Usually each big metropolis has its underground city. But Athens has never been actually metropolitan and her inhabitants are not so open minded that s why we do not have a great and vibrant undeground scene besides the big classy but no-fun-at-all clubs or not ?
Cast-a-Blast teams up with Oxy Publications & Platform celebrating
the release of “Stencil in Athens” book out now! Special pre-live
screening of the Awarded Road Documentary “BOMBING” and of course the
Cast-a-blast soundsystem live! 20th November at Art House Athens Free
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Most of you are already in Greece for a good 2 months period. Maybe you have managed to dive into the modern greek craziness and for sure you have absorbed by the chaos of Athens. Unfortunately you have to search to find the genuine Greece in Athens but if you are willing to you can do it.
But what we call Greece nowadays is really far from the great Greek culture of Ancient Times. Maybe Athens has a glorious name and history but the contemporaty image is huge conrete jungle with people trying to survive the jungle that created For sure Solon, Aristo, Plato did not imagine something like that and the Athenians of that time would have build something better, something the world would be starring with amazement.
Greece as an organised society actually has seized to exist for centuries. It came back with the collapse of Ottoman empire. Modern Greeks consider themselved to be pure descentants of the glorious ancient greeks but actually their culture is so far from that. Actually what we are and what you see is the leftover of a multi national balkan neighbourhoud. Balkans are complicated. For almost 400-500 all over balkans greeks, turks, bulgarians, albanian and serbians lived together. Nowadays almost everyone denies that and claims its nationalistic identity. Balkans is the place where people love to dance to the music of the nation they hate. Slav macedonians dance to greek music, greeks dance to turkish rhythms and albanians party with serbian brass. So besides food, language, common herritage and so on music can be the most powerful link to all these fragmented national groups.
The balkan sound has been popularized ironically by a german DJ called Shantel. Balkans being so explosive is reflected to its music. Watch the following video and you will understand.
The lyrics initially are greek, then turkish, then english. Greeks will claim it as greek song, turkish as turkish. The only thing that we can for granted is that there will be a huge party on November 18th at Fuzz Club.
Come and discover the balkan soul! The StayInAthens team will be there!
Hi everyone, most of you are already here ready to live an unforgivable experience. Maybe Athens is not so appealing at first site but it is really a vibrant city.
So besides the Erasmus parties, tackling Greek bureaucrasy and settling in (we hope that we really help you in this) you can seize the opportunity to live as a citizen of Athens by attending some cool events.
First of all (though it is ending now), the Athens International Film Festival. Every year in September the AIFF brings some of the latest and finest movies around the world. There are different sections in the festival as the competing one, documentaries, special tributes, music films and so on. Find more details at the official website.
Like it or not the coming of MTV to Greece is a major event. MTV Greece wants to celebrate its opening in our country and organises a series of events and festival around the city. It culminates with a huge and free concert at Kallimarmaro stadium with Kaiser Chiefs and REM on October the 5th.
