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Thessaloniki was founded in 315 BC. Earlier, there were various ancient settlements in the same location, as well as the ancient city of Thermi (Therma). Ancient Thermi was an important port of ancient Greece in the period 1.000-350 BC. Essentially, Thessaloniki succeeded ancient Thermi. 5.000 year old settlements were also discovered in the wider area. During the excavations of the Thessaloniki metro, 300.000 ancient objects and pieces of the ancient Egnatia Odos were discovered, where at that time was a street with shops, just like today's modern Egnatia Odos in our city. Everyone realizes that the entire Thessaloniki is built on ancient sites, on which thousands of apartment buildings were illegally built.

actually took 28 years cause greek goverments throughout these were corrupted as f....k as it is nowdays

Mitähän mahtaa maksaa kauramaito? Tai ylipäätään muut kasviperäiset juomat?

Days later a young man was caught doing graphiti just outside the station was arrested and finally fined quite alot of money for his reckless action. Also on the same station (Venizelou) on the wall surrounding the stairs at least a dozen cups of coffee where found expended. 😡😡😡

The station didn't flooded due to the rain. Some jerk lighted a cigarette and the smoke detectors were activated and the springles activated and begun flood with water to extinguish the detected fire and smoke.

There are no bins in the station for 2 major reasons. That littering would be unavoidable and pretty soon it would brade dirty by food and drinks and pukes as they do alot in Northern Greece by drinking tons of tsipouro and ouzo. So the stations would be reeking by the smell even if the cleaners did double or even triple shifts. Second reason is that there was a research conducted to all European Metros but also all over all around the world that it was noticed that bins was the favor spot for terrorists planting bombs causing Mayhem and chaos. So they correctly excluded them and banned food and drink inside a station. Those who wish to use it can go to a shop and do these things and then take it to its destination free of these objects.

n Nice video, very usefull for the locals and the tourists of Salonika

Hi, there, I enjoyed watching your video! As a civil engineer working on big infrastructural projects I can tell you it's not as easy as you think to steal archeological finds as they're being dug up and investigated, this is not the 1800's. There's a whole system in place that the public is unaware of. Workers do not have access to the artefacts like you think and quite frankly, they are too busy with their tasks and tight schedules to care 😂

You are right, the bug challenge will be how it will be maintained and secured etc. the management it will be very very important.

10:04 The smallest but most expensive metro of the world after 30 years is open i think this is possible only in my country first parthenon and now metro uauuuuuuuuu by the way I was in Finnland 1979 in siganpunki with ship every night the hole town was on our ship totally drunk alcohol is tax free on ship and i think was very expensive in Finnland na ja sex and alcohol good memories from sinkapounki

18 years actually.

Thessaloniki. The best city there is, bar none. I may be partial because it's my hometown and even though i spent most of my life in Chicago, i know Thessaloniki like the back of my hand. The wife and i spent new New year's eve there 2023/2024 and it was fantastic. Let's go PAOKara!

The metro looks awesome, congrats Thessalonikeans! Greetings from Romania.

it is actually planned to build further then airport up to perea, where the "technology and innovation center" is beeing build right now, so ppl from thessaloniki can easily get to the perea beaches with the countless taverns and bars.

How nice! Another expat channel and the couple looks lovely! Welcome to Greece my friends!

Stupid all this 9 km 40 years and more 😂😂😂😂😂

don't tell that grandma that you paired her nice tomato sauce with vegan cheese. hahah

I give it a year until half the tiles are cracked with stepped gum on them, and the lights of the exhibits area burn out and never get replaced. Modern greeks think that all you have to do is make something pretty and never maintain it. Just look at every building in greece, apart from banks and big companies.

Thanks for sharing !! Very nice video and the metro was really amazing !!

Thessaloniki is the most beautiful city in the world, and its state-of-the-art metro is a work of art!!!

