How Athens Survived Near Collapse

Athens was near collapse in the late-2000s due to a financial crisis that rocked the entire world. Now the city faces other hardships like gentrification and increasing immigration. What will happen to Athens?
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[@ΓιώργοςΤρίγγας-μ9ξ]

Great video . Thanks. I am greek born in small town but grew up in Sydney Australia. When I came to Greece for a holiday at the age of 19 and went to Athens for the first time exlporing its neighbourhoods I fell in love . I came back after two years to live here . Stayed for 5 years , went back to Sydney and after three years there I got miserable thinking of my life in Athens and came back for good. Athens is so alive it made my senses explode! Now at 54 I am back at my little town by the beach one hour by train from Athens and although I enjoy the nature and serenity here , I always hop on the train on Saturday nights to visit my favourite city and feel its vibes till the morning when I hop on the first train back to my town, sleep , and wake up in a little quite paradise so close to a hectic but real city ❤.

[@directorchris2]

FroM wHRE You Took The Train?

[@stavrostsitsopoulos2727]

I am an Athenian who lived in the UK during the decade of the Greek economic crisis (2010-2020 aprox), and now a Spanish guy who lives in Athens for a decade knows more about my city than I do...

[@christinawasted8950]

I was watching this.And thought.How?

[@directorchris2]

You must Read Soyris Poem About Athens...Generally Not Changed. Babylon

[@riateor2243]

ofc he does, foreigners always cared more for Greece than us greeks do. most greeks chose to run away. now dont complain if foreigners choose to make Athens their home. this spanish guy seems to love athens more than those who left.

[@JordanST-n7r]

@@riateor2243 They choose to run away? You mean the government creates the politics under which there is no other option than to migrate, right?

[@Rafael-eo7md]

perhaps the Spanish guy is way more smart than you are ... 😁

[@muddywaters538]

I sold a beautiful home in Massachusetts and bought a tiny apartment in Athens for (God willing) my retirement years. I like listening to Church bells, fresh bread from bakeries, having coffee with my neighbors, laïki everyday except Sunday. It doesn't have a secular, sterile feel that the US has. love Athens ❤

[@tyxeri48]

I lived in Athens in the 80s until the mid-90s. After that, I lived in several cities around the world. I kept coming back every single year, meeting with my old friends who, over the years, became my true family. I am retired now and this is the city I call home. I bought a small apartment, and I am having the life of my dreams.

[@vasopel]

" laïki everyday except Sunday" ah....nope, that's not gonna happen sorry,laiki is only one day of the week. ;-)

[@ΔημητρηςΓεωργακακος]

Athens will survive. I'm not sure if the Athenians will!

[@muddywaters538]

@@ΔημητρηςΓεωργακακοςWhy do you think Athenians won't survive?

[@Light00121]

@@muddywaters538 Probably because rents are high, salaries are pretty low, the media and government are using fear to control the average person...

[@laurettelaliberte8864]

I moved to Athens in 2010. I lived in Exarchia until 2014, then Kypseli for a year, and Peristeri since. This was bittersweet for many reasons.

[@nicolebaab]

Another great episode! Love the recognition value of the intro! It was so interesting to learn about the history of Athens and also get some parallels with NYC. I remember the housing crash of 2008 and its consequences for Europe, the European debt crisis and the speculation about the breakup of the eurozone. It‘s consequences still being felt today.

[@xXIiIUnamedIiIXx]

you know, this is some stellar work. you made a greek who lives abroad remember his childhood times and his home :). ευχαριστώ!

[@supanyc]

This episode gave me a lot to think about. It's filled with valuable insights from each of the interviewees. Another great episode by the Urbanist team.

[@vinyldown8490]

I am an Athenian as well, the Spanish guy told me things about my city, that I dont know. Thank you! Really nice video.

[@christosdiafas9192]

The guy hidden under his hat and sunglasses could make a fortune in Hollywood as a voice over for cartoons.

[@ThePerriannath]

[@psdelport8893]

What cartoon? Super malaka? 😁

[@AmbientWalking]

100% awesome to experience the world with you. It's always amazing when I visit your channel. Thank you so much for the great experience!

