Fun & Unusual Things to do in Thessaloniki,Greece

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The stadium's official name is just \"PAOK Stadium,\" but over the years, it has become synonymous with the borough where it is built, which is called \"Toumba.\""},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Fmw0A2kojg5sonSHfprha%2F11.jpg?alt=media&token=73e4f1fb-44ce-4d9f-8948-da8ab453a73b"},{"type":"link","content":"https://www.paokfc.gr/en/the-club/facilities-en/toumpa-facilities-en/"},{"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Fmw0A2kojg5sonSHfprha%2F1.jpg?alt=media&token=d8d7d18e-a2c8-48a7-a1b8-a496bb248efa","type":"img"},{"type":"text","content":"Toumba Stadium has room for 28,701 people. Four hundred of these seats are VIP seats, and you can get to them by going up to the third floor.\n\nOn the same floor, there is a special place for the club's living legends. Since the start of the 2014-2015 season, PAOK's veterans have their own space and can watch home games as the club's special guests.\n\nVIP season ticket holders get extra services to make them feel welcome."}],"address":"Toumba Stadium","location":{"longitude":22.97148115000001,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.614025863617826,"longitudeDelta":0.10218818160659443}},{"location":{"latitude":40.62405331362263,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"longitude":22.955506000000003,"longitudeDelta":0.10218818160659443},"address":"Museum of Byzantine Culture","media":[{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Fmw0A2kojg5sonSHfprha%2F2.jpg?alt=media&token=31170031-c36b-420e-b625-1a361fd23f92"},{"type":"text","content":"The Museum of Byzantine Culture, which opened in 1994 in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece, is called o in Greek."},{"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Fmw0A2kojg5sonSHfprha%2F22.jpg?alt=media&token=885a2ab6-fe5c-485d-a333-8ab8ead5be5b","type":"img"},{"content":"https://www.mbp.gr/en/","type":"link"},{"content":"In the Museum, visitors can look around the 11 rooms of the permanent exhibition and travel to the world of Byzantium through thematic sections about daily and public life, worship and burial customs, architecture and art, commercial and laboratory activity, and the relationship between the past and the present. The permanent exhibition is surrounded by audio-visual materials and touch screens that tell visitors about specific topics and help them get a fuller picture of the Museum's history.","type":"text"},{"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Fmw0A2kojg5sonSHfprha%2F222.jpg?alt=media&token=999643dd-fb8d-447f-895a-e39eb6345d82","type":"img"}]},{"address":"Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki","location":{"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.62563631362339,"longitudeDelta":0.10218818160659443,"longitude":22.953820499999992},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki is the largest museum in northern Greece and one of the biggest in all of Greece. All visitors are welcome to see its unique collections of old artefacts and take part in the museum's many cultural activities."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Fmw0A2kojg5sonSHfprha%2F3.jpg?alt=media&token=7ded6604-6758-4b6a-8754-527fc090e32e"},{"type":"link","content":"https://www.amth.gr/en"},{"content":"Here are the 7 best things to see at the National Archaeological Museum.\n1. Colossal Portrait Head of Emperor Hadrian.\n2. Colossal Portrait Head of Emperor Hadrian.\n3. Bronze Statue of Poseidon or Zeus. \n4. The Boxers Fresco.\n5. Bronze Statue of Poseidon or Zeus. \n6. The Boxers Fresco.Marble Statue of Poseidon. Marble Statue of Kouros Kroisos.  7. Nestor's Cup or Dove Cup. ","type":"text"},{"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Fmw0A2kojg5sonSHfprha%2F333.jpg?alt=media&token=eee20778-b9b7-4e1c-85f1-acb219dbcc11","type":"img"}]},{"media":[{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Fmw0A2kojg5sonSHfprha%2F4.jpg?alt=media&token=0e844bbb-e458-451b-b60c-49e48c675e65"},{"type":"text","content":"The Ottomans used the Tower as a fortress, a garrison, and a prison in that order. In 1826, on the order of Sultan Mahmud II, all of the rebellious Janissaries who were being held there were killed."