Creepy Exploration of Athens' Abandoned 2004 Olympic Venues 🇬🇷

[@s34nTravels]

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[@panagiotisg.1482]

Or just with hands 🤯

[@deividas_kimontas]

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[@koutouzoc8883]

Hey, Greek here! The taekwondo stadium is still in use as a venue for events even though it looks pretty rough 😅

[@s34nTravels]

Thanks! Can I practice Taekwondo here? 👀

[@Moonch1ld]

​@@s34nTravelsLol! It opens for concerts, festivals etc from time to time.

[@billy-bo_]

​@@s34nTravelswelcome to Athens, Greece. I'm so sorry for my government, abandoning the Olympic venues............. 😢

[@dimapp_]

@@XX-mw5fh I have fucked your girl once

[@FixxxerZ7]

@@XX-mw5fh Stop being so ignorant. All of these were abandoned by the government.

[@georgepalaio3745]

Αυτό το βίντεο θα έπρεπε να παίζεται κάθε μέρα σε οθόνες στο Σύνταγμα. Λαμόγια που μας κυβέρνησαν

[@TheZiansss]

Πες τα φίλε μου. Κοπριτες. Φταίμε και εμείς όμως. Η νοοτροπία μας.

[@Diamoondust]

αυτο ακριβως αν οχι καθε μερα, πρεπει να παιζεται καθε φορα που υπαρχουν οι ολυμπιακοι αγωνες

[@nikosanas1199]

Σωστός ...κοπρίτες!

[@nicol004]

Fascinating! In that Olympic pool Michael Phelps won his first medals.

[@chrism2081]

Thank you for exploring these abandoned venues and making this video. I'm Greek-American, went to Athens in 2004, and saw the opening ceremony and some games including beach volleyball with my family. I was eight years old, and I vividly remember doing the wave and clicking the lights during the opening ceremony, and sitting in the beach volleyball stadium and getting mad at my uncle for ogling the players, haha. They were beautiful stadiums back then. Seeing these stadiums in such a sorry state 20 years later is saddening, but it's also nice to go back down memory lane and feel like I'm there again. Thank you so much for sharing this video, and letting us relive a moment almost frozen in time.

[@kueller917]

This is why I've been mostly satisfied with the Paris Olympics. Those venues in front of the famous city locations will come down next month. The swimming pool will go to the local community and the Village is supposed to become housing (we'll see how that goes). By October it will hopefully be as if the Olympics never happened. The biggest takeaways will be some metro line expansions. I hope it's an inspiration for the future host cities that you do not need to build these megastructures that can't be sustained and will eventually be a blight on your locals.

[@tylerclayton6081]

For the 2028 Olympics and 2026 World Cup the US already has all the megastructures and stadiums constructed and already in use. We have enough Mega Stadiums around the USA to host every Olympics and every World Cup in multiple different cities. Due to us having so many sports teams and these teams being very profitable, we can constantly construct huge modern stadiums like the $5 Billion Dollar Sofi Stadium. These stadiums have also been very good for the local economy here LA’s last Olympics in 1984 is known as one the most successful and most profitable Olympics of all time. It made cities want to host the Olympics again after disasters like the 1976 Montreal Olympics For the Olympics and World Cup we’re using the most modern stadiums we have. Using the newest Stadiums that have capacities around 70,000 to 90,000. Instead of the older 100,000+ capacity College Football stadiums, since most of these are still undergoing renovations to be modernized

[@Sim0n98]

Isn't the swimming pool temporary?

[@leob4403]

​@@tylerclayton6081do the Stadiums have AC because it's gonna be hot as hell

[@eliaskatsaros6369]

Thank you so much dude because you show our real side of civilization and modern culture nowdays!!!Our president talking in Europe about development and the quality of life here in Greece😂

[@s34nTravels]

They just seem to be chasing the new money and leaving what they have to rot. It would be great to shake up the leadership a bit. That being said, I really enjoyed my abandoned build tour, but definitely for the wrong reasons! 😆💯

[@geov490]

No leadership is shaking or shaming..People of Greece must get up and take over the situation and not voting the common 2-3 families as we do for the last 45 years. Thanks for showing this and make us feel rediculous.