[@reececollison5101]

What an incredibly insightful video. I go to Athens every year as my partner is Greek (moved to the UK from Athens), and we go to see his family. I’ve grown to love Athens so much over the years. It’s definitely a chaotic city, that very few people would say is beautiful in a ‘traditional’ sense. But my god it has character, and to me that creates its own form of ‘beauty’. I’ve always wondered why Omonoia had such a bad reputation for being so dangerous, even more weirdly in such a prime city centre location. My Greek partner always said it’s the no-go area of Athens. But this explains it perfectly 😀

[@dimitriskaryamis]

This is a great video! Really talks perfectly about the situation in Athens. What I disagree with is how the protest are presented. The events from 2008 to 2013 very big and they were very briefly discussed. It is understandable because the video would end up being way longer. But I still recommend to anyone interested in learning more about Greece and 21st century to research more about the 2008 - 2013 events. Also for more recent events research the Tempi train tragedy and zackie. Overall great video! Love seeing Athens and Greece presented to the worldwide scene! Love from Athens !❤

[@daveexploring4512]

Well done to the team for another entertaining and informative documentary episode. Let's get these episodes over a 100k views!

[@georgeshafer2504]

Four down, two to go! Another wonderful episode. Much to think about. ⭐👍🏻♥️

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

yay! thanks so much for watching :D

[@elizabethdjokovic2691]

What a fabulous video. I went to Athens in 1971 intending to stay a few days but ended up staying six months. Greece was under rule of the junta. It was an interesting time. Wonderful vibes all over the place.

[@krissyraftopoulos1744]

Appreciate the time and effort put into this documentary. I will surely look into your others.

[@dali4323]

This video is AMAZING. So well made and researched... I really feel it changed the way I was looking at cities from an economical and socia viewpoint. Really, Great work! Thank you for the inspiring content.

[@hankdickson8308]

My daughter went on a college tour and they stayed in Omonia while in Athens…..she saw some issues, but nothing overwhelming……I’m kind of glad I didnt know about it until I started researching for my trip!

[@ΣτελιοςΠεππας]

I'm Athenian, and I live quite close to the city center, which means that I've walked around Omonoia quite a bit and not just during the day. Thus, I can tell you that they're being overdramatic. Omonoia is a hub. There are a lot of people going there for business, shopping or to go to another place. This means that there is an unusually high number of cops around. There are other way more dangerous places that even I avoid during the night, but tourists don't go there and they don't have any reason to.

[@kerrieb07]

Wow! I stayed at the Stanley in Omonion Square for 4 days in December. Walked everywhere, met nice people, and never felt unsafe. That is the hotel that the travel group booked us but overall, I had a great experience and appreciated the old abandoned buildings with such character and beautiful detail.

[@nikosiliakis8954]

After watching your video I feel the need to say a few things: 1) During the years of recession we did had some riots and protests but not daily as presented by several people . Many things were over exaggerated by journalists . 2) Athens is not just the city centre and Glyfada ( the two extremes). There are very “normal” municipalities where the majority of Athenians live . 3) Graffiti in Athens is indeed everywhere but that doesn’t mean that the areas are dangerous. Athens remains a very safe city despite how it looks comparing to other western cities . Greece doesn’t have the type of criminality you can find in places like US so safety or better lack of safety doesn’t mean the same thing with other cities . 3) Freedom of expression doesn’t give you the right to destroy public areas ( vandalism) 4) Athens biggest problems are : unregulated parking , small or nonexistent pavements and lack of law enforcement. Democracy has rules and laws too. Love your videos Ariel

[@melexdy]

Lack of law enforcement is no 1 by far. Gangs stealing cars, or breaking into houses. Both have become a scourge for the average citizen.

[@christophermclaren8827]

Lack of law enforcement? I promise you no other city in the west has such a huge amount of insecure little police men driving around in full body armor on children's scooters trying to create problems.

[@kaymarrow]

Another great episode , thank you.!

[@kathy.3881]

I absolutely love your work! You give such an authentic, real and honest review of this amazing city. The good, the gritty, the challenging. Would love to see this with Greek subtitles so I can share it with my Greek Athenian friends.

[@exapsy]

beyond amazing documentary. i learned so much history and educated myself about my own country just because of you guys and this amazing effort. I never understood or was educated by anybody about the architecture and lack of organization of my country and this documentary is the first for me.

