What to do in THESSALONIKI! (We were surprised!) Greece Travel Vlog

[@polyxenikoutla134]

Excellent video! Also there is the Museum of Photography-Momus- at the ol port near the Ladadika area and the municipal painting museum in an 18th century Italian building (at Agia Sofia str , about 7 euros taxi from the center). In summer you may take the bus for the Halkidiki beaches (about 2hrs on the bus).

[@polyxenikoutla134]

Sorry, the art museum is not at Agia Sofia str but it is called "Casa Bianca". Also check out for music events!!

[@cjexplores]

@@polyxenikoutla134 thanks for the tips! I’m sure people visiting will love to hear these. I’ll pin your comment 😉

[@jovanmuskalutka3708]

when aould you strangers know how many fortres have in serbia and grece ? Auf. Also have a lot of honey,liquers and aples in biger part serbia. and other balakan counrties

[@NancyNgatur]

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[@NancyNgatur]

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[@xeniosaias]

BTW Thessaloniki was Alexander's half sister and Kasander's wife. He brought people from 26 surrounding settlements and created the city named after her in 316 bc

[@cjexplores]

Oh wow! Thanks for the info, that’s so interesting. We love to learn about all of the history, the Greek people are responsible for so much that we have today!

[@sabineenglebright6072]

Thanks somebody have to give this people a little bit a history teaching

[@tonibebbington3952]

Really loving Greece...what an eye opener..

[@cjexplores]

We love Greece tooooo. Guess we will be back next year 😂

[@a.l.3664]

it's a beautiful city, thessaloniki stole my heart...not to mention the cuisine...the best

[@cjexplores]

So good! Ahhh take us back 😍

[@kariba25]

2 days is not enough time to get to know and understand Thessaloniki (named after the sister of Alexander the Great) but you managed to make a nice video! Food and nightlife is a big part of it and the beaches that are 20 minutes ofcourse! In Athens please visit the Musem of Ancient Technology! It's mind blowing what people did 2000+ years back!

[@cjexplores]

Thanks kariba25 🙌🏼❤️ we loved Athens too. Currently putting together the video for Athens and we didn’t make it to that museum unfortunately! But I have been watching some documentaries on Ancient Greece and it is mind boggling to learn all of the revolutionary ideas that they brought to our world that still stand today!

[@sakisvak89]

Welcome to the capital of Macedonia. Congratulations to your historical references.

[@cjexplores]

Thanks you Satisvak89 🙏🏼❤️😁 glad you enjoyed it. We had a fantastic time in Thessaloniki!!

[@greg25ism]

I lived in Thessaloniki for 2 years and you guys stepped in places i never did in this town! The history backround you provided was super accurate and the whole production of the video so professional! I am already a subscriber!!!

[@cjexplores]

Ohhhh 🥰 lovely to hear Gregory! Thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching!! ❤️🙏🏼😁

[@ouxu597]

wasnt too accurate unfortunetly

[@kmatinaki76]

Hey guys!Really like your calm and easy going approach!Well done for feeding the cats ❤

[@cjexplores]

Thank you for your kind words ❤️🙏🏼❤️ glad you enjoyed it 😁

[@antimimoniakos]

Welcome to our town. I hope you had great time.

[@cjexplores]

Had a wonderful time thanks! ❤️🙏🏼

[@Georgio28]

Cool video, I'm glad you visited Thessaloniki! It would also be great if you had visited the Ano Poli (Upper City) with the Byzantine walls and the Heptapyrgion, but at least you got to visit the central and most famous monuments! Anyway, great video! 👍

[@cjexplores]

Thanks a lot George! I think we will be back in Greece eventually 😉 did you see our latest video in Athens??

[@Georgio28]

@@cjexplores No, but I will. And I have never been to Athens, so it'll probably be helpful!