Here is a brief outline of the events translated for you:
Sunday 28/9 12.00 – 14.00 MTV Music Brunch @ T Palace (King George Hotel) DJ: Blend aka Mishkin 16.00 – 20.00 MTV Goes South @ BALUX CAFΙ DJs: John-John & Chris Child 20.00 – 23.30 Thisseio: GAD – CYANNA - MATISSE 20.00 – 23.30 Keramikos: N.Τ.Π. (live), DJ Smartie breakers without fear, skaters, N.S.A. parkour, BMX, graffiti
Monday 29/9 12.00 – 14.00 MTV Freestylin’ @ The Shop (Ermou) DJ: Nea TPermaik 20.00 – 23.30 Keramikos: DJ FEEL K, DJ Theo breakers without fear, skaters, BMX, graffiti 22.00 MTV Rocks@ Bourbon (Glyfada) DJ: Panayiotis Liras
Tuesday 30/9 13.00 – 16.00 MTV City Noise @ Public DJ: Dimitris Lilis 18.00 – 20.00 MTV Suburbia @ B.Bluz (Halandri) 20.00 – 23.30 Thiseio: Greek Hip - Hop 20.00 – 23.30 Keramikos: cast-a-blast soundsystem (live) breakers without fear, skaters, BMX, graffiti
Wednesday 1/10 18.00 – 21.00 MTV Bohemia @ Circus, DJ: Dimitris Lilis 20.00 – 23.30 Thiseio: Andriana Babali – Imam Baildiί - Rallia Christidou 20.00 – 23.30 Keramikos: 217 (live), MTV Search TOP 10 VJs Dead Prezz breakers, skaters, N.S.A. parkour, BMX, graffiti 24.00 MTV presents Bootycall Encore by Magna @ Akrotiri Club, Special Guest DJs: Nikki Beatnik & Lauren Pope (London)
Tuesday 2/10 12.00 – 14.00 MTV Freestylin’@ The Shop (Ermou) DJ: Nea TPermaik 18.00 – 20.00 MTV Street Buzz @ Starbucks (Korai) DJ: Playmen 18.00 – 21.00 MTV Pulp Noir @ Tiki Athens (Makrigiannis) DJ: Blend aka Mishkin 20.00 – 23.30 Thiseio: ABBIE GALE – RAINING PLEASURE 20.00 – 23.30 Keramikos: WORMS (live), QB-MIX (DJ set), TAWFIQ (live), DJ STEVE (MAD G.Q.) Dead Prezz, skaters, N.S.A. parkour, BMX, graffiti 24.00 MTV goes exclusive: VENUE pre-opening party (Peireos) SPECIAL GUEST DJ
Friday 3/10 18.00 – 20.00 MTV City Noise @ Public (Syntagma) DJ: Nea TPermaik 20.00 – 23.30 Thiseion: PROFESSIONAL SINNERZ & Κomis Χ – Skies– STEREO MIKE & SHAYA 20.00 – 23.30 Keramikos: DJ Vicky Bania, DJ Kagioulis, Battle of the Breakers, skaters, N.S.A. parkour, BMX, graffiti 24.00 MTV presents Hoteling @ Galaxy (Hilton) by Alexandros Christopoulos
Saturday 4/10 12.00 – 14.00 MTV Music Brunch @ Eleftheroudakis (Panepistimiou 17) DJ: Blend aka Mishkin 16.00 – 20.00 MTV Goes South @ BALUX CAFΙ THE HOUSE PROJECT DJs: John-John & Chris Child 20.00 – 23.30 Thiseion: YOUR HAND IN MINE – MONIKA – DAVID FONSECA 20.00 – 23.30 ΚεραμεικÏŒς: DJs: Andrianos Papadeas, George Seragos, V-Sag, Dimi Phaze (live) skaters, BMX, graffiti 24:00 MTV Final Call @ Soul (Evripidou) DJs: Kormoranos & Flying Lilis Brothers
Sunday 5/10
Final BIG CONCERT at Kallimarmaron stadium with Kaiser Chiefs & REM
Another interesting festival going on bringing design based on ecological and environmental friendly art. Read more at the official website. Photos by George Veroglou
Would you like to live in an old art nouveau renovated building where only exhange students live? Plus being on top of the headquarters of StayInAthens where the coolest guys and girls work ? Would you like to be down town but next to the Park (which is being renovated and is going to be super! )
Well if this not tempting enough, our residence (owned and managed by StayInAthens) is just in next to some of the busiest students bars of Athens and very close to the Polytechnic and AUEB.
But enough with the words! Just take a look by yourself and book now!
We are pretty excited by the new Erasmus residence and we look forward to host the first tenants and of course we still try out best to decorate it and make it as comfortable as possible!
we are more than excited to announce that the ERASMUS POP ART Residence is hot and ready here in Athens!!
This Residence is not like any other you have seen or you imagined...POP ART is everywhere!!!!
The Residence building will start making new Erasmus History by the new Academic year 2008-2009.In a few days pictures will be uploaded and you will have the chance to "visit" the whole Residence within the STAYINATHENS site.
In order to perform a booking you shall follow exactly the same procedure applying for the rest of the Erasmus Appartments.
Nice to have you here in Athens with us!!! You will have an amazing Erasmus period...maybe the best of your life...For me still remains the best..10 years after the end :-)