The Metro should extend to the Airport in time

The excavations didn’t start back at the 80s. The politicians said many times that the excavations will start (1979, 1989, 1996, 2005 etc) but the excavations started at 2008-09. It took them 16 years to dig, for 4 main reasons: 1)some people pocket the money 2)they found much more ancient artifacts than they expected 3)the ground of Thessaloniki wasn’t easy 4)the communists and other leftists delayed the excavations for political reasons

What you see are the “remains”. Everything else will be in the museum, eventually

the mandarin you see in the street is actually bitter oranges they used for decorations and also because its most effective at absorbing large amount of co2 from the atmosphere

Unfortunately, this small Metro is a showcase project for the city and will not contribute to economic and tourist development because it does not connect the industrial area with working-class neighborhoods, the railway station with the port, the intercity bus station, the airport and the picturesque fishing villages opposite the city.

Salonika had trams from 1896-1956 suburban train from 1915-1949 and 2 main railway stations from the 1870s connecting the city with east Macedonia, Serbia and Paris and Constantinople.

Athens has metro since 1869

Nice Vid. and very Amazing Metro System that i never thought in my lifetime will see in THessaloniki!😁...Going to the Metro stations and same time visiting....museums is pretty Dope and obviously a 'greek' thing, also automatic Metro trains (driverless) is something very new, anyways tnx for showing us how this very beautiful - awsome metro system of Salonica is from within for ppl (greeks especially) that live abroad for many many yrs, keep it up and hope ur YT channel grows and expands, , God Bless, and Greetings from Greek Ex pats in Canada!

06:53 ouch!!

The prime minister was at the depot to inaugurate the metro system. The speaches overran a bit and they only opened the station entrance gates when he hit the button to send the first train onto the system. It's a nice metro system and I hope it helps to take cars out of the city.

You can be proud of your city. good for you and environment.

Great video .. very informative. Well done !!!

Metro my city Thessaloniki- Greece is very important. I support!

GREEK ECONOMY IS GETTING STRONGER AND STRONGER HEAPS BETTER THAN TURKISH ECONOMY

My hometown actually looking like a modern city, how refreshing

This befor 100 was part of Macedonia. Cus of that this is called Egejska Macedonia. Lot of macedonia people was progon fron Solun. So for you info this is Macedonian antic city. Tnx for video.

The will be upclose visitations on the ancient site but they are not sure yet on how exactly is gonna work. Probably some type of organised tour

ChatGPT says that the "weeping eyes" graffiti in Kavala, Greece, is a prominent feature of the city's street art, created by an artist known as Diro. Often painted in various locations such as walls, doors, and buildings, these eyes have become a symbolic and recognisable part of the urban landscape. They evoke a sense of mystery and connection as they appear to "watch" passers-by, sparking curiosity and interpretation among residents and visitors. While specific interpretations vary, such art invites reflections on surveillance, empathy, and social commentary. The eyes have become an informal emblem of Kavala’s street art identity, representing both the creativity of its community and the evolving narrative of the city's visual culture.

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Great video. When will the riute be on Google maps?

at the end of 2025 the extention of kalamaria wll be opened. As a resident of thessaloniki i havent visited the metro yet because at the first days the ticket is free and its litterally full, people are going there just to see it and not use it.maybe i will start to use it by the next week

I hope they wont paint everything with grafitti or destroy anything

Nice video! Do you live permanently in Thessaloniki?

Ok now I see! This was the opening day which explains why it opened later. It was supposed to be presented at 12 so it was not delayed at all actually.

I don't know why the station was closed? It should be open from 05:30. This metro project started 2006 so it took 18 years to open mainly because of the vast antiquities discovered.

hey you have my flatmate's hat!! give it back girl

Very proud and happy that we have metro underground. After so many many years it's finish. The best will be in the future to build for the airport and west side. Will be great. And also clean the water in center so that tourists can go to the beach directly in the center.

14':24" This is St. Sophia church in Constantinople (today Istanbul). It is the biggest Orthodox church in the world, and its size is just as you can see in the picture.

They are saying that the thessaloniki metro is a "jewel", not only for Greece, but for all Europe too. I don't know if they are exaggerating, but it seems really nice

Wearing this scarf is the best way to blend in to our city