[@cjexplores]

@@Georgio28 nice one 😊 enjoy! ✌🏼

[@ekfylobifteki]

Hi guys from Athens! Thessaloniki was once home to Greece's largest and thriving (at the time) Jewish community! Greek Jews once formed a big part of Thessaloniki's population. Almost the entire jewish population was transported via trains to Nazi Germany during WW2 and most of them died/were murdered in concentration camps between 1941 and 1944. 😔

[@cjexplores]

Thank you for the info, we have such a dark history here in Europe. But I’m glad it is remembered 🙏🏼 we really loved Thessaloniki and it seems as though it’s been a prominent settlement through the ages!

[@vickyz6565]

Hopefully next time the CJ Explores visit Thessaloniki, might as well visit the Jewish Museum too.!! 🌷

[@cjexplores]

@@vickyz6565 we should have done but only had a couple of days to explore! So much history here though, I’m sure it would take years of study to fully understand it all, we only scratched the surface!

[@xeniosaias]

@@cjexplores where the Aristotle University is now,used to be a huge Jew cemetery. 350.000-400.000 graves. The nazis destroyed the place.And from the 50000 jews only around 2000 survived the end of the war. The once thriving community destroyed. So many tragic stories throughout the millennia!

[@cjexplores]

@@xeniosaias that is so terrible, but I’m happy there are people like you out there sharing, remembering and provoking discussion around these important historical events 🙌🏼 has the Jewish community bounced back a lot since WWII?

[@thevigarfeeling]

Lovely video 🙌❤️☀️

[@cjexplores]

Thank yoooou!!! ❤️🙏🏼❤️

[@MattandRachelTravel]

Such beautiful footage! Absolutely loved your video and your coverage of Thessaloniki. Thanks for all the tips. Can't wait to visit someday!

[@cjexplores]

Awww 🥰 thanks guys 🙏🏼❤️ it’s a really cool city with SO MUCH history. Hope you get to visit too!

[@Marloywolf]

Thanks for video, i like it, its shows me how cool the place it and i want to visit it next year i hope.

[@cjexplores]

Hi Marloy! Glad you enjoyed it 😁 we hope you get to visit too

[@ΒασιλικηΜαστορακη]

Thank for the beautiful video🙏🌹🌹🏹❤️🏹💜🇬🇷💘🇬🇷🪕🎶🪕🎶🪕🍻🍻🏹💚✨😘✌️😊

[@mikeandkathyaillon6749]

Very nice video production. Great content. Thank you!

[@cjexplores]

Much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed it guys 🙏🏼

[@parisPONTOS]

I’m from Thessaloniki but I’m living in Germany, I hope was having a beautiful time there, I’m to lover of history 😅

[@cjexplores]

Hi Paris 👋🏼 we love Germany too. Totally different from Greece though! The history throughout the region is astonishing and would take a lifetime to fully comprehend!

[@parisPONTOS]

@@cjexplores totally agree with you, I hope you and your husband have beautiful experience and healthy life ❤️🇬🇷❤️🇬🇷❤️

[@cjexplores]

@@parisPONTOS 🥰🥰🥰 you’re too kind, thank you Paris!

[@spyroslambrou7603]

Welcome!!!!!

[@cjexplores]

You lucky son of a gun!! 😂🙌🏼

[@stvkha]

thank you so much for showing my city with such a great video.

[@cjexplores]

🥰🙏🏼❤️ our pleasure, thanks for watching!

[@konstantinosgeorgelis6017]

You should have payed a visit to the citadel (you can see the site in 3:36) during the night. It's a medieval site with miles of walls and many towers. The night view from the main fort (TRIGONIOU TOWER) is breathtaking. Great video though, and we hope to see you back soon!

[@cjexplores]

Thanks for the recommendation! I believe we actually had that on our list of things to do but we just ran out of time to see it all! We’d love to return, we have fallen in love with Greece 😍🙏🏼❤️

[@vasilisk.k.3618]

it's not an ocean, it's the aegean sea. welcome to thessaloniki, welcome to makedonia, hellas.