[@wolfdancer5005]

gamiseta my friend

[@s34nTravels]

A British/American guy who's currently living in Greece; wearing a Canadian shirt. It confuses a lot of people 😆

[@gugy68]

Heartbreaking seeing this. I remember going to the beach volleyball stadium and it was beautiful and great atmosphere. Same for the Olympic stadium area. I took so many photos because the architecture was amazing. What a waste. 😢

[@demitriosofficial]

37:52 Those large open areas at the Olympic complex are used quite often for outdoor concerts and festivals in the summer, and the same goes for the Olympic stadium which hosts some very big and important concerts every year. For example, this year Rammstein and Coldplay played in the main stadium and they were record-breaking shows for Greece, for the Coldplay show there were over 122.000 people there! So many of the large areas are used and when there are large events they are made to look really nice! (That is true only for the necessary areas, not everything)

[@s34nTravels]

That's cool. It's a shame they are not used more regularly by the locals or for places for tourists to visit. They looks quite deserted on most days

[@TheNeuroticjetfan]

The Rammstein concert must have been Epic!

[@liamkelly5850]

122 people isn’t many at all!

[@cityzens634]

@@liamkelly5850 122000

[@dafisdafis1]

Τόσα λεφτά για το τίποτα! Κρίμα! Δεν είμαστε σαν λαός άξιοι για τίποτα!!! Καταντια της Ελλάδας

[@VergiliosSpatulas]

Καταντια εισαι και φαινεσαι.

[@lefteristsegkos9603]

Όχι απλά για το τίποτα... Τα πληρώνουμε ακόμα και θα τα πληρώνουμε για πολλά χρόνια ακόμα!

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

​@@lefteristsegkos9603here we are 20 years later. Paris 2024 is a Woke Events, Trans athletes cheating, carboard beds for athletes in the Olympic Village

[@siverspotlight]

It saddens me so much to see the state of all this… all of us at the time of the Olympics were so hopeful that this would be a new beginning for struggling Athens, instead it was its demise (as is obvious in this video) The Olympic Stadium and surrounding area were an absolute delight, festive, new, happy and crowded… I also watched a few beach volleyball games at the fist stadium and was gutted to see it’s absolutely shameful state. Greece always has and still is governed by completely incapable thugs, bottom line. Thanks for shedding light to this never healing wound.

[@sl-xf6jx]

Διαχωρίζεις την Αθήνα από την Ελλάδα ? Τι εννοείς νέα αρχή για την Αθήνα? Πληρώνει όλη η Ελλάδα και τα πάντα είναι στην Αθήνα και τα εγκαταλείπετε κιόλας..

[@dillonchavez5390]

It really is sad to see such sites fall into deterioration. Imagine the history that played out in those venues; the roar of the crowds, the flashing of cameras capturing moments Olympians were crowned champion, the world and Olympic records broken, the excitement of world fans as their country achieved glory or just the times when the world was together celebrating and enjoying sports for what they are. Now those areas are filled with silence, the very places that hosted such epic moments now fading and dying into history :(

[@margar2321]

its sad to see how run down all that it brings back memories of all the happiness and excitement that was once there during the Olympics

[@mbk9764]

The main olympic stadium, basketball arena, swimming facilities and the velodrome are used and are relatively in good shape. The basketball arena is currently under a big renovation after it was given to Panathinaikos basketball club. Sadly, almost every other Olympic venue is abandoned. Great video btw you just got a new subscriber!

[@alexwhite3158]

Wow thats so interesting!, i have vivid memories of watching the 2004 Athens Olympics when i was 12 visiting Europe, awesome memories!

[@s34nTravels]

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@AkilaEnglish-lg8cf]

I was 12 too.

[@Markjonathan]

Great video. At 14 years old I went to the Athens Olympics, my dad just suddenly thought lets go so we got a flight from the UK and looked for a hotel with a room and spent 7 days watching at least 3 events a day. Even back then I was amazed at how affordable everything was. Tickets started at around E3.50 and they just sold them out of trailers all over Athens. At place where the stadium was, I saw hockey, handball, basketball, softball and baseball and the whole thing was just such a celebration. It was run superbly and so many people were brought into work there. It's so sad to see the state it's in now but I assume its because it was so far out (like end of the metro line) out from the centre of Athens, I assume there was just no demand for any of it. And then the economic state of Greece straight after I suppose is why this was seen as a luxury. I hope it can be restored.

[@s34nTravels]

Thanks for sharing your experience! That's super neat!!

[@Eruptor1000]

This is so fascinating.. truly a relic of what remains.. crazy how fast everything goes.

