Free press Capital A magazine

New issue out now

Find in around 12O key locations in Athens, Psyhiko, Kifissia and the Northern Suburbs

Get a free copy @ Eleftheroudakis Bookstores, IANOS, Papasotiriou Bookstores, the Benaki Museums, the Megaron, the Museum of Cycladic Art, Lalounis Museum, Herakleidon, the Greek National Opera, Mikrocosmos Cinema

@ Gregory's Athens coffee shops
also @ the Food Company, Cake, Magaze, Almaz, Prosopa, Mamaca's, TGI Friday's- Kolonaki, Disa, Filion, Arhontiko, Ginger, Kapelo, (Central Athens)
and @ Menta, Baroco, 21, Capsis, Ivy, Semiramis (Northern Suberbs)

plus @ many more hotels, bars, clubs, restaurants and embassies across Attica

Borrow books for free !

Now you can borrow books, comics and magazines for free. The Municipality of Athens owns the Library of Ioanniou Pneumatikou Kentrou, the Demotic Library and the Music Library which have in total over 70.000 books! All of which are at your disposal to read them!

The areas that are covered are: literature, history, philosophy, education, data material, childrens books, social sciences, economy, commerce, law, geography, sociology, tourism, music etc.

Plus: In the Library of Ioannio Pneumatiko Centre you can have all the copies of the material you wish for free!

Library of Ioannio Pneumatiko Centre
Address: Panormou 59
Tel.: 210 6983905
E-mail:

podbibl@otenet.gr
Subscription: A fixed-phone bill in your name and national identity card or passport

Demotic Library
Address: Domokou 2, Stathmos Larisis Metro Station
Tel.: 210 8846011
Subscription: A fixed-phone bill in your name and national identity card or passport
Hours: Monday, Thursday, Friday 9:00 – 15:00 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday 9:00 – 17:00 p.m.


Music Library
Monday, Thursday, Friday 9:00 – 15:00 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday 9:00 – 17:00 p.m.

Address: Ipirou 70
Tel.: 210 8840019
E-mail: music.library.athens@gmail.com
Hours: Monday, Thursday, Friday 9:00 – 15:00 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday 9:00 – 17:00 p.m.

More information online at: http://www.cityofathens.gr/el/katoikoi/texnes-politismos/xoroi-politismoy/bibliothikes

Free Wi-fi Internet in Athens !

If you have ever seen people in Sintagma Square of Athens seating in benches with open laptops surfing through the web don’t get surprised! It’s for free!

There are already four public wireless hotspots in the centre of Athens. Except of Sintagma Square you can have access at the area of Thiseio in the pedestrian street called Apostolou Pavlou, Asomaton Street and the train station of Thiseio. Also in Kotzia square and the ground floor outside the National Foundation of Research in Vasileos Konstantinou street.

The only thing you need to have is a laptop or mobile phone that support and permit Internet access through a wireless spot. Athens wifi begun its operation in June 2006 and has gained a lot of fans since then.

Moreover, you can have free internet access at Starbucks coffeshops though you propably would have to buy their expensive coffee for that. Finally, the Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos offers to everyone 45 minutes of free Internet Access at the airport facilities.

You can find more information online at www.athenswifi.gr

A great theatrical play for a few Euros over a free glass of wine !

Mama Ellada² is a theatrical play that you can watch at the theatre Theatro tou Iliou for a few euros! It is a 90 minutes comedy play whose plot is about a modern Greek government that sells Acropolis to the Church so that it can make it a casino! Because of that ancient Greeks rise up from their graves trying to save the ancient monument from the dreadful nest of modern Greek society!

During their effort they meet the new age greek politician, a relentless journalist, a badly trained police officer that misses when shooting, a 15 year old rebel and finally TV in their final battle against priests for the custody of Mother Greece.

Comedy of Giannis Palaiologos, Giannis Sarakatsanis and AbOvo team
Director: Giannis Sarakatsanis
Actors: Giannis Giannoulis, Lefteris Eleftheriou, Vaso Kavalieratou, Maria Mpaloutsou, Fanis Pavlopoulos, Giannis Sarakatsanis, Soso Chatzimanoli, Vaso Chela

Theatro tou Iliou
Shows: Sunday 7 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9.15 p.m.
Ticket Price: 15€ , Student ticket: 12€ both of them with a glass of wine for free per person.
Address: Frinihou 10, Plaka (Acropolis Metro Station)
Tel.: 210 3231591

Free Press in Athens

Nowadays Athens provides its citizens and tourists a lot of free newspapers and magazines on a daily and weekly basis. It’s already part of our everyday life and as time goes by their readership grows very fast.

Athens Voice is a weekly free press that gets published every Thursday. It has been one of the most known free press papers in Athens since it began in October 2003.

Its issues are about life in the city, travelling, music, guest djs in Athens, theater, cinema, love life, signs etc.

You can find it at train, metro, tram stations, in universities, postal offices cafes, bars and the foolowing shops: Everest, Odeon Cinemas, Papasotiriou, Eleftheroudakis, Pizza Hut, KFC, TGI Friday’s, Applebee’s, Flocafe, mastihashop, IEK Delta, Seven Video net and in flights of Aegean Airlines.

Online at http://www.athensvoice.gr

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is a free press newspaper that comes out every Thursday. It has articles about politics, entertainment guide, suggestions for new movies, theaters, dining out, signs etc.

You can find it at train, metro, tram stations, universities, and in shops like: Grigoris, Coffeeright, Beer Academy, Haagen-Dazs, TGI Fridays, Ruby Tuesday, Costa Coffee, Kitchen Bar, Papasotiriou, Notos Galleries, IEK Delta, IEK Domi, Public, Applebees, Eleftheroudakis, Antipolis Bookstore, Seven Video Net, Kastaniotis and in many bar, cafes, restaurants and bookstores in Athens.

Online at http://www.faqonline.gr

Lifo is a weekly free press newspaper that gets published every Thusday. It is a full and useful guide for all those who wish to remain active while living in Athens. It provides information to its readers about culture, art, events, news etc.

You can find it at train, tram and metro stations and at the following shops: Grigoris, Eleftheroudakis, Seven Video Net, Flocafe, Odeon Cinemas, Classical Gotels, Fridays, Videorama and in many bars and restaurants.

Online at http://www.lifo.gr

Metro is a Greek daily newspaper published in Athens. It has been the first daily free newspaper that came out in Greece. It begun in November of 2000 when it was formely called Metrorama. The beginning of its distribution coincided with the beginning of the Athens Metro in Attica; outside of its stations the first stands of the papers distribution were placed. The newspaper distributes from Tuesday to Thursday 100,000 papers in Athens and from Monday to Friday of every week 130,000 papers. It’s free and you can find it at every metro, tram and train station, at Starbucks coffeshops, at Grigoris fast food, Mc-Donald’s, at Polis Park parking stations and in big hotels of Athens.

You can also find it online at: http://www.metrogreece.gr/

City Press is a daily free political newspaper which began in June 2003 and distributes 110,000 papers daily in Athens. Its content is about the Greek and international political, economical, social and environmental news, sports news as well as articles and suggestions about life in the city of Athens. It is free and you can find it in metro, tram and train stations of Athens, in universities, central squares of the city and in a lot of bars, cafes and restaurants of Athens.

Online at: http://www.citypress.gr/