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Welcome to Athens! This is the airport Eleftherios Venizelos.
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The visitors are welcomed in a friendly way at the Athens Airport and the Eurovision atmosphere is joining in already.
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Big posters all over the city advertise the big event. Futuristic design point to the future of Greece.
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What many people worried about has become reality: there was a strike which obstructed the whole traffic of Athens. There were no buses and underground working and everybody had to take the long and expensive way by taxi.
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Eurovision is everywhere. Helena Paparizou glints over the Omonia Square.
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The city is full of antique treasures - beautiful frescos can be found everywhere.
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This is one of the most famous sights - the Zapio - a congress and exhibition building in the National Garden of Athens.
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The Stadium of Panathinaiko arranged the first Olympic Games of the modern times in 1896.
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Like this you can imagine the Olympic Games from 1896.
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This a great view to the Acropolis from the Zeus Temple - the most significant building of Athens.
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The temple of Zeus has been build from 650 B.C. ongoing 640 years to come to it's finish. Originally there were 104 pillars - now there are only 15 left.
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The Plaka is the beautiful old town with