[@cjexplores]

Thanks Vasilis K.K. ❤️🙏🏼😁

[@徐升扬]

The whole world call your country Greece, but we Chinese call you Hellas. Greeting from Chinese working in Serbia.

[@cjexplores]

@@徐升扬 Hellas? Isn’t that what the Germans call beer?! 😂 languages are so fun!

[@徐升扬]

@@cjexplores Yes because Greeks call their own country 'Hellas", we Chinese translate it to "希腊" which sounds like Hellas.

[@cjexplores]

@@徐升扬 ahhh 😯 interesting!!

[@Halkidiki2012]

Very nice video :) especially the historical tour.

[@cjexplores]

Thanks guys! We would love to return and explore more. Such a great region and the people are so friendly ❤️

[@DraikoGR]

Awesome vlog, thank you! And to answer your first question (although i doubt you'll like the answer), Thessaloniki being an ancient city on a water front, has all the pluming based in gravity. That means all the clean water come from the mountains around it (mt. Hortiatis being the primary source of fresh water for almost millennia) and the waste down hill, into Thermaikos (the water front). Hence there are no beaches surrounding the city. You got some beautiful places though around the city that would take you 45minutes to an hour getting there. Again thank you for your vlog!

[@cjexplores]

Thanks DraikoGR for your knowledge! 🙏🏼 glad you enjoyed our experience and hope you will watch our other adventures around Greece ❤️ 🇬🇷

[@DraikoGR]

@@cjexplores oh i did! I feel so happy that people taking interest in northern Greece and Thessaloniki (my hometown). Thank you soo much!

[@Niki-tu7jz]

Love Greece 🇬🇷❤️🇬🇷❤️🇬🇷❤️

[@cjexplores]

Us too!!!

[@dirkbeyersdorf893]

Thessaloniki ist einfach super ich habe mich gleich beim ersten Besuch in diese Stadt verliebt ich komme bald wieder ❤😊

[@cjexplores]

Viel glück! It’s such a great city, we hope to return next year 😉🙏🏼❤️

[@ErisstheGoddessofmanhwas]

My beautiful city.

[@cjexplores]

Oh you’re soooo lucky!!

[@farhatali2763]

Nice pot city when u on Sea it's wow there seylla seting on Sea side amazing vintage yat beuseful ship there perfect. Ur appetmind so cool luxury excellent. Foods super nice vintage church up to super very relaying .Tower Good very good old historic place super view of port city. Museum gerat history nice super nice ur expilan everything every corner. Nice video

[@cjexplores]

Yes, very historic place!! Thanks Farhat Ali 😁

[@farhatali2763]

Nice may dear I love u and ur videos so much may self ur channel number 1 yess . Soon u 1o million subscribe. Love allways. I see ur nice cute videos .

[@baljeetkaurtiwana9770]

Brilliant video

[@cjexplores]

Thank you 🙏🏼 ❤️

[@Mixos_place]

don't you guys go at night. the ladadika are buzzing after 9pm. Well it was like that 10 years ago when I visited.Actually most of Greece has a nightlife after dark, that is completely different to what happens during the day.Awaiting your next installment.

[@cjexplores]

Thanks Michael, yes we did venture out after dark! We noticed like in a lot of Europe, there is a vibrant nightlife! We just don’t tend to film a lot after dark 😅 thanks for watching!

[@allanabramson8494]

Very useful, thank you.

[@cjexplores]

Glad you found it helpful 🙏🏼😊

[@our4feettravelers760]

good video keep it up

[@cjexplores]

Thanks guys ❤️🙏🏼

[@ΒασιλικηΜαστορακη]

Thessaloniki❤️my love!!!✨❤️🇬🇷

[@cjexplores]

Lovely place 😊

[@prchdm]

Thessaloniki was settled since prehistory. Actually there are excavation sites in the Toumba district.