[@stefanoscharalampopoulos]

As a Greek swimmer I have been swimming in every swimming pool of the Complex and its really amazing

[@s34nTravels]

That's cool! How on earth do you get inside? What's the secret? I really wanted to swim, but there was no information and no way to get in

[@stefanoscharalampopoulos]

@@s34nTravels its only for clubs there are plenty of entrances most of them are at the parking

[@s34nTravels]

@@stefanoscharalampopoulos oh I see, that's a shame

[@stefanoscharalampopoulos]

@@XX-mw5fh its one of the most modern pools in Greece... Its really amazing

[@s34nTravels]

@@bbing-99 Says the person sitting on the couch eating potato chips; critiquing videos, while I'm out exploring 😆😆💯

[@marioskoutras6583]

Wow. Our offices are located about 500 meters north from there. The structure looks kind of cool out of the window (from far away). I knew it's not maintained or anything but I didn't know it was that bad. This is post apocalyptic stuff.. In a way, it closely resembles our economy. How poetic. Btw, Taekwondo stadium is still used today. I was there last month for the Gameathlon event.

[@surftraveller9827]

This is like a modern amphitheatre, its such a shame that it wasn't used astleast for concerts.

[@s34nTravels]

It would make a great venue for concerts!!

[@Claire_16]

London did really well. I think everything is still in use for the public, national team and used for international events. Velodrome, White water channel, aquatics centre etc. The athletics stadium is now used for many sports but mainly football.

[@jackloki5623]

Γιατί παρεξηγήστε κάποιοι με τις εικόνες που δείχνει? Αφου αυτή είναι εικόνα απο τα κτήρια που επισκέφθηκε.

[@shutup2751]

new subscriber, youtube really needs a good channel that explores interesting abandoned places with history

[@s34nTravels]

Welcome aboard! 😊👌 You might like this one! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqOQmoaDrpikobM

[@snowymatrix]

I think Greece has an ancient history of abandoning buildings and structures don't worry these places will make great tourists attraction for the year 4000 👍😁

[@ThePolarBearProductions]

Athens 04 was the first Olympics I vividly remember watching. I loved the opening ceremony. Seeing Phelps win Gold. And everything else about these games. The XXVIII Olympiad will forever hold a special place in my heart. Sad to see the state of these buildings.

[@aspensnowman4667]

So sad about all these ruins 😭

[@mesfigas]

we are good to create ruins here in Greece, dont be sad

[@leob4403]

Isn't Greece supposed to have ruins though?

[@Konstantinos-e4k]

31:45 the satellite image is from the wrc 2022 super special stage event. The built a mini race track with jumps and tight turns. it was quite nice!

[@wyattbiker]

Here because of Paris 2024. This was a cool and creepy at times video. You certainly took some risks. But think of these stadiums as Hollywood back lots and relics for our imaginations. They were made for one purpose only. Entertainment. I hope you get to do one in Paris in 20 years.

[@AnonTriple]

I don't think there will be abandoned Paris venues because most are already established venues or temporary venues which will be taken down after the Olympics, i.e. the beach volleyball venue at the base of the Eiffel Tower. There's only like one or two new venues which are likely to be used after the Olympics

[@George-xb5ey]

Crazy because they are only 20 years old and look like they been abandoned for a century

[@MrSpilegend]

Most of the facilities mentioned in the Athens 2004 are part of a land-use project that will include one of the largest parks in Europe, as well as luxury apartments and shopping malls, since its construction is taking place on the site of the old Athens airport and it is intended to be delivered by 2026.

[@s34nTravels]

I'll be back here in 2026! 😁☝️💯

[@robocopleextraordinaire4148]

Thanks mate! Great tour, I was there at the olympics 2004 - looking at a handball game, not sure if the building is in your journey here. Nice work :)

[@s34nTravels]

Thank you! 😊 I did a quick google: The preliminary rounds were in the video, I called it the 'Taekwando stadium', but I believe it was used for handball in the Olympics. The later rounds were moved to the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, but that is just a pile of rubble now sadly! I was considering going down there, but there is nothing to see anymore

[@link28469]

I wish I could have one of those souvenirs!

[@PyroArcherShorts]

3 nations have abonded venues Sarajevo ,Bosnia (Winter Olympics) Athens ,Greece (Summer Olympics) Rio ,Brazil (Summer Olympics) It is sad that all these venues died because of greed. War in yugoslavia , economic crisis in Brasil and same thing with greece

[@s34nTravels]

Torino has an abandoned ski slope too. I think you can find a little bit of something in most countries!

