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the-art concert hall presents a rich winter program of operas and concerts featuring
world-class international and Greek performers.
Greek National Opera
OPERA
(Ethniki Lyriki Skini; 210 366 2100;
www.nationalopera.gr
)
The season runs from November
210 361 2461; Akadimias 59, Exarhia;
Panepistimio)
or the Odeon of Herodes Atticus
(
Click here
)
in summer.
National Theatre
THEATRE
( 210 528 8100;
www.n-t.gr
; Agiou Konstantinou 22-24, Omonia; Omonia)
Performances of
contemporary plays and ancient theatre in one of the city's finest neoclassical buildings,
in venues around town and, in summer, in ancient theatres across Greece.
Dora Stratou Dance Theatre
TRADITIONAL DANCE
( 210 324 4395;
www.grdance.org
;
Filopappou Hill; adult/child €15/5; performances 9.30pm
Wed-Fri, 8.15pm Sat & Sun Jun-Sep; Petralona, Akropoli)
Every summer this company per-
forms its repertoire of Greek folk dances at its open-air theatre on the western side of
Filopappou Hill. It also runs folk-dancing workshops in summer.
Sport
Athens' most popular sports are basketball - see the
Hellenic Basketball Association
(
www.basket.gr
)
- and football. Greece's top football teams are Athens-based Panath-
inaikos and AEK, and Piraeus-based Olympiakos, all three of which are in the European
Champions League. Check club websites, English-language press,
www.greeksoccer.com
or
www.tickethour.gr
.
Shopping
Central Athens is one big bustling shopping hub, with an eclectic mix of stores and spe-
ciality shopping strips. The central shopping street is Ermou, the pedestrian street lined
with mainstream fashion stores running from Syntagma to Monastiraki.
Top-brand international designers and jewellers surround Syntagma, from the Attica
department store past pedestrian Voukourestiou to the fashion boutiques of Kolonaki.