[@cjexplores]

Oh amazing! Thanks Hetairos 🙏🏼

[@ShefqetGashi-cc6tb]

Nice guys

[@cjexplores]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏼

[@MoconutLife]

Visiting soon! enjoyed this video, thanks! What kind of gear do you use?

[@cjexplores]

We are way over the top when it comes to gear… 😬 wireless microphones, big gimbals, drone, GoPro, polariser filters and 360 cams 😂 but our base setup is the GH5 on a gimbal with a Leica 12-60mm lens 😉

[@stefanosbrilakis5065]

Great video . Bravo !

[@cjexplores]

Thank you Stefanos! 🙏🏼❤️

[@katastrafika5253]

Next time you are in Thessaloniki you should go to the second leg Of Halkidiki A beach called Kavourotrypes

[@cjexplores]

Ok thanks for the tip! ❤️🙏🏼

[@ΑποστολοςΚαραλιολιος-σ9μ]

Αγάπη Ελλάδα ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@daleelliott7390]

I'd be curious to know what month you visited? The weather looks really nice during your vlog but I'd like to visit Greece outside of the summer crowds and prices. If this was during shoulder season then I'd be sold on visiting then.

[@cjexplores]

Middle of September! Right on the shoulder season 😜

[@daleelliott7390]

Awesome, thank you!@@cjexplores

[@Trusteft]

04:09 I came here to watch a video on how some no natives look at "my" city, I didn't expect to laugh. It's funny how some times we do or say things that make no sense.

[@cjexplores]

Hahaha I'm glad you got that joke. We are just so silly sometimes and I think it's nice to include our bloopers every now and again! ❤️

[@paulbabson8421]

On all the Greek signs in museum. If you have an Android phone it most likely has a translate option with use of your camera.

[@cjexplores]

That’s a great tip! Thanks Paul 😁🙏🏼

[@ΑποστολοςΚαραλιολιος-σ9μ]

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[@ΑποστολοςΚαραλιολιος-σ9μ]

Αγάπη Θεσσαλονίκη Μακεδονία Ελλάδα ❤❤

[@nick4paokara]

the Google Translate app will translate that text for you if you use the photo function (basically you point the camera at the text, and google translate outputs the translated text back to you)

[@cjexplores]

We do use the app often! Thanks Nick🙏🏼❤️

[@nick4paokara]

@cjexplores awesome and thanks for visiting Thessaloniki 🙏

[@Grotto666]

I found it a bit of a chaotic city with all that traffic. I expected a more relaxed atmosphere. I visited in the end of April and the weather was not good as well, windy and cold at times. I enjoyed city of Kavala much more when I visited a couple of years ago.

[@cjexplores]

Hi Hristo 👋🏼 thanks for letting us know your experience. It will be useful for others planning their own trips 😉

[@antimimoniakos]

This year weather was good on February and since is colder than usual and rainy. It rains every day. Usually it is cold on winter and sunny and warm on spring and after.

[@cjexplores]

@@antimimoniakos 👍🏼❤️🙏🏼

[@Καντηλαναυτης]

You forgot to visit the Kastra ( Castles ) for a nice view

[@cjexplores]

Ah, good to know! Thanks for sharing

[@xeniosaias]

You seriously couldn't find a supermarket in the city center...... hahahaha they are everywhere.

[@cjexplores]

I guess we just missed them all!!! Plus we didn’t know any Greek words for finding stuff on google maps 😂 how do you spell supermarket in Greek?

[@sabineenglebright6072]

Exactly

[@eziomorte3380]

@@cjexplores we call them super market or just market for short hahaha

[@makistselios5261]

0:33 να ζήσουμε να σε θυμόμαστε κοπελιά

[@cjexplores]

❤️🥰❤️

[@eziomorte3380]

δεν καταλαβε χαχαχαχαχα

[@giwrgospapadopoulos5268]

Yo now that was great choosing of background music.. Am Thessaloniki citizen and I writing now from Germany.. You guys make me see the city from other side.. Btw it's agean

[@cjexplores]

Thanks for your lovely comment 🥰 we really appreciate the support and are so happy you enjoyed it!

