.benaki.gr ]
A treasury of cinema art, the Greek Film Archive has both an indoor and open-air theater,
featuring tributes to great filmmakers and pioneering work (original language, with Greek subtitles), as well as temporary exhibitions. [ 48 Iera Odos & Megalou Alexandrou • Tel.: (+30) 210. 360.9695 • www.tainiothiki.gr ]
© Alexandros Ioannides
In the heart of one of Athens’ hottest nighttime destinations and right next to Kerameikos metro station, Gazarte multipurpose arts and culture center houses a happening music hall, bookstore and cinema on its ground floor, and a highly scenic cocktail bar and restaurant with a glittery panoramic view of the Acropolis on the second floor. [ 32-34 Voutadon • Tel.: (+30) 210.346.0347 • www.gazarte.gr]
A contemporary cultural gem strategically strewn in the post-industrial neighborhood of Votanikos, Athinais Cultural Center hosts permanent and temporary art exhibitions, film tributes, festivals, musical performances and theater productions, while also offering fine dining and glamorous drinking. [Kastorias 34-36, Votanikos • In a short distance (350 metres) is located the metro station of Kerameikos • Tel.: (+30) 210.348.0000 • www.athinais.com.gr ]
Benaki Museum director George Manginis talks about art and self-isolating.
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