[@shreypaidhungat6280]

One of the best documentaries! I especially loved how you explained some basic urban city related conceepts like gentrification, skid row and drew parallels to other examples of it worldwide. It helped put these things into a wider perspective

[@charalampossakellaridis6770]

Honestly you have described perfectly Athens, I have lived part of all you have said and the man from Spain the politologist was clear

[@melexdy]

I love the small, old houses with the neo Greek style. Columns, marble and little details. I wish this was the era were we could afford to build our own houses anyway we wanted.

[@wendym5137]

Awesome Ariel great info thank you for sharing this 👀 🌟

[@PB1300]

Golden Visa has gone up now. It is up to 500,000 euros starting, and 800,000 euros in higher class locations. On top of that, you have ot have a certain amount of money in your bank account, as well as a certain amount you need to make per month.

[@Dorotea0111]

Thank you for representing Serbia as a whole 16:16 ( you know what I mean). Your videos are really great, and I love Athens a lot. ❤

[@cindygreif3077]

Very interesting. I’m learning so much. Great job!

[@JoeHernandez1210]

Great video it was really Interesting on how things like gratification is effecting everywhere

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

yea it's a challenge for may cities across the world

[@michaelvasiliosdedes678]

I’m Greek and I love Greece but I’m sorry, romanticizing Greek chaos and trauma will never make sense to me. Complete disregard to any sort of organization, public planning, and respect for public space and architectural integrity and legacy is just an alien concept.

[@Elrik99]

"romanticizing Greek chaos and trauma will never make sense to me" Exactly!

[@CrazieAsianBoi]

Preach!

[@exapsy]

people often romanticize situations they dont live in or dont live in - anymore -. I too despise Greece's lack of organization, planning, but I can see the form of pleasure somebody gets when somebody contemplates the reasoning behind, and slowly gets to understand that this chaos is a living organism, and that behind this chaos there's actual order. I think there is an appeal on romanticizing this chaos, and also have a dislike for the disregard of organization. I can understand why foreign scientists get a liking by understanding it.

[@garymc3519]

Top Tier episode again Mr Vierra so well done 👍🖖🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 When Greece joined the Euro and their borrowing rates plummeted they seemed to go mental. I've listened to Ioannis Georgiou Varoufakis who was the finance chief at the time of the collapse and he did speak a lot of sense 👍

[@xeniadelfou4356]

ΗΙ....before Albanians...Phillipinos came in Athens....with a verry ''low profile''...working mostly as baby-sitters-cleaners in wealthy homes....these type of jobs at the beggining..NICE WORK...BRAVO from an Athinian 65 year of age.

[@christoslessis6482]

This so accurate! Thank you

[@musicforhappypeople4608]

Hi Ariel to you and your team great videos watched them all.Love the way you explored the life architecture of various parts of Athens.Visited Athens in 1970 with my family never thought much of it as a city.Came back in 1976 lived in plaka fell in love with the acropolis and the life style back then.lived and worked in the 80s when times where great to be living in the town centre.i now live in the island of Cyprus and i try and visit when i can.Times have changed and so has everything.Its not the same.

[@Lord_Deimos]

I grew up in Gyzi, it's a neighborhood close to downtown Athens. I have moved to the northern suburb equivalent of Voula over 24 years ago, away from all the noise and pollution. I could never go back to living in a polykatoikia.

[@JerryBaiden-G]

I wonder what that guide's singing voice is like. A most unusual range for a male voice.

[@guydreamr]

"Spacious avenues" generally means car dependency, which brings its own set of problems.

[@yogi4lyfe]

Thank you!

[@darrylkinslow3357]

Athens didn't survive near collapse. Not yet. They're still in the middle of it. The economy all over Greece is in the toilet and swirling down fast. And it's not just Greece, the whole worlds developed countries are suffering from global economic collapse. It's already worse than the Great Depression, but they refuse to admit we are in a depression or that we'd been in a recession for the past 20 years before now.

[@alexsardelis1373]

ATHENS always survives and is one of the best city's the rest is leftist greek woke crap as long as we have family religion and are nationality

[@Grazingoat]

They are printing money which is benefitting them. As long as the stock markets and housing prices rise then its OK.