[@ShefqetGashi-cc6tb]

❤

[@anetos23]

the ocean )) comon honey we dont have ocean :)

[@cjexplores]

Potato potahto 😂

[@anetos23]

@@cjexplores 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@sabineenglebright6072]

Tja for some people is every place what is bigger from a river >>>>>>>> JUST a Ocean 😄

[@AyoubAlLamaakchaoui]

No minaret?

[@cjexplores]

No sorry!

[@VasilMarolli-h8b]

Did she said the ocean??Is the Mediterranean Sea

[@cjexplores]

You're right, we make mistakes 🙈😂

[@VasilMarolli-h8b]

@@cjexplores Yes we do

[@user-ox3tf1ut9u]

donde esta achi👻

[@DragicaRosic]

At the beginning, she said "ocean"?! It is SEA, madam.

[@cjexplores]

Is there a difference…? 🤔😅

[@DragicaRosic]

@@cjexplores, yes, there is. Read about it.

[@cjexplores]

@@DragicaRosic lol it’s hardly a difference. Just a matter of size?

[@DragicaRosic]

@@cjexplores, not only size... There are many different qualities. Read more, please. Don`t be angry on me, I am friendly recomending it.

[@cjexplores]

@@DragicaRosic we will do more research to find out the differences 😅 thanks Dragica ❤️

[@jeanbalie8204]

Solun is Macedonia.

[@cjexplores]

🙏

[@ΠΕΤΡΟΣΧΡΥΣΟΣΤΟΜΙΔΗΣ-γ8γ]

It is a Greek city and its name means Thessalians' win. Thessaloniki was Great Alexander's sister.

[@cjexplores]

@@ΠΕΤΡΟΣΧΡΥΣΟΣΤΟΜΙΔΗΣ-γ8γ ahhh thanks for sharing!!

[@westnblu]

@@ΠΕΤΡΟΣΧΡΥΣΟΣΤΟΜΙΔΗΣ-γ8γ step sister to be precise

[@Deakytonk]

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[@ConcernedCiti-Zen]

This was once the Bulgarian city of Solun. Someday it will be Bulgarian again!

[@cjexplores]

Oh my goodness 😲 I never knew!

[@elenilepouri7253]

​@@cjexploresIt was never- Solun mamed Slavobulgarians settlers from Ucranian stepes This name- Thessaloniki - exists from 318 bc when this city established by Kassandros

[@elenilepouri7253]

Thessaloniki from 318 bc Bulgarians arrived 900 yrs later from Skythian stepes

[@ConcernedCiti-Zen]

@@elenilepouri7253 And your point is? We're Slavs. It's our job to spread our languages and culture at the expense of others.💪

[@elenilepouri7253]

@@ConcernedCiti-Zen In your cities - founded durring Byzantine empire- and not Greek bc cities. Phillipoupolis ( Plondiv) named by Phillipos a long before Slavs- so what ? Should we claims it? Thessaloniki Amphipolis Olynthos Pella are bc Greek cities- nothing with your culture

[@Krevos]

solun

[@skullpierceres4878]

its THESSALONIKI Sister of Alexander the great. Her name means Victory in Thessaly

[@cjexplores]

Wow, what a great translation!

[@ValentinaJakupi-i1l]

Shum shum pldh

[@cjexplores]

Translation please 🙏🏼

[@joselito9934]

Because you're beautiful ma'am, you're so cute,you're in love,,,im watching from philipines

[@cjexplores]

Thanks Jose ❤️❤️🙏🏼

[@joselito9934]

@@cjexplores your welcome ma'am,,

[@joselito9934]

@@cjexplores where you from ma'am,,

[@cjexplores]

@@joselito9934 England 🇬🇧👑❤️

[@joselito9934]

@@cjexplores England is beautiful country,,,

[@devoltaaocaminho3949]