[@TenisAmador]

@@s34nTravels In Brazil not so much "economic crisis", but more of "corrupt politicians".

[@look199]

Δίκιο έχει Ενας δημοσιογράφος Έλληνας δεν έχει κάνει τέτοιο ρεπορτάζ, γιατί τα μέσα μαζικής ενημέρωσης είναι της κυβέρνησης Λαμόγια

[@kostargr699]

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[@AHFootball-v5z]

This is so sad man! When you think those places were so alive 20 years ago and now they are a ruin… don’t know why they didn’t build on the oportunity and keep the place alive and use it for what it was made…😢

[@juxtayamtenzy3299]

Crazy that the most interesting content has least views, this is so cool

[@s34nTravels]

It's ok, we have our own secret little club then! 😆💯

[@Bastiii1990]

Woow, I would love to have a program booklet like this from 2004 😮

[@adrian3355w]

It's sad to see.... But to be fair, Greece had one of the best opening ceremonies ever. The Games itself was also very well done imo... I think the Olympics should always be held in Greece and the flame should always burn there. And countries from all over the world can perform during the opening ceremony, and rotate... For instance, 1 country from South America, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, etc. can contribute to the opening ceremony. All countries should pay a fee to Greece for the maintenance of stadiums, and the Olympic committee should do financial and physical inspections / audits..

[@jimbler]

You are obviously from the Northern Hemisphere. Lets host it in the Southern Hemisphere every four years and see how you go watching the events at 3am every day.

[@adrian3355w]

@jimbler I'm from South Africa haha... Time differences are not linked to being south or north, btw... It's more a question of how far east or west you are from the Greenwich meridian...(So we all adapted when the Olympics were in Atlanta, Sydney, Beijing, Rio... Athens, London and Paris were easier for South Africans to follow, but even so - we work during the day so it is not as if we can all just watch the Olympics when it is live.) I do believe that Greece should be the permanent host. Irrespective of time-differences.

[@jimbler]

@@adrian3355w Having every Olympics in Greece would be a good way to kill it off down here. You're kidding if you don't think time-differences mean a thing. Every major Athletics and Swimming final in France was on between 2am and 6am here. It would be absolutely ridiculous to continue with that every Olympics. TV ratings were massively down here compared to the Tokyo Olympics.

[@yasinsharb9453]

@@adrian3355w china 2008 was best opening

[@deividas_kimontas]

It's sad that it'snt getting used!

[@themandalorian9009]

Its such a shame. Everything was beautiful and state of the art. Our of all the venues i thought Athen's was the most impressive.

[@snowymatrix]

You asked if any recent hosting city has profited from the games. I don't know about profit but London 2012 did ok. The stadium is being used by a Premier League football club, the white water centre is still being used, the mountain bike forest course is very popular and still being used, the velodrome, swimming pool etc are still going strong I think and the whole area of Stratford has been rejuvenated because it was a right 💩hole before. Poor Greece at the turn of the millennium they won the Football European Champions and hosted a wonderful Olympic Games in its rightful place but it all went to 💩 after that - very sad😞

[@JamesWCarras]

Fun facts: modern Athens Olympic stadium was originally built in ‘82 as a soccer stadium. It was renovated in ‘04 for the Olympics. And like another commenter said, it hosted Coldplay this summer, but that show was originally postponed because the roof of the Olympic stadium was deemed structurally unsafe earlier this year. The government paid like $50M to renovate it.

[@ianjoshuaalvarezarcelo3650]

Oh no. These usual Olympic facilities in Greece 🇬🇷 were left behind, of course, it looks like a huge abandoned area. So sad. I hope that those European 🇪🇺 countries will come together in Athens to find some strategies for these Olympic facilities redevelopment and renovation but it is a rehabilitation of its development.

[@jayfielding1333]

What were they thinking? All that space could be filled with apartments surrounding these venues. It was such a beautiful Olympics and the decay is so sad to see.

[@adambartlett6277]

Brilliant video. You have a great personality to do these kinds of videos. I think your channel is really going to grow

[@s34nTravels]

Thank you so much! 😊💯

[@vanessahodges6702]

The main Olympic arena, where they used for track is open for concerts. We were able to go to a concert and the track is still there intact, but everything else looks pretty bland and bare. Like where you went at the beach volleyball. It’s so sad to see such a gorgeous stadium go to waste essentially

[@s8567.]

