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Tuesday, 29 March 2022 07:00
Where To Enjoy Fresh Juices & Smoothies In Athens
Athens may be best known for its food scene, since there's a huge tradition of eating out in Greece, however, it also has a slew of amazing juice bars.
Taking advantage of the seasonal fruits and vegetables, these spots deliver a variety of healthful and nutritious juices and smoothies to cater to every taste!
Pure Juice Bar
@purejuicebargr
With the goal of improving the food habits of the customers, Pure Juice Bar provides a menu of high nutritional value and an array of different flavors. Not only do they offer fresh fruit and veggie smoothies, but also mouthwatering açai and buddha bowls, energy balls, almond milk, and turmeric lattes, and a variety of super-healthy snacks!
Location: Sina 21, Kolonaki
Phone: 213 0363671
Happy Blender
@happyblender
Just a heartbeat away from the Ancient Agora, Happy Blender’s philosophy is to offer high-quality and healthy products, made in an environmentally friendly way. They serve delicious juices and powerhouse smoothies and bowls, promising to revitalize you. Another highlight is authentic strained greek yogurt with homemade toppings!
Location: Ifestou 39, Athina
Phone: 21 0363 8484
Fontana Living Well Store
@fontana_athens
Nestled on a tree-lined pedestrian street, Fontana Living Well Store offers a delightful selection of freshly pressed juices and creative, made-to-order ice teas and smoothies that will help you boost your detox routine!
Location: Aiolou 17, Athina
Phone: 21 0325 4112
Join Juice Bars
@joinjuicebars
With a positive philosophy that encourages self-care and well-being, JOIN juice bars in central Athens offers energizing juices and smoothies, upbeat music, and an inexhaustible supply of positive vibes. Rambo (almond milk, whey protein, pear, spinach, organic matcha, and rice) and Hulk (almond milk, banana, avocado, lime, goji berries, and organic matcha) are two of the most adventurous flavors on the menu!
Location: Romvis 24, Athina
Phone: 21 0323 6264
Xymopoieio
@mgdlnvlgr
Located in the Monastiraki flea market, less than a minute from the metro station, this is the ideal spot to take a break from exploring Athens, re-energize, and hydrate with a smoothie, to escape the heat for a while. Countless tasty combinations await you!
Location: Pandrossou 64, Athina
Phone: 21 0325 4186
Taking advantage of the seasonal fruits and vegetables, these spots deliver a variety of healthful and nutritious juices and smoothies to cater to every taste!
Pure Juice Bar
@purejuicebargr
With the goal of improving the food habits of the customers, Pure Juice Bar provides a menu of high nutritional value and an array of different flavors. Not only do they offer fresh fruit and veggie smoothies, but also mouthwatering açai and buddha bowls, energy balls, almond milk, and turmeric lattes, and a variety of super-healthy snacks!
Location: Sina 21, Kolonaki
Phone: 213 0363671
Happy Blender
@happyblender
Just a heartbeat away from the Ancient Agora, Happy Blender’s philosophy is to offer high-quality and healthy products, made in an environmentally friendly way. They serve delicious juices and powerhouse smoothies and bowls, promising to revitalize you. Another highlight is authentic strained greek yogurt with homemade toppings!
Location: Ifestou 39, Athina
Phone: 21 0363 8484
Fontana Living Well Store
@fontana_athens
Nestled on a tree-lined pedestrian street, Fontana Living Well Store offers a delightful selection of freshly pressed juices and creative, made-to-order ice teas and smoothies that will help you boost your detox routine!
Location: Aiolou 17, Athina
Phone: 21 0325 4112
Join Juice Bars
@joinjuicebars
With a positive philosophy that encourages self-care and well-being, JOIN juice bars in central Athens offers energizing juices and smoothies, upbeat music, and an inexhaustible supply of positive vibes. Rambo (almond milk, whey protein, pear, spinach, organic matcha, and rice) and Hulk (almond milk, banana, avocado, lime, goji berries, and organic matcha) are two of the most adventurous flavors on the menu!