[@darrylkinslow3357]

@@Grazingoat That isn't benefiting them. Needing to print more money is a sign the problem is even worse. The more money you print, the less value it has and the less you can buy with it. Soon enough they'll be spending thousands of dollars on a loaf of bread. That doesn't benefit anyone. Every country that had to resort to printing more money to float their economy, ended up in a far worse situation. Housing prices on the rise, is a large part of the problem because now people who can't afford to buy what they used to buy, also can't afford to buy those houses or rent apartments and they end up homeless.

[@oguzb.7033]

I visited Greece last year, Athens, Thessaloniki and Meteora (Kalambaka). Before my visit i was thinking Greece is a developed country. When i was there i always thought: How is this Europe?

[@thePacman175]

​@@oguzb.7033Well Greece certainly is a developed country and even if it has some Latin America vibes, I think the situation in Greece is still better overall. But yeah, Europe isn't just Paris, London, Kopenhagen etc. Greece is also interesting, because it's neither western Europe nor eastern Europe really, it's its own thing.

[@LAbee333]

just got the tail end of this wonderful showyes we have a big problem with gentrification here in Los Angeles anda couple years ago when action kid visited la for the first time my husband and I drove him around with his parents and he got to see the good parts and the bad parts and the changing transitioning parts -it'sit's challenging to see what's going to happen

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

yea unfortunately LA suffers, hope it gets better. LA has the chance to becoming such a beautiful world class city

[@LAbee333]

@@UrbanistExploringCities yes I certainly hope so -when I was a kid California and La were the best now it's the worst

[@Manifestus.]

Holy shit I noticed the pan pan music! And i was like cool music! Very nice production guys. The artists and the places you show means you are "psagmenoi"

[@mickabackhome2997]

Another great video, so interesting! Well done Ariel, Maria and Katharina! Absolutely professional! 👏🏻😊

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Thank you! 😃 it was such an honor to be able to make this, glad you enjoyed it! Next season: The Malmö Urbanist 👀

[@chronicfish]

27:11 There's now 4,000 people living in the apartment block I live in ... yes, mostly airbnb :(

[@lisapa297]

Excellent vid!! Athens, troubles many, most of us just grin and bear it

[@nikosmood6976]

This Spanish guy was so much on point. Athens is indeed in danger of losing identity, and in contrast with your last words at the video, it is not really anymore on the hands of Athenians to chose their future, but more in the hands of a few elites and big foreign investors. Not to take away responsibility from Athenians that sell out their heritage and purposely undervalued their roots, but gentrification might be the thing to finish originality more than any financial crisis. Just take a look at the rapid change that happens in Exarchia, not only about the rents going up, but also the people that inhabit the neighborhood nowadays, and the activity that this brings. Things change, but not for the best, it's gonna be a great place for tourists for the next few years, until over-touristification will take away even the last drop of originality and the city center will be something like Venice or Amsterdam.

[@zeikerd]

Been coming to Athens quite a lot the last 15 years to hang out and do graffiti. Love it. Oh shit Gazi! at 08:48, I was there last month for a hardcore show

[@SEISMOPLIKTOS]

16:00 *People were angry at the austerity measures. (Not anti-)

[@muddywaters538]

I have some graffiti pictures from Greece but I can't figure out how to send them to you

[@AL-grhvc]

9:52 graffiti everywhere is literally destroying Athens, they must put a stop to it at this point immediately and remove all the ugly graffiti even on historical structures that turns the looks of such an ancient city into a ghetto...if there's one thing Athens is trying to survive, it's the ugly graffiti everywhere...such a shame.

[@PhillipMakropoulos]

16:44 ''Year's later,Greece's economy recovered''. That's a faulse statement. It will never recover because we are still borrow money with high interest and the debt is getting bigger.At the year 2033 another bankruptcy is going to happen.

[@history_repeats8201]

Not only survived but Olympiakos and Panathinaikos are European Champions in 2024. The Greek national anthem says. "Greece never dies, nothing scares her, she just rests for a while and again to the glory leads" It isnt an accident that the same people with the same language live in the same geographic region for almost 3500+ years. Only the Chinese can claim the same!!!!

[@silentlolloler7823]

Dude that is NOT the national anthem. 😅🫣 Those are lyrics from a military marching song.

