I walked around a lot, all over the city, sometimes 25km a day. I guess that is my way of getting to know a place. I found the city quite dense in most places and very widespread, the hills within its limits allowing some space for nature. Everything still felt a bit more “local” compared the more westernized European countries. Most of the photos here were taken around the markets and Omonia square.
“The Athens Metropolitan Area, with an area of 2,928.717 km2 (1,131 sq mi) and inhabited by 3,753,783 people in 2011, consists of the Athens Urban Area with the addition of the towns and villages of East and West Attica, which surround the dense urban area of the Greek capital.”
I really enjoyed the authenticity of the city and its inhabitants.
In very touristy cities like Barcelona it is a lot harder to take good photos (or what feels to me might be a good photo) of the locals just because there are not that many, or the ratio is one local and about 10 tourists per picture… so not that great. Except for the town of Piraeus and the Plaka/Acropolis area, shopping streets and a few other tourist hotspots Athens didn’t seem to be a touristy place at all, I found it to be quite rundown in some areas.
Like most of Greece, Athens has a fairly homogeneous population. The main recognized minority is the Muslim minority. There are also populations of Jews, Armenians, Romani, Pomaks, and Turks in the city. Athens has a Jewish community with a long history in the region, although 87% of Greek Jews were killed during the Holocaust. The Romani are scattered throughout the country with the largest concentration in Athens as well as Thessalonica.
Busted, November 2017, Athens, Greece
Kind of got caught here I guess, but I think she was up to the same thus being able to figure me out.
Average population, November 2017, Athens, Greece
This shot is funny as it represents quite a few generations of Athenians waiting for the traffic light.