Location: Romvis 24, Athina
Phone: 21 0323 6264
Xymopoieio
@mgdlnvlgr
Located in the Monastiraki flea market, less than a minute from the metro station, this is the ideal spot to take a break from exploring Athens, re-energize, and hydrate with a smoothie, to escape the heat for a while. Countless tasty combinations await you!
Location: Pandrossou 64, Athina
Phone: 21 0325 4186
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Tuesday, 29 March 2022 20:34
National Archaeological Museum
The National Archaeological Museum is the largest museum in Greece and one of the most important in the world. Originally destined to receive all the 19th century excavations, mainly from Attica and other parts of the country, it gradually took the form of a central National Archaeological Museum and was enriched with finds from all parts of the Greek world. His rich collections, enumerating more than 11,000 exhibits, offer the visitor a panorama of ancient Greek culture from the beginning of prehistory to the late antiquity.
The museum is housed in the imposing neoclassical building, built at the end of the 19th century in designs by L. Lange and eventually formed by Ernst Ziller. Its exhibition grounds, dozens of halls on each floor, cover an area of 8,000 m² and houses the five major permanent collections:
• The Collection of Prehistoric Antiquities, including works of the great civilizations that developed in the Aegean from the 6th millennium to 1050 BC. (Neolithic, Cycladic and Mycenaean) and finds from the prehistoric settlement of Thira.
• The Sculpture Collection, which presents the evolution of ancient Greek sculpture from the 7th century. B.C. until the 5th c. AD, through unique works of art.
• The Vase and Minerals Collection, which includes representative works of ancient Greek ceramics from the 11th century. B.C. up to the Roman era, as well as the Stathatos Collection, a timeless collection of miniature artifacts.
• The Metallurgical Works Collection with many unique original works, statues, figurines and miniature works.
• Finally, the unique for Greece Collection of Egyptian and Eastern Antiquities with works of art, dating from the pre-emptive period (5000 BC) to the times of the Roman conquest.
The museum has a rich photographic archive and a library with many rare editions, which is continuously enriched for the needs of scientific staff. It also has modern workshops for the maintenance of metallic objects, ceramics, stone, casting workshops, organic materials, photographic workshop and chemical laboratory. There are also halls of periodical exhibitions, a lecture theater, as well as one of the largest collections of the Archaeological Resources Fund.
The National Archaeological Museum accepts thousands of visitors each year. Along with the exhibition of exhibits, he organizes periodical exhibitions and participates by lending his works to exhibitions both in Greece and abroad.
In addition, it serves as a research center for scientists from all over the world and participates in the development of special educational and other programs. Archaeological lectures are organized in the amphitheater, while innovation is also the possibility of guiding people with hearing problems by scientific staff.
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Tuesday, 29 March 2022 19:58
The Benaki Museum
The Benaki Museum, established and endowed in 1930 by Antonis Benakis in memory of his father Emmanuel Benakis, is housed in the Benakis family mansion in downtown Athens, Greece. The museum houses Greek works of art from the prehistorical to the modern times, an extensive collection of Asian art, hosts periodic exhibitions and maintains a state-of-the-art restoration and conservation workshop. Although the museum initially housed a collection that included Islamic art, Chinese porcelain and exhibits on toys, its 2000 re-opening led to the creation of satellite museums that focused on specific collections, allowing the main museum to focus on Greek culture over the span of the country's history.
The Benaki Museum today feautures various collections of museum:
Pireos 138:
The new Benaki Museum building is located at 138 Pireos Street, one of the central development axes of Athens. The existing building, which is organised around a central courtyard, is already being refurbished, thanks to co-funding by the Ministry of Culture and the European Union. The new building covers a total area of 8,200 m2 with underground areas of 2,800 m2 and an internal courtyard of 850 m2. The exhibition halls span 3,000 m2. There is an amphitheatre capable of seating 300, as well as areas to house the Museum services.