[@California265]

You call it creating. Street art just makes it more of a slum. You are selfish to oblige everyone else to live with it

[@user-yc3pb1ij7g]

Awesome content. Athens has many poorer urban areas that feel like open air concrete prisons. The residents are tired, grumpy, pessimistic. It would be interesting to see if foreign investment and upgrading will make these areas more livable.

[@Eaglos]

More livable for whom? The ideal thing for the "investor" is a state backed depreciation in order to buy whole chunks of land dirt cheap. Grumpy and tired residents are shoved aside.

[@user-yc3pb1ij7g]

@Eaglos Greeks are not victims but the architects of all this. Nobody forced them to build oppressive neighborhoods that would decay and deprecate naturally. It was choice because everything here is done arpa kola, due to "cultural" reasons.

[@Eaglos]

@@user-yc3pb1ij7g People's choices go hand in hand with state laws and polotical decisions.

[@Not-Impressed..1821]

A small correction. They don't graffiti in public spaces. 90% of graffiti is in private property without the owner's approval. As for the social and economical adventure of the country, this is debatable. The Spanish lad had some good points, but at some he was far off.

[@California265]

Albanians do not look or pass as Greeks

[@nicolebaab]

And I try to stay awake next week 🤪

[@tsapi7]

Leave Athens alone. It's been there for over 2500 years. She knows better.

[@Ίων-π8ρ]

Συμφωνώ

[@alvegutt42]

the artist guy with the long hair is the most beautiful man ive ever seen

[@gentlyrain]

Oh my Gosh I'm staying nearby at Almirou 8)

[@captainjim1010]

Καταστρέφεται η Αθήνα από τους λάθρο (including those that came in 1991)?

[@vasilakiz]

as a Greek i have to say that you have to be either a tourist either a psychopath to say that Athens is a beautiful city. it's a cement jungle the least

[@Hyperion1040]

After global financial crisis Greece should have gone back to it's currency. Sadly it has stayed in Euro and never recovered

[@SajtosNokedli]

It doesnt help on fundamental problems

[@badidou3465]

çest vraiment on vous suis ❤

[@HANU8]

Most Graffiti in Greece is illegal, and it soils the walls of the city. It is not to be encouraged.

[@SEISMOPLIKTOS]

16:45 greek economy recovered? don't spread misinformation

[@chushen4493]

Which did you feel was more crowded, Athens or Barcelona?

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Barcelona for sure felt more crowded.

[@ci7209]

Sorry but this idea that people only hustle and are money driven in places like New York and London and not Athens is simply not true. Money and personal success drives people everywhere, and pretty much any place will have people who are making huge sacrifices and working hard to make something of themselves, including Athens. Just because the “relaxed” people are more visible to you as a tourist doesn’t mean the other side doesn’t exist as well.

[@ΠαυλοςΝτ]

The rise of prosperity? 11% unemployment? It is close to 20 %..Greece has still the 2nd place in unemployment in europe. Money is getting spent in the middle of the month. Rends are half the income. Everything is getting privatized. Next is the water. Gentrification pushed rents and is to the benefit of those that are in the tourist industry. Greece is like cuba before the revolution. And these artists in the establishment played their role as athens fine art school is sipped with capitalist and neoliberal professors and their faux radicalism. Greece is dying and especially athens. There is no growth. There are no homes for people to stay. Not built anymore. A worker gets paid 900 at best and 500 or 450 are spent to the shithole he she it will stay. Plus edpensive bills and you get there. The center of athens is a no no for indigenous people and the gettos are getting gentrified every day After the crisis privatization and the neoliberal state of capitalism was imported more here along with fragmentation in politics (the industry of identity politics). Neo fascism and fear reign in politics now. As if the imperium imposed it all and it did. Both in the economy and in politics. Restrictions are eased after covid. Economic i mean but this is temporary because of geopolitical tensions. In sum this is a part of the imperium of capitalist europe and the western world were u will have a good vacation with people serving you in the hot sand working 24/7 and 15 hours a day for your accomodation. To get just 5000 euros a summer and get broke the next spring (those that work in tourism like tourists slaves, u can check rodos for more info). The situation here is shit. Only the weather is good and we are not as alienated as in western countries but they are working on that and importing it.

