Section
Culture
Museums, cinema, memory and everything that keeps a place alive.
CultureLarissa
2nd Tyrnavos Theatre Festival, 6–8 November, free entry
Three plays and a theatre workshop at the Municipal Theatre of Tyrnavos, at the 2nd Theatre Festival, 6–8 November, with free entry.
CultureMagnesia
Vangelis, from Agria to the Oscars and to space
Vangelis was born in 1943 in Agria, near Volos. From Aphrodite's Child he went on to an Oscar for «Chariots of Fire» and to music for NASA missions.
CultureKarditsa
Nikolaos Plastiras, the «Black Rider» from Morfovouni
Nikolaos Plastiras was born in Morfovouni, Karditsa, was prime minister of Greece three times and died poor. Lake Plastiras bears his name.
CultureMagnesia
Nea Anchialos, early Christian basilicas by the sea near Volos
In Nea Anchialos, on the Pagasetic Gulf, basilicas of the 5th and 6th centuries keep the mosaics of the lost city of Phthiotic Thebes.
CultureLarissa
Katsigras Gallery, the doctor's collection that became a museum
The Municipal Gallery of Larissa – G.I. Katsigras Museum began with 700 paintings that a local surgeon gave to his city in 1981.
CultureTrikala
The Byzantine church of the Dormition in Kalambaka
Below the Meteora rocks, in Kalambaka, one of the oldest churches in Thessaly holds wall paintings and a marble pulpit.
CultureTrikala
Vasilis Tsitsanis, the Trikala man who wrote Greece's rebetiko
Vasilis Tsitsanis was born in Trikala in 1915. The city remembers him with a museum, a festival and the songs everyone knows.
CultureMagnesia
The tsipouro bars of Volos: how every little carafe works
In a Volos tsipouro bar you don't order meze. You order tsipouro and the meze arrives on its own, different every time.
CultureMagnesia
Sesklo and Dimini: where village life in Europe began
A few kilometres from Volos lie two of the most important Neolithic settlements in Europe. What archaeologists found there, and why it matters.
CultureSporades
The Skiathos of Papadiamantis
Before it became a beach destination, Skiathos was the world of one of the greatest Greek prose writers. A walk in the footsteps of Alexandros Papadiamantis.
CultureLarissa
Diachronic Museum of Larissa: Thessaly in a single visit
From prehistory to recent times, in a building on a hill overlooking the city. A museum that tells the story of a whole region.
CultureLarissa
Open-air cinema: the city watches films under the stars
Yellow director's chairs, a big screen among the trees and a Larissa summer night. An evening at the open-air cinema.
CultureLarissa
The Synagogue of Larissa: light, columns and memory
White columns, chandeliers and Hebrew inscriptions. A look inside the house of worship of a community with centuries of history in the city.
CultureLarissa
When the lights come on: Larissa's central square at Christmas
A fir tree of light, trees wrapped in fairy lights and a city out for a stroll. Festive Larissa from above.