THE
NIGHTLIFE
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Meeting in
Residence
One
of the advantages of living in the residence is that if you
want to talk with somebody or to organize a exit for the
night you just have to go in the kitchen and wait for
somebody to show up. That usually takes around 5 minutes,
then you have to decide if you want to wait for somebody
else or if you're ready to go. There are also meetings in
the floors every time that a major event is shown in
TV.
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The
photo below shows what happens when major football
matches happen: people gathers to watch TV. You can
enlarge it.
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This
other photo shows what is likely to happen when all
the people gathers into the kitchen and they decide
that it is not good to go out so they start
drinking right there. You can enlarge it.
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Clubbing
In Thessaloniki there is a lot
of nightlife. The fact that the city is crowded by students
is the reason for the extremely high number of pubs - discos
and clubs. There are almost fun oriented "districts".
Actually the majority of the club lies from the white tower
towards the west and we find in order :
1 - The pubs in the seaside. The
seaside for 1Km is completely made up of cafes and pubs.
2 - The district of Ladadica, next to the port, which hosts
more than 15 clubs & discos in a area of almost one
square kilometers. If you're going there for clubbing I
advise the Abya Yala, the Dizzy Dolls and the Libido for the
Rock types.
3 - Just a little outside of the city towards the national
road there are Vilca which is a structure resembling a
shopping mall with one gym, some restaurants and lots of
pubs and places to hang out at night.
4 - A little bit further from Vilca finally there is the
"Milos" and this is definitely a "shopping mall" for
nightlife with many restaurants, clubs and discos all in one
structure. Also in the Milos hosts frequently live music
events. The Milos takes its name from being formerly a
abandoned mill which has been converted into more remunerative night use. Be sure to visit the Art Factory and the
free summer concerts.
On
the other side of the city, west side from the town there
are some clubs but without the same concentration as the
Ladadica-Vilca-Milos complexes. Some are dancing halls, some
are nightlife oriented coffees and some are privè
club. In the summer season some of the most known discos of
the City open their summer space next to the airport. Also
important during summertime are the beach clubs of the
peninsula of Halkidiki.
For
some erasmus clubbing please take a look at the
activities
page.
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Dinners
From time to time people wants
to eat somehow differently. In these occasion a dinner is
needed. There are really a lot of restaurants and all of
them are cheap. Specially if you go into a typical Greek
taverna or "Psistaria" you can get a full dinner with
2000-3000Drx. Specialty of Greece is meat but you will
discover by yourself when you arrive here.
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This
is one Italian group at the "last dinner" of Matteo
(I mean, the last in greece). You can enlarge it by
clicking.
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That's
another more international group at the "last" exit
of Agnescka (polland)
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Cinema
When you wish you can
also go and have a night at the cinema. The current price of a ticket
is 2000Drx (~6 €). Fortunately most of the movies are played in the
original language (usually English) with Greek subtitles.
Your favorite cinema will, probably, be the cinema of Nea Platia (new
square). That's a commercial center located 20mt from the main square
of the city. This cinema has got 6 different projection rooms and they
are quite confortable. Another valuable option is the Olympion Cinema.
This one is in the central square of the city and has some promotional
movies played free through the year. Another option is the local communist
party cinema which plays for free all the year round, in this case is
not first class movies... but it's for free!
The last option is the Warner Village Center. This one is
outside the city on the road to the airport next to the continent
discount. To go there you will need a car or a bike.
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