},{"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Fmw0A2kojg5sonSHfprha%2F44.jpg?alt=media&token=1b0fba0b-73cb-4e0a-aacf-924dea72bb3f","type":"img"},{"content":"The entrance fee to the White Tower in Thessaloniki is about 2 Euros (INR 162) for seniors and students and 3 Euros (INR 243) for everyone else. This money is taken from the people to pay for its upkeep.","type":"text"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Fmw0A2kojg5sonSHfprha%2F444.jpg?alt=media&token=ba349862-0d2d-4bd3-95e9-e6ebd5d7f0d6"},{"type":"link","content":"http://www.lpth.gr/"}],"location":{"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"longitudeDelta":0.10218818160659443,"longitude":22.94855025000002,"latitude":40.626469363623805},"address":"White Tower of Thessaloniki"},{"address":"Ladadika","media":[{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Fmw0A2kojg5sonSHfprha%2F5.jpg?alt=media&token=ced34dd4-e09b-42cc-810d-10222c715143"},{"type":"text","content":"Ladadika is a lively place for fun. Its cobblestone streets are full of lively tavernas, bistros, and coffee shops that used to be olive oil shops. Tourists like to go to the Museum of Illusions and Morichovou Square, both of which are near dance clubs. Nearby Port A has art, film, and photography museums, as well as renovated warehouses that host events during the Thessaloniki International Film Festival every year."},{"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Fmw0A2kojg5sonSHfprha%2F55.jpg?alt=media&token=0366dffc-6bf0-4a74-b95b-3300b9897531","type":"img"},{"content":"https://goo.gl/maps/SUbf16rKr2694aw67","type":"link"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Fmw0A2kojg5sonSHfprha%2F555.jpg?alt=media&token=025aab64-9144-44b0-9fe7-91f086652a68"}],"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.10218818160659443,"longitude":22.94172022111196,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.630755385981814}},{"address":"Aristotelous Square","media":[{"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Fmw0A2kojg5sonSHfprha%2F6.jpg?alt=media&token=f071d8f9-12c9-400a-863a-816facb99ade","type":"img"},{"type":"text","content":"The main square of Thessaloniki, Greece, is called Aristotelous Square . It is on Nikis Avenue, which runs along the city's waterfront, in the city centre. It was designed by the French architect Ernest Hébrard in 1918, but most of it wasn't built until the 1950s. Since then, many of the buildings around the central square have been fixed up, and the north side of the square was mostly fixed up in the 2000s."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Fmw0A2kojg5sonSHfprha%2F66.jpg?alt=media&token=ab913e7f-e259-4b8f-b119-2537a929959e"},{"type":"text","content":"Since 1950, the Hellenic Republic has kept a list of the twelve buildings that make up Aristotelous Square."},{"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Fmw0A2kojg5sonSHfprha%2F666.jpg?alt=media&token=2c7f8aed-97b6-4780-b0ed-84a5821be1d9","type":"img"},{"content":"https://goo.gl/maps/2QTAuBDEHJyhaV4x6","type":"link"}],"location":{"latitude":40.633848079764284,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"longitudeDelta":0.10218818160659443,"longitude":22.942222964329975}},{"media":[{"type":"text","content":"The Church of Saint Demetrius, also called Hagios Demetrios, is the main place of worship for Saint Demetrius, who is the patron saint of Thessaloniki, Greece, which was the second largest city in the Byzantine Empire when it was built. It is part of the site Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki, which has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1988."},{"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Fmw0A2kojg5sonSHfprha%2F8.jpg?alt=media&token=f2f5c63e-036f-4e6b-841d-e64c50a5c626","type":"img"},{"content":"In the early 4th century AD, a Roman bath was torn down and a church built in its place. A prefect named Leontios replaced the small oratory with a bigger basilica with three aisles a hundred years later. After being burned down several times, the church was rebuilt as a basilica with five aisles in 629–634. This was the church's last form, which is still around today. It was the city's most important shrine, and it was probably bigger than the cathedral. No one knows where the second one used to be.","type":"text"},{"content":"https://goo.gl/maps/ii73cebgj7b8mJmd6","type":"link"}],"location":{"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":40.63876536362971,"longitudeDelta":0.10218818160659443,"longitude":22.94756974999999},"address":"Church of St. Demetrios"}]