[@Gk-ug6gu]

Either you like it or not Athens is a very interesting and lively city. On the other hand is the hardest, wildest and most brutal to live in at least in Europe. And If you consider the median MONTHLY income of a greek is 700€ then you can think that it is not worth the effort to live here.

[@alexandergkionis]

The median income is not 700€, that is the minimum wage in Greece.

[@reececollison5101]

@@alexandergkionisthat minimum wage is also the most common wage. There is very little job availability in Athens, all you can find really are jobs that pay minimum wage. I know this as someone with who has an Athenian partner and friends

[@gloriakonstantinidis]

so sad as a Greek American to see Omonia Square like this. when i first visited the square 45 yrs ago it was safe and a hip place to go but now it like trying to build it up like they are trying to build up Newark but they did accomplish building up Hoboken and part of Jersey City but Omonia i really don think so just like Newark and also the shore town of Keansburg near me again they did accomplish part of Asbury and Long Branch but go down a few block and you have the slums again. just so sad on all parts

[@Oiskloawosies1]

Interesting comparison that makes you wonder if that will also be Omonoias destiny. But let me please give you a nicely meant advice: Try to use commas and make the sentences shorter. I had to read your comment three times until I completely understood although I`m used to reading way more complicated stuff.

[@arkrules8557]

Well lately locals hear omonia and they get a drug dealers image in their mind.

[@user-ug7ur5ou5e]

The ugglines of the city with for exampel all the grafity, is reflecting the frustration of the people that lives in the concrete anomaly. Any animal that dosen not live in its biological enviroment will react with frustration, anxiety ect. The grafity is also a statment by the anarchist left with there urban guerilla groups, that burned Athens a coupel of times, in there quest to abolish the state and create an anarchy society

[@Eaglos]

Classic pre-cooked comment from the 1950s. Don't forget to add something about communism

[@obabas80]

Great video. The Spanish guy sounds like a real-life human scooby-doo! Whatwhat whaaaaaa shaggyyyyy?!?!?😂😂

[@toddboothbee1361]

My GF swears that the young Prince Otto looked like the young Jonathon Rhys Meyers. (Or vice-versa.)

[@California265]

I’ve never heard a voice like that

[@Μαρίαπ-μ8β]

It was not mentioned that the south part of Albania has a great greek minority, which lived there from ancient times.So they don't seem,they are also Greek.

[@omertaword583]

if they behave properly as they are in their country I'm fine with civilized tourists, the others who come to show their bad quality by going naked on the street and drinking I don't want them...for the bad course of athens and all of greece it was the fault of its politicians and of course those who vote for them

[@nikosfarma5643]

Greece has over 1.000.000 public servants moving tons of paper from one desk to the next. I hope next time banks stay closed for a couple of years, as a remedy. If Airbnb is too much for some, in my view 1.000.000 public pensil pushers are too much.

[@arkrules8557]

Η Ελλάδα έχει κατω από το μέσο όρο της ΕΕ δημόσιους υπαλλήλους. Να φύγουν οι αργόμισθοι που μπαίνουν από βουλευτικά γραφεία στο δημόσιο και τα airbnb να φορολογηθούν και να τηρούν πυρασφάλεια, ασφάλεια,προσβασιμότητα όπως τα ξενοδοχεία διαμερισμάτων να δούμε ποιος ιδιοκτήτης θα κάνει πλάνα.

[@Menroth.]

I miss it so much but it is also a total mess of a place.

[@stephanosgreco2602]

26:02 This phenomenon is called a Byzantine bureaucracy. It existed before the ottoman time periode.

[@arkrules8557]

Low income housing does exist Greece was not a colony Athens was not a capital ** Greeks never became middle class **Greeks were always migrants Sometimes migrating abroad, sometimes rural-centre migrants 90s were Albanian migrants and they don't look like Greeks, 2nd generation have Greek id still an accent or less culture knowledge since they were brought up differently than traditional families of Greeks ****It is standard for politicians/business to let a region fell in crime to get older locals sell, buy cheap and then clean it... and market it as new. GENTRIFICATION 🤑🤑🤑

[@asprigata8372]

Αθηνα μια παραμελημενη πολη τι κριμα δεν εχουμε δημαρχους με οραματα

[@JordanST-n7r]

First of all, Greece is not the country's name. It is insulting to call it like that. Secondly, Athens should be a big open air museum with entrance fee and no citizens. Like every other city in the country, Athens is an abnormity.