Greece in Benaki Museum:
The Benaki Museum of Greek Culture is housed in one of the most beautiful neoclassical-style buildings in Athens, near the National Garden and the Hellenic Parliament. It was converted into a museum in order to shelter the collections of Antonis Benakis and was donated to the Greek nation by himself and his three sisters, Alexandra, Penelope and Argine. Following its most recent refurbishment (1989–2000), the building houses a unique exhibition on Greek culture arranged diachronically from prehistory to the 20th century.
Ghika Gallery:
The building at 3 Kriezotou Street belonged to the artist Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika who donated it to the Benaki Museum during his lifetime. The original structure, commissioned by Alexander Hadjikyriakos around 1932, comprised a ground floor and five upper floors. Designed by the architect Kostas Kitsikis, a professor at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), it was a typical example of an interwar apartment block.
The Benaki Museum today feautures various collections of museum:
Pireos 138:
The new Benaki Museum building is located at 138 Pireos Street, one of the central development axes of Athens. The existing building, which is organised around a central courtyard, is already being refurbished, thanks to co-funding by the Ministry of Culture and the European Union. The new building covers a total area of 8,200 m2 with underground areas of 2,800 m2 and an internal courtyard of 850 m2. The exhibition halls span 3,000 m2. There is an amphitheatre capable of seating 300, as well as areas to house the Museum services.
Greece in Benaki Museum:
The Benaki Museum of Greek Culture is housed in one of the most beautiful neoclassical-style buildings in Athens, near the National Garden and the Hellenic Parliament. It was converted into a museum in order to shelter the collections of Antonis Benakis and was donated to the Greek nation by himself and his three sisters, Alexandra, Penelope and Argine. Following its most recent refurbishment (1989–2000), the building houses a unique exhibition on Greek culture arranged diachronically from prehistory to the 20th century.
Ghika Gallery:
The building at 3 Kriezotou Street belonged to the artist Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika who donated it to the Benaki Museum during his lifetime. The original structure, commissioned by Alexander Hadjikyriakos around 1932, comprised a ground floor and five upper floors. Designed by the architect Kostas Kitsikis, a professor at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), it was a typical example of an interwar apartment block.
Childhood, Toys and Games:
The Benaki Toy Museum opened to the public in 2017. Its holdings, based on the collection of Maria Argyriadi that is among the most important in Europe, include toys, books, ephemera, clothing and other items associated with childhood from Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas.
Museum of Islamic Art:
The Islamic art collections of the Benaki Museum are housed in a complex of neo-classical buildings located in the historical centre of Athens, in the Kerameikos district.
Find out more about the museum's collections on Benaki.org
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Tuesday, 29 March 2022 07:00
How To Use Technology Mindfully
Undoubtedly, modern societies are characterized by constant movement and rapid changes that cause intense stress and anxiety. We are always trying to catch up, automatically switch from one activity to another, and practice multitasking, only to end up operating mechanically, almost robotically, not seeing the essence and value of every moment.
Contrary to this unhealthy and stressful lifestyle, however, mindfulness can be described as the ability to be fully present at the moment, recognizing our feelings, our thoughts, and our bodily senses. This concept was first introduced over 2,500 years ago by Siddhartha Gautama himself (Buddha).
Mindfulness can be applied to many aspects of our daily lives, from our diet to the use of technology, in which case we refer to digital mindfulness. Digital mindfulness involves reevaluating the way we use technology so that the latter serves our needs. Instead of turning technology into a way of escaping reality, becoming attached to a fictional online world and a culture that feeds us with substitutes for truth, we utilize it as a tool that makes our lives easier.
Digital mindfulness essentially puts an end to the excessive consumption of digital content. To achieve it, however, one needs conscious practice. Let's take a look at some ways that will help us bring mindfulness to our digital lives.
