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Delve into Kolonós
The district Kolonós of Athens in Nomarchía Athínas (Attica) is a subburb in Greece and is a district of the nations capital.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Peristeri, Aigaleo, Agioi Anargyroi, Ilion and Galatsi. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 21°C / 70 °F
Morning Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
Evening Temperature | 21°C / 71 °F |
Night Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 62% |
Air Pressure | 1008 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 9 km/h (6 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 36% of sky |
General Conditions | Scattered clouds |
Wednesday, 24th of April 2024
24°C (75 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Thursday, 25th of April 2024
20°C (68 °F)
15°C (59 °F)
Sky is clear, fresh breeze, clear sky.
Friday, 26th of April 2024
21°C (70 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Wyndham Grand Athens
Novotel Athenes
Best Western Candia
White Lotus Luxury Accommodation
Athens Lotus Hotel
Mc Queen
Stanley
Pythagorion Hotel
Achillion
Golden City Hotel
Videos from this area
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ATHENS / PIRAEUS , GREECE - A WALKING TRAVEL TOUR - HD 1080P
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Driving in center of Athens, Greece [1080p]
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A380 First Landing At Athens Airport 13/04/2011
First A380 at Athens Airport. Emirates flight 17 diversion to Athens, enroute from Dubai-Manchester route due medical emergency.
Opening Night Party TBEX Athens, Imam Baildi - Greece 1080p50 Travel Channel
TBEX Athens Opening Night Party, Imam Baildi English: http://blog.myvideomedia.com/tbex-2014-athens-opening-party/ Deutsch: http://blog.myvideomedia.de/2014/11/tbex-2014-athen-opening-party/.
Opening Night Party TBEX Athens, Technopolis - Greece 1080p50 Travel Channel
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VIETNAM GREEK PARTY OPENING @ DREAM CITY 3/10
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ZER-FAM FASHION SHOW & Backstage 2012 ADDICTED TO FASHION 4/7 @ Dream City Live Stage
"Each garment is an experience ... Inside the crowded Live Stage Club Dream City of Gazi, a stunning Catwalk evolved into a spectacular show leaving the best impressions in the minds of viewers!...
Ariston hotel Athens
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Las Vegas Magic Festival, Badminton Theater, Athens, Greece
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Kerameikos
Keramikos is an area of Athens, Greece, located to the northwest of the Acropolis, which includes an extensive area both within and outside the ancient city walls, on both sides of the Dipylon (Δίπυλον) Gate and by the banks of the Eridanos River. It was the potters' quarter of the city, from which the English word "ceramic" is derived, and was also the site of an important cemetery and numerous funerary sculptures erected along the road out of the city towards Eleusis.
Platonic Academy
The Academy was founded by Plato (424/423 BC – 348/347 BC) in ca. 387 BC in Athens. Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) studied there for twenty years (367 BC – 347 BC) before founding his own school, the Lyceum. The Academy persisted throughout the Hellenistic period as a skeptical school, until coming to an end after the death of Philo of Larissa in 83 BC.
Omonoia Square
Omonia Square is a central square in Athens. It marks the northern corner of the downtown area defined by the city plans of the 19th century, and is one of the city's principal traffic hubs. It is served by Omonia train station, used by the Athens Metro and the Ilektrikos.
Omonoia metro station
Omonoia station is an underground station in Omonoia square of Athens used by Athens Metro and ISAP. The first station opened 1895 but had been completely redesigned until 1930 as a Metro station. In 2000 the additional platforms for Line 2 was opened.
Athens Exchange
The Athens Stock Exchange or ASE or ATHEX (Greek: Χρηματιστήριο Αθηνών or ΧΑ) is a stock exchange located in Athens, Greece.
Villa Amalia (Athens)
Villa Amalia is the common name of the building that hosted the former 2nd High School of Athens in Greece. It is located in the corner of Acharnon and Heiden streets, near Victoria metro station. It was an anarchist squat, active since 1990. Following a raid in December 2012, the police have evicted the squatters. The Mayor of the City of Athens Giorgos Kaminis announced that the building will be transformed into a school or cultural center.
Agricultural University of Athens
The Agricultural University of Athens (Greek: Γεωπονικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών) is located in Athens, at the neighborhood of Votanikos.
Akadimia Platonos
Akademia (or Akadimia) Platonos is a subdivision located 3 km west-northwest of the downtown part of the Greek capital of Athens. The area is named after the Plato's Academy. The area are is densely populated, with people mainly living in eight to ten storey buildings. Major streets bordering this subdivision include Lenorman Avenue to the east, Palamidou Street to the south and Athinon Avenue (GR-8 and GR-8A and E90 westbound. The two main squares are Akademia Platonos and Metaxa.
National Theatre of Greece
The National Theatre of Greece is based in Athens, Greece.