[@jsjs627]

It's a disgrace to have a spaniard talking about Athens and Greece for a long time while it is obvious he has no idea of what he is talking about... Your video has become a 100% clickbate... mate.

[@MegaMayday16]

Well civilization started 5000 years ago in middle East made it's way to Anatolia Greece then Italy and Rome took over the Western Europe...then power shifted to north America.....maybe the world center will shift more West to Asia....and who knows maybe in 1000 years the eastern Mediterranean will be economic power and center of civilization.....but for now İstanbul Athena Rome ....and soon Paris will just decline more and more it's sad

[@Jacob-Simonsen]

Hey Jason Belmonte

[@badidou3465]

cça vas❤❤

[@pinelopipapanikolaou7895]

Very sorry to let you know but Athens is among the ugliest cities in Europe. The suburbs you are promoting where I live too are so expensive, no Greek can afford 5k euros per square meter when their salary is 1k or even lower. The centre is so dirty and cramped. I believe if aliens "abducted" the Parthenon, the city is rather similar to a poor middle Eastern city, now that temperatures soar at 50 degrees in the summer even more similar

[@robinandthedog]

Graffiti is urban terrorism, I understand the art part but don’t do it on something you don’t own unless you get permission.

[@anisixos7486]

πωωω πωωω ο τραχανας γμσ ολο το βιντεο με την αθλια φωνη,το προσπερασα ολο αυτο το κομματι.τεσπα

[@yannistath]

xaxaxaxaxa

[@ogtipicall5774]

From what I know Greece is doing very well.in comparison to some countries.

[@stefanos4839]

Αυτά ήταν ερείπια και πριν την κρίση. Δεν έδειξες και καμιά ωραία γειτονιά, θα νομίζουν ότι είμαστε Αφγανιστάν. Thumbs down.

[@DEPPYP]

Την αλήθεια παρουσίασε, καλό είναι να την αποδεχτούμε όλοι. Δεν μπορουμε να λέμε την Αθήνα ωραια πόλη και να εθελοτυφλούμε . Με εξαίρεση σημεία από τα προάστια στα οποία αναφέρθηκε αρχικά.

[@stefanos4839]

@@DEPPYP Ναι αλλά έδειξε αποκλειστικά και μόνο τα άσχημα. Καμία όμορφη γειτονιά.

[@PERI-PRODUCTIONS]

@@stefanos4839 Aυτο ειδα και γω και να με πληρωνεις δε μενω ,καλυτερα να παω λιβανο που ειναι και original middle east,Παλι καλα που γινεται ενα ελληνικο εκει να δωσει μια αλλη διασταση

[@DEPPYP]

@@stefanos4839 δεν ήταν ο σκοπός του αυτός, αλλά να αναδείξει τις παθογένειες της Αθήνας. Δεν μπορεί κανείς να κλείσει τα μάτια μπροστά στη παρακμή του κέντρου, κατ'εμέ είναι αναγκαίο, δεν πρόκειται για διαφήμιση.

[@Ίων-π8ρ]

Μα αυτό ήθελε, να περάσει μια άσχημη εικόνα για την Αθήνα και συνολικά για την Ελλάδα. Οπότε παρουσίασε το 2% της ελληνικής πρωτεύουσας που τυγχάνει να είναι και το χειρότερο.

[@katoikos444]

Great video.Some mistakes though,the economy and unemployment never recovered,don't believe numbers by that circus we have as goverment.Greece has become the most miserable EU country to live in .Sadest people in the EU,most corrupt only after Bulgaria.tens of thousands leave the country every year.An actual dystopia.I have given up any hope myself.5 years abroad already,best decision of my life.

[@MegaMayday16]

😂the name of the king is OTTo not ODDo or Auddo 😅

[@CrazieAsianBoi]

99% of graffiti in Greece is tags.... Quite ugly.

[@nad9695]

We haven't Sincerely, an athenian citizen

[@emetos]

this shit making me sad man

[@zeikerd]

hahahaha! always bitching about some Albanian friends that act greek! hahaha spot on!