1. Record Screen Time
1. Record Screen Time
In recent years, large technology companies, realizing that the risk of Internet addiction is greater than ever, have begun to develop various tools to help users manage the time they spend online. Apple has introduced the Screen Time tool, which informs us about the time we spend on applications and websites, while Google has developed a series of Digital Wellbeing tools, enabling us to use our devices more consciously
2. Turn Do Not Disturb mode on
2. Turn Do Not Disturb mode on
It is not uncommon that, although we have to concentrate on something important, we end up scrolling on our phones. A simple solution is to activate the Do Not Disturb mode to get rid of unnecessary notifications that distract us. However, according to research, the mere presence of a smartphone can lead to reduced productivity levels and limited cognitive capacity, so it might be better to keep our phones in another room when we have to concentrate on an important task.
3. Declutter your phone
3. Declutter your phone
Being organized has numerous mental health benefits. A tidy space helps us put our thoughts in order, while a cluttered room creates a chaotic situation. The same goes for our digital rooms. We should clean up our phones and get rid of everything we no longer need. The list of our emails and the notifications we receive, for example. What is important and what is not? Notification overload can negatively impact our mental health.
4. Stop using your phone at least an hour before going to sleep
4. Stop using your phone at least an hour before going to sleep
Did you know that the blue light emitted by LED screens deceives our brain, making it think it is morning? Exposure to blue light at night inhibits the release of melatonin, making it difficult for us to fall asleep. Also, exposure to blue light negatively affects our circadian rhythm, impairing the quality of sleep by reducing the duration of deep sleep.
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Tuesday, 29 March 2022 19:44
Museum Of Illusions
The Museum of Illusions in central Athens brings an amazing location for both socializing and entertaining.
A perfect place for new experiences and fun, there’s something for everyone: friends and family, parents and couples, grandparents and grandchildren!
Enter the fascinating world of illusions which will trick your confidence in senses, but amaze you by doing it; the world that will confuse you completely, but also educate you.
Let your imagination run free in the vast expanse of the Infinity Room, defy the laws of gravity in the Reverse Room, shrink to miniature size in the Ames Room… all while capturing you in the coveted, impossible photo.
A perfect place for new experiences and fun, there’s something for everyone: friends and family, parents and couples, grandparents and grandchildren!
Enter the fascinating world of illusions which will trick your confidence in senses, but amaze you by doing it; the world that will confuse you completely, but also educate you.
Deceive your eyes and entertain the mind!
Enjoy a collection of holograms, look closely at each optical illusion, and observe each exhibit. You’ll find that each is a brilliant, playful reminder that our assumptions of the world are often nothing but a spectre of illusions.
Amusing and awesome tricks will teach you about vision, perception, the human brain and science so it will be easier to perceive why your eyes see things which your brain cannot understand. Make sure you visit our playroom with intriguing and educational games and puzzles. These brain bashers are definitely great fun but tend to be frustrating as well.
Come and explore the world of illusions. Experience the impossible. And, by all means, bring your camera!
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Monday, 28 March 2022 07:00
How To Help Your Child Grow A Sense Of Security
With all the challenges we are facing in the last couple of years children have an increased need to feel safe and secure. I’m not referring to material safety. In her book “Understanding Childrens’ Emotions,” Isabelle Filliozat talks about children’s need to have a sense of security.
How do you cultivate that? Children want and need to trust their parents. In order to feel this trust, they need to be certain of their parents’ personal power. Unlike what some may believe, however, being a strong parent has absolutely nothing to do with being dominating. On the contrary, strong is the parent who expresses their feelings and gives space to their child to do the same. I bet that’s a definition of the word “strong” you hadn’t thought of.
Whether pleasant or not, our emotions have names and it’s significant to recognize them. By doing so we accept ourselves just as we are. That’s how we start to trust ourselves and how we become trustworthy.