I went there in the summer of 2022. That area which once had 10s of 1000s of people now is pretty much dead. It’s literally a ghost town now

[@Pan472]

Half of all the venues were up until recently in Hellinikon, the former airport. All were demolished, because a Metropolitan Park is being built, with actually and surprisingly big progress. I mean, a skyscraper almost 200m tall is being built there, along with 6 others, and already the first floors have been built, so you could say that's a redevelopment. But most of the venues shown in the video are completely abandoned. The Olympic Stadium, the Basketball Arena, the Aquatics Arena and the Taekwondo stadium are still in use thankfully and remain in good shape, but they need regular maintenance. The Olympic Stadium's roof is going to be renovated completely, mainly for the glass

[@pavlecandovski841]

With the beach volleyball venue, if you google images, there was a massive temporary grand stand across the main stand.

[@dimitrz2000]

This is why hosting an Olympic event doesn't do the city or country any good.

[@jimn7692]

Hmm... thats not entirely true though is it, I mean look at the UK; all stadiums built for the Olympic's are still used, Athletes accommodation was turned into housing, Olympic village/park is heavily used to this day, and the Olympic stadium is now the home of West Ham football club.

[@d.harilaou6506]

I was actually un two games, one of them very close to the seat you sat on and it is very sad to see this go to waste. Yet, this is a very common look for many other venues and buildings, all over Greece, that are owned by the Greek state.

[@encorefootball]

What a sad waste. I really hate random countries wasting money on one-off stadiums that barely get used again (Qatar, Brazil, Russia, SA, Sochi, Beijing come to mind). I would prefer semi-permanent hosts for Olympics, World Cup and so on

[@riazhamed3709]

In South Africa all the 2010 World Cup stadiums are still maintained, operational and in use.

[@AlexVentures.official]

My boy, good on you that you made the video. I like the vibe! I am planning to do a similar one as well soon. Best regards from Cyprus and holler at me if you ever come here to take you with me to some cool places.

[@s34nTravels]

Thank you! :) I would love to visit Cyprus again at some point!

[@kunjiklub]

It’s like watching a real life Aliens going through the abandoned buildings

[@GiannisArash]

Most of the Olympic complex in Marousi is still in use to this day. The main stadium is used to host football matches and concerts, the velodrome is used by Greek teams for practice and competitions, the building that you showed at 39:44 is the basketball arena used by many teams, all the swimming pools are functional and used every day. The area surrounding everything is massive and of course cannot be maintained properly, but in general it is kept in a pretty ok state. All the other facilities that were built in the south (beach volleyball courts, baseball courts) and in the east (the Marathon complex that hosted the canoe kayak competition) are abandoned and await to be sold and developed, as it is happening in Ellinikon, the former airport situated in the south of Athens. If you are still in Athens, hit me and we can meet for a proper tour!

[@s34nTravels]

That's cool! Thanks for responding! The most bizarre thing I couldn't work out was how to do any activities at the Olympic Sports Center. We wanted to use the pool and access some of the facilities in the area, but there was nobody to speak to and nowhere to pay. We went back maybe 2-3 times and it looks like a ghost town. I imagine a lot of tourists would want to use the facilities, but there is very little information on how to give money to somebody to use the equipment.

[@GiannisArash]

@@s34nTravels Unfortunately in order for someone to use the facilities, they have to be a member of a team or a club. Neither the pools, nor the velodrome or the basketball courts are open to the general public. Some teams have special "memberships" for individuals who want to train by themselves, but the schedule is really specific, because you need to have someone from the club (like a trainer) to watch you all the time that you use the facilities, for safety reasons. So, it is inconvenient for tourists, but for us that live in the general area it's not that bad. The lack of information or people to talk to is usual, again because nobody expects tourists to come and to actually want to use the facilities!

[@lucasharden4595]

this is cool surprised it’s only 20 views like what??

[@juxtayamtenzy3299]

Exactly

[@s34nTravels]

Quality over quantity. You're all my quality! 😆💯♥️

[@lucasharden4595]

@@s34nTravels everyday my friend. keeping posting someday it will come to you. love the work man💪💪

[@JYMAHJAMES]

@@s34nTravelsalmost 120k now! well deserved

[@Aguz25]

Hey, you arrived a bit late there to watch the olympics in Athens. Just 20 years late.