Attiki metro station
Attiki station is a railway station in Athens, Greece. The station opened in 1885. It was the main hub of Attica Railways, a metre gauge network connecting donwtown Athens with the mining town of Lavrion and the northern suburbs of Marousi and Kifissia. Lavrion trains were diverted to the SPAP line in 1929 and passenger services to Kifissia were suspended in 1938.
Pieridis Museum
Pieridis Museum is a museum in Athens, Greece. Its collection includes items dating back almost nine thousand years, from the neolithic period to the Middle Ages. They are a part of the archaeological collection of the Pierides Museum in Larnaca, Cyprus. It is situated in the Athinais Culture Center in Votanikos, about 2 km west of downtown Athens.
Railway Museum of Athens
The Railway Museum of Athens, Greece, was founded by the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) in 1978. It is currently located at 4 Siokou Street, next to the mainline from Athens to Inoi. The museum has a collection of items related to the history of rail transport in Greece, many of them exhibited in its five rooms. The museum is open daily from 09:00 to 13:00 except Mondays, and is also open on Wednesday evenings from 17:00 to 20:00. Admission is free. Photography in the museum is prohibited.
Municipal Gallery of Athens
The Municipal Gallery of Athens is a museum in Athens, Greece. It houses a rich collection of nearly 3,000 works from leading 19th- and 20th-century Greek artists. Formerly located on Peiraios Street on Eleftherias (Koumoundourou) Square, in October 2010 the gallery moved three blocks northwest to the corner of Myllerou and Leonidou streets on Avdi Square in Metaxourgeio.
Centre for the Study of Traditional Pottery
The Centre for the Study of Traditional Pottery, also known as Psaropoulos Museum of Traditional Pottery and as Study Centre for Contemporary Ceramics is a museum in Athens, Greece. The study centre was established in 1987 to research, preserve and promote the production of traditional Greek ceramics. Since 1999 it has been located in a neo-classical building at 8 Hepitou Street in Plaka and was officially inaugurated on May 18, 2000, International Museum Day.
Technopolis (Gazi)
Technopolis (Gazi) is an industrial museum and a major cultural venue of the City of Athens, Greece, in the neighborhood of Gazi, next to Keramikos and very close to the Acropolis. It is dedicated to the memory of the great Greek composer Manos Hatzidakis, which is why it is also known as "Gazi Technopolis Manos Hatzidakis". It has been in operation since 1999 and is situated in the city's former gasworks which were founded in 1857, occupying an area of about 30.000 m2.
Attiki, Athens
Attiki is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece and home of Attiki station.
Gazi, Athens
Gazi is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It surrounds the old Athens gasworks, which is an industrial museum and exhibition space, widely known as Gazi, next to Keramikos and close to the Acropolis. It is home to the Technopolis of Athens, that spreads in an area of about 30.000 m2, an industrial museum of modern architecture. In the past ten years it has been growing rapidly as the new, and expanding, Athens gay village.
Metaxourgeio
Metaxourgeio or Metaxourgio or Metaxouryio (Μεταξουργείο in Greek) is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. The neighborhood is located north of the historical center of Athens, between Kolonos to the east and Kerameikos to the west, and north of Gazi. Metaxourgeio is frequently described as a transition neighborhood.
Omonoia, Athens
Omonoia is a neighborhood in downtown Athens, Greece, centered on the square of the same name and served by the Omonoia station of the Athens Metro. Historically the heart of the city, it has experienced serious urban decay in recent years, becoming plagued by drug dealing, prostitution and theft, especially in its western part. Despite that, it is still a focal point for commercial and social life in Athens, especially for the various immigrant communities.
Profitis Daniil, Athens
Profitis Daniil is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece.
Sepolia
Sepolia is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. Sepolia is often used to speak of the Metro station, in Athens Greece. The Metro station has three entries – exits. As seen here.
Radio Amateur Association of Greece
The Radio Amateur Association of Greece (RAAG) (in Greek, Ένωσις Ελλήνων Ραδιοερασιτεχνών - ΕΕΡ) is a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Greece. The society was founded in February 1958, facing great difficulties due to negative attitude of the Greek Government of the time towards amateur radio. RAAG represents the interests of Greek amateur radio operators before national, European, and international telecommunications regulatory authorities.
Skouze Hill
Skouze Hill is a hill located in Athens. In Antiquity, it was dedicated to and named after "Demeter Euchloös". Before the revolution of 1821 however, the Skouze family owned large properties in the area, which was consequently named after it.
Avdi Square
Avdi Square is a public gathering place located in the Metaxourgeio neighbourhood of Athens, Greece, bounded by Leonidou, Kerameikou, Giatrakou and Germanikou streets. On the edges of the square stand the Municipal Gallery of Athens, several cafes, theatres, businesses and residential buildings. The City of Athens renovated the square in 2008, increasing the amount and quality of greenery, improving lighting and renewing tile surfaces.
Athens Railway Station
Athens Railway Station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Αθήνας, Sidirodromikós Stathmós Athinón) is the main railway station of Athens, the capital city of Greece. It is located in the central quarter of Kolonos.