When we acknowledge our emotions, when we are able to name them, and learn to tolerate them without criticism or fear we strengthen our personality. We also understand that our emotions alone cannot destroy a relationship or a person and that makes us feel more secure.
More than often though we adults tend to hide our emotions and don’t talk about them. As a result, without realizing it, that’s exactly what we teach our children to do. And when our children misbehave we take it personally and punish them.
What I would recommend doing instead is to take a step back and think about what may be the reasons for that behavior. They may be fighting about a toy or screaming about ice cream but the question is what lies behind the surface. What may be the possible emotions they are suppressing – unknowingly sometimes – and why?
We, adults, need to learn to decode the language children use – something “grownups” forget easily – and allow them to feel what they feel. “I understand you” is a very useful phrase. For example, “I understand you’re angry but I love you the same.” This is how we can help them to avoid feeling guilty and to start calming down. Knowing it’s ok to express their righteous anger allows them to have a sense of their limits and at the same time helps to strengthen their identity.
Expressing their feelings, even by crying, is a therapeutic process. We must allow them to “talk” and give them the space to live emotionally. Because the contrary, suppressing their emotions, may alter their personality. And this doesn’t make us strong parents.
Originally published on: itsmylife.gr
How do you cultivate that? Children want and need to trust their parents. In order to feel this trust, they need to be certain of their parents’ personal power. Unlike what some may believe, however, being a strong parent has absolutely nothing to do with being dominating. On the contrary, strong is the parent who expresses their feelings and gives space to their child to do the same. I bet that’s a definition of the word “strong” you hadn’t thought of.
Whether pleasant or not, our emotions have names and it’s significant to recognize them. By doing so we accept ourselves just as we are. That’s how we start to trust ourselves and how we become trustworthy.
When we acknowledge our emotions, when we are able to name them, and learn to tolerate them without criticism or fear we strengthen our personality. We also understand that our emotions alone cannot destroy a relationship or a person and that makes us feel more secure.
More than often though we adults tend to hide our emotions and don’t talk about them. As a result, without realizing it, that’s exactly what we teach our children to do. And when our children misbehave we take it personally and punish them.
What I would recommend doing instead is to take a step back and think about what may be the reasons for that behavior. They may be fighting about a toy or screaming about ice cream but the question is what lies behind the surface. What may be the possible emotions they are suppressing – unknowingly sometimes – and why?
We, adults, need to learn to decode the language children use – something “grownups” forget easily – and allow them to feel what they feel. “I understand you” is a very useful phrase. For example, “I understand you’re angry but I love you the same.” This is how we can help them to avoid feeling guilty and to start calming down. Knowing it’s ok to express their righteous anger allows them to have a sense of their limits and at the same time helps to strengthen their identity.
Expressing their feelings, even by crying, is a therapeutic process. We must allow them to “talk” and give them the space to live emotionally. Because the contrary, suppressing their emotions, may alter their personality. And this doesn’t make us strong parents.
Originally published on: itsmylife.gr
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Monday, 11 April 2022 18:07
Dine Athens 2022: Dining Out … Again
"Dine Athens" the top culinary event by Alpha Bank, will take place in Athens for the sixth consecutive year, beginning on March 28th and will run until April 17th 2022.
Locals and visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy top quality culinary creations at 100 selected restaurants, choosing from various cuisines at special prices.
Specially designed fixed menus of 15€, 30€, 60€ and above 80€ are available to all, while Alpha Bank Mastercard cardholders will enjoy an additional 10% discount on the aforementioned prices.
Since its launch in 2016 “Dine Athens” has been highly successful, while in 2020 alone more than 40,000 people attended the event.
For more info and to make restaurant reservations, CLICK HERE.
(Note, the website is currently only available in Greek.)
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Monday, 11 April 2022 18:01
The Meet Market - Easter Edition
Get ready for the first Meet Market of 2022!