[@s34nTravels]

Free entry though!

[@Gary-ee3kq]

Not much has changed since I visited in 2019. 37:03 it looked like a fitness center when I was there. The swimming pool had competitive lap swim practice when I was there.

[@harrytsitouridis3570]

I am Greek my friend and this is really sad...

[@23ofSeptember]

I bet Athens will probably host this event again in 2104 or 2096 (or possible earlier) and not use a single thing it used in 2004. Of course everyone who was alive in 2004 will be long gone or in some care home and it won't matter at all how much money they wasted.

[@Bastiii1990]

The grounds were so great. If it had been kept in good condition, the time would soon have come to think about holding the Olympics there again. But the venues are in such a state of disrepair that it makes no sense.

[@IrshadAnwar-z1d]

This could well be a home for over 100 ppl

[@s34nTravels]

Right now its home to one person with a few foil balls to his name

[@brucewheeler5553]

Just discovered your channel and this video! Amazing!! You still have any of those brochures for sale?.. 😃

[@s34nTravels]

Thank you!! 😊😊 Sorry they are all gone 🥲

[@UnicornrU]

Regarding the (sad) beach volleyball situation in Athens: The YEARLY budget of the Greek Volleyball Association for BOTH indoors volleyball & beach volleyball TOGETHER has been sitting at measly 50.000 euros for many years now, so... Yeah...

[@keithharris9556]

the building at 30 mins is still in use for concerts in fact 2 month ago there was the Athens Tattoo convention there and later in the year they are doing a comic con

[@s34nTravels]

I guessed correctly then! haha! Looks a little run down, but im glad its being used at least!

[@nkondilis1997]

the funniest thing about the tae kwon do building? it's still used, but it's used for everything EXCEPT tae kwon do tournaments... at least that's my knowledge, I'll be glad to hear otherwise

[@s34nTravels]

I'm glad it' still used! It looked kinda abandoned, but I had a theory maybe its used for special events. Is tae kwon do popular in Greece? I wonder if there's a few tae kwon do folks in Athens, and they are mad that they can't use this stadium for it's intended purpose 😆

[@Gekiko7167]

​@@s34nTravels For a period it kinda was. It was probably the most popular martial art for some time. I remember that when I was 9 or 10 years old, my parents had me take classes together with my brother and a lot of other kids were attending as well, there were probably 15, and that was in a rural greek town so I guess it was kinda popular.

[@kalebarancelovic]

loved the video, mate. Quite sad how the government didn't promote sport for the next generation of greek kids to play and use these facilities.

[@s34nTravels]

Thank you! 😊 I agree with you there

[@callmeletstalkswgoh8182]

"Maybe he won't see me" Famous last words. Lol

[@s34nTravels]

👀👀

[@ellehell3914]

So embarrassing 😳 being left to rot to the core. No excuses.

[@impinas]

We're still overpaying for them and we will be for eternity 😢 The satellite image of the Olympic stadium shows the super special stage of the WRC Aveopolis Rally. That was actually cool.

[@s34nTravels]

That's cool! Thanks for info! It's a shame they don't put them to use more. As a tourist, I really wanted to use the facilities and put money back into it. It's a shame that it was impossible to do that

[@CetoFreakingKaiba]

So interestingly about that boat in the beginning. Last time I went there (around 5 years ago) there existed a few more abandoned yachts, which you can see on google maps as well. I cannot find any sources to confirm, but I heard that those were confiscated by the authorities and left there. Don't know if it's true but such boats are rather expensive to be left to rot like this. I think the fact that you cannot find any other boats in working condition near them leads credence to the theory.

[@Mali_Agr]

Σε λίγο καιρό θα το αντιγράψει και κάποιος Έλληνας creator όπως έγινε με Ομόνοια

[@ElderRaven]

This is a awesome video!

[@s34nTravels]

Glad you liked it! 💯😊👌

[@mailosantos5]

Brasil 🇧🇷💚💛 Rio Janeiro 😢Ólímpicos 2016 sim

[@Melbournelost66]

I'm amazed they couldn't use these venues after the Olympics.

