Koukaki Neighborhood Backstreets

This walk takes you down the leafy, mid-century streets of Athens' favorite residential neighborhood, introducing you to the independent design boutiques, local art galleries, and modern architecture of Koukaki.

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1. Little Tree Books and Coffee

Little Tree Books and Coffee sits behind a wall of glass and dark wood frames, marked by shelves that climb toward the ceiling and spill onto the sidewalk. It opened in two thousand fourteen as a quiet escape from the noise of the…

2. Sisters The Boutique Athens

Sisters The Boutique sits on a quiet corner in central Athens with a facade painted in a distinctive, soft shade of dusty pink. Unlike the massive retailers that dominate major thoroughfares, this shop operates as a small-scale family…

3. Deklaro & Ba Atelier

The Deklaro and Ba Atelier occupies a narrow, multi-story building in the center of Athens. Its facade features clean lines and large glass windows that pull daylight deep into the interior workspaces. It serves as a base for contemporary…

4. Blame The Sun Athens Taproom

Blame The Sun Athens Taproom features a prominent wall of taps serving a rotating selection of craft beers brewed right in the back. This space operates as a laboratory for experimental brewing in a city traditionally dominated by…

5. or.artspace

The building at or.artspace features a facade of clean, stark lines that distinguish it from the surrounding traditional structures of the neighborhood. This space emerged from a former industrial site in the nineteen nineties, when…

6. I AM ART Athens

I AM ART Athens sits behind a heavy, unassuming wooden door on a quiet street in the Psiri neighborhood. It functions as an experimental project space and gallery where Greek artists often challenge the conventions of traditional…

7. Soul Search

Soul Search occupies a modest corner of a building in central Athens, defined by the heavy, hand-painted wooden sign hanging above its entrance. This shop functions as a repository for discarded Greek records, spanning decades of forgotten…

8. National Museum of Contemporary Art Αthens (ΕΜΣΤ)

The National Museum of Contemporary Art occupies the former Fix Brewery, a massive concrete skeleton defined by its long, horizontal ribbon windows that stretch across the facade. Before it became a gallery for global art, the building…

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