What happens is that God is already ready to give victory, but the people still have to be worked on, there are still a lot of dirt on people's heads, a lot of idolatry, a lot of lying, a lot of pornography, a lot of corruption, a lot of infidelity, a lot of adultery Finally, God treats those who approach Him in the same way as impure silver, where lead is placed and taken to the fire, and when lead is consumed and pure silver is found. But the enemies are mistaken in believing that with the cunning of darkness they can defeat a nation that has chosen to seek help from the Almighty God. GOD makes it clear that he takes care of every detail, taking at what seems to be the last hour, a little leg or ear of one of his servants from the claws and mouths of lions, or the snare and snares. Our biggest concern always has to be to give God the right place in our lives, the rest are consequences of our good choice, choosing to walk in the old paths, already proven and approved, which our adversaries have rejected. Despite all the efforts made for more than 2000 years, these people insist on resorting to cheap solutions because at first glance they seem to be ADVANTAGES, only for a small and select group, but that we all know; they are ways of death, for they are conjured with lies. There is nothing more futuristic, good and perfect than what is offered to us by the great I Am, who knows how to sit down and rise from each member of his body, and visits each one, giving a well-defined north, and so on. as a lighthouse, this body by its good works, attracts the nations to glorify the creator, for the hope of liberation

[@sabineenglebright6072]

A little clearing about where Thessaloniki is in >>>>> Makedonia 🇬🇷 in Greece . It's definitely >>NOT >> Macedonia is a part of Jugoslavia how is cold and was with in the beginning 1990 . Please check the facts 🙏😌 before you give miss information >>>> why you would especially people from Greece 🇬🇷 disappoint very very much 😒 . And you could anderstand when you would know about the History of Makedonia 🇬🇷 in Greece . So please 🙏 fact check next time .

[@cjexplores]

I believe we saw an old map where Macedonia was much larger..?

[@faristafari]

@@cjexplores nice response to a false argument. Yeah it was much bigger and the citizens spoke ancient Greek! Thank you for visiting our beautiful city. By the way supermarkets are called supermarkets!

[@cjexplores]

@@faristafari haha thanks for the help! We were a bit lost if I’m honest 😅

[@sabineenglebright6072]

@@faristafari So true 👍 I think Supermarket is the right word in the howl Europe only in the US he have to call it Grocery store >>>> like restroom >> for a WC 🚻 whatever . I was not only visiting , I actually know Thessaloniki , Kavala and many other places in Greece very well and I even learned the Language . I wish a wonderful Summer in your beautiful Thessaloniki .

[@gonulcalkran6801]

Turkiye cok cok daha güzel benim ülkem bir numara

[@cjexplores]

We want to see more, have only visited Bodmin so far… 🫣😅

[@serap5693]

@@cjexploresİstanbul'a gelmediyseniz çok şey kaçırmışsınız demektir

[@SkynetGeneral]

​@@cjexploresBodrum that is?

[@cjexplores]

@@SkynetGeneral oops!! Yes Bodrum! We live in Cornwall and one of the major towns here is called Bodmin, same sounding syllables 🙈😅

[@elenilepouri7253]

Yes everything was Greek is beautiful

[@allraargast]

You struggled to find a supermarket in the second largest city in the country where there are supermarkets literally every fifty meters xD xD xD

[@cjexplores]

I guess as newcomers to Greece we didn’t know what we were looking for! 😅

[@allraargast]

@@cjexplores There's this new-ish invention called internet. You can literally search information about anything and get the answers in a second :)

[@cjexplores]

@@allraargast amazing 😂😂😂 we will look into it 😉

[@sabineenglebright6072]

Yes very funny 😄

[@viceieva]

Awesome video 😍❤️❤️😀

[@cjexplores]

Yewww thanks for the love ❤️

[@ΑποστολοςΚαραλιολιος-σ9μ]

Αγάπη Θεσσαλονίκη Μακεδονία Ελλάδα ❤