We will be kicking of the spring season with our classic Easter edition Meet Market at Technopolis, City of Athens. Expect to find 120 plus stands of locally produced wonders from makers all over Greece – both inside our classic D12 venue and outside in the central courtyard and Mixanourgio courtyard of Technopolis. And they’ll be plenty of new participants too!
As usual, we’ll have dj sets, interactive games for kids, street food, cocktails, our classic Easter egg hunt and general good vibes, so spend the day with us. Its been a while and we can’t wait to meet again.
Plenty more info coming soon!
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Monday, 28 March 2022 17:50
Vegan Life Market
The first Vegan Life Market is finally here!
After six years of operation and nine successful festivals in its potential, and also following the huge success of the Vegan Life Festival Athens 2021 with 38,000 visitors in just two days, the Vegan Life Festival team has decided to introduce a new form of events!
The Vegan Life Market comes to meet the huge need of the public and businesses for more vegan events in Athens, since, as we are pointed out from all sides, "just one event a year is not enough."
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Monday, 28 March 2022 07:00
Greece Adds Zeibekiko Dance & Bouzouki To Intangible Cultural Heritage List
The zeibekiko dance and the popular musical instruments bouzouki, tzouras, and baglamas have been included on Greece’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage List, the Greek Culture Ministry recently announced.
“The zeibekiko dance, the bouzouki, and similar musical instruments identify with Greece and its folk tradition. They played a leading role in Greek folk music during the 20th century,” Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said.
According to Mendoni, the bouzouki, tzouras, and baglamas are the most renowned Greek musical instruments abroad.
The zeibekiko dance
The zeibekiko was developed in large urban centers of Greece, mainly port cities including Piraeus, Patra, Syros, Thessaloniki, Volos, Chania, and Kavala among others, and the eastern Aegean islands.
The bouzouki instrument
The bouzouki was brought to Greece in the early 1900s by Greek refugees from Anatolia and quickly became the central instrument to the rebetiko genre and its music branches. It is now an important element of modern laïko pop Greek music.
The tzouras and baglamas instruments
Also added to Greece’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage List are the tzouras and baglamas. The two musical instruments are both connected to Greece’s folk tradition and associated with the zeibekiko dance.
The tzouras is related to the bouzouki. It is made in six-string and eight-string varieties.
The baglamas is a smaller version of the bouzouki pitched an octave higher, with unison pairs on the four highest strings and an octave pair on the lower D. Musically, the baglamas is most often found supporting the bouzouki in the Piraeus city style of rebetiko.
To read this article in full, please visit: news.gtp.gr
“The zeibekiko dance, the bouzouki, and similar musical instruments identify with Greece and its folk tradition. They played a leading role in Greek folk music during the 20th century,” Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said.
According to Mendoni, the bouzouki, tzouras, and baglamas are the most renowned Greek musical instruments abroad.
The zeibekiko dance
The zeibekiko was developed in large urban centers of Greece, mainly port cities including Piraeus, Patra, Syros, Thessaloniki, Volos, Chania, and Kavala among others, and the eastern Aegean islands.
The bouzouki instrument
The bouzouki was brought to Greece in the early 1900s by Greek refugees from Anatolia and quickly became the central instrument to the rebetiko genre and its music branches. It is now an important element of modern laïko pop Greek music.
The tzouras and baglamas instruments
Also added to Greece’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage List are the tzouras and baglamas. The two musical instruments are both connected to Greece’s folk tradition and associated with the zeibekiko dance.
The tzouras is related to the bouzouki. It is made in six-string and eight-string varieties.
The baglamas is a smaller version of the bouzouki pitched an octave higher, with unison pairs on the four highest strings and an octave pair on the lower D. Musically, the baglamas is most often found supporting the bouzouki in the Piraeus city style of rebetiko.
To read this article in full, please visit: news.gtp.gr
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