The Underdog

Athens


Far from underdogs, the championship-winning baristas here really know how to make a decent cup of coffee. This speciality coffee roaster and cafe-bar occupies a roomy location with a shaded courtyard to the rear and industrial fittings throughout. If coffee isn't your thing, they also serve craft beers and have a decent brunch-style menu.


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1. Herakleidon Museum Building A

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The smaller section of this private museum devoted to ancient Greek technology occupies a restored mansion. It has an exhibition on automata, featuring an…

2. Herakleidon Museum Building B

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This eclectic private museum, split over two locations, examines the interrelation of art, mathematics and philosophy, explored through rotating exhibits…

3. Church of Agia Marina Thission

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Striped like a multilayered cake and bursting with red-tile domes, this 1931 church perches on the northwest side of the Hill of the Nymphs. Its murals,…

4. Agios Athanasios Church

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This church has gone through several incarnations over the centuries and sits on the site of a former ancient monument. Just down the street is the oldest…

5. Temple of Hephaistos

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On the western edge of the Ancient Agora, the Temple of Hephaistos, god of the forge, was surrounded by foundries and metalwork shops. It was one of the…

6. Hill of the Nymphs

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Northwest of Hill of the Pnyx, this hill is home to the old Athens observatory, built in 1842.

7. Holocaust Memorial

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Greek-American sculptor Deanna Maganias' concept for the city's memorial to the victims of the Holocaust is a fragmented Star of David, made from Egyptian…

8. Sacred Gate

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Inside the ancient site of Kerameikos lie the remains of the city wall built by Themistocles in 479 BC, then rebuilt by Konon in 394 BC. The wall is…