[@imatzav]

First of all, you didn't have to use a rope to access the area. There is an entrance from the other side where the marina is. The beach volley stadium and the entire area around it was completely abandoned for many years. Gradually some buildings started being used as municipality offices etc but the stadium remained abandoned. Despite that, the sand remained intact. During the covid period, many people looking for outdoor activities, discovered the place which is great for walking, biking, fishing and some even played beach volleyball in the courts. Later the main court was closed probably for safety reasons. Less than month ago, after the recording of the video, the stadium caught fire and was further damaged. This stadium was beautiful and in an fantastic area by the sea and it always made me wonder why it wasn't repurposed and was simply left to die. The next stadium you show is the taekwondo stadium which is still used today for hosting all kinds of events.

[@dj62394]

Athens in general is pretty derelict. But this is cool.

[@samplautz5586]

I didn’t know Linus had an urban exploring channel

[@BRos-nz6wz]

It was amazing back then. Architect Santiago calatrava designed the area around the olympic stadium, just magic. To sad to see, but the attendence was low already back then. Few tickets sold, greece is a small country close to other small countries (compare to Paris or london) so no use for all the arenas..

[@23ofSeptember]

I wonder if these venues were used at all after the Olympics. What a shame.

[@FreeAltairStar]

Bruh Polaris really did greece over

[@nikosanas1199]

Αυτούς ψηφίζετε να σας κυβερνούν Μπράβο...

[@Koyntoy]

Ολοκαίνουρια κτήρια τα άφησαν στην τύχη τους δυστυχώς 8 δις πήγαν χαμένα τουλάχιστον να προπονούνταν οι αθλητές μας εκεί μέσα που ψάχνουν να βρουν χώρους τα παιδιά.... Κρίμα

[@sl-xf6jx]

Εύκολα πάνω από 30 δις στο σύνολο...για ποια 8 δις λες.

[@link28469]

Is it too late to comment for an Athens program? I wish I'd found the video sooner. This is very fun content

[@s34nTravels]

Sorry they are all gone sadly!

[@alejandroadrian2003]

Ecuador 🇪🇨

[@RobRobertTheMusicMan]

Greece is pro with the ruins. Historically accurate =P

[@Gekiko7167]

You were spot on with your prediction at the 30:15 timestamp.

[@s34nTravels]

I'm glad to hear that!! 😁😁💯

[@Eisenheim1191]

"It's like being on the Titanic but way more lame" I spit my soda out on that one 😂😂😂😂

[@s34nTravels]

😆😆😆

[@colonelminus]

Really nice video? You still got one of the programs?

[@wickedandbadful]

Haha. I did the exact same thing as you back in 2016...Took a day to explore and see what I could find. Overall it looked a lot worse back then; the swimming stadium has changed for the better and some of the general areas look better maintained. It was such a good adventure but equally very saddening as I'd watched the 2004 Olympics and couldn't believe how far it had fallen into disrepair. Did you manage to pick up any souvenirs?? I picked up of one of the blue tiles that are used everywhere and took it back to the UK with me. I can send you some of the photos I took if you'd be interested :-)

[@Deivede73]

No one builds permanent beach volleyball stadiums. Even in rio there is none, and it was built removable stands. What the hell were they were thinking

[@Vico649]

These are what made Greece to become "the stickman of Europe" 🥸

[@gamer22gr68]

It’s not oranges they are neratzia

[@billy-bo_]

Τώρα, το κατάλαβε!!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@musicon7011]

Malaka poly swstos omws!

[@lalo-kn1no]

Athens of all places , the birth place of the Olympics should be on rotation to host frequently. Why didn’t anyone capitalize on that?

[@george3148]

Γιατί δεν τα δίνουν σε ιδιώτες να τα αξιοποιήσουν? φοβούνται μήπως θεωρηθεί ξεπούλημα δημόσιας περιουσίας?δλδ αυτήν η κατάσταση ειναι καλύτερη?

[@sl-xf6jx]

Αν φοβοντουσαν αυτό που λες,δεν θα πούλαγαν για 100 χρόνια το σύνολο της δημόσια περιουσία της χώρας στο υπερταμειο...

[@kasp5152]

be carefull this ship is of mr octapus a famous youtuber in Greece

[@s34nTravels]

Mr Octapus should have left me some snacks, I was hungry!

[@JohnEiao]

I think your walking past the Rowing venue

[@garthtudor8803]

Travel to Beijing next to explore the wasted 2008 venues

[@s34nTravels]

Would love to! Next year maybe :) !!

[@memelord7567]

A lot of these areas get use for concerts or events, but so many just sit there and rot, which sucks because the government paid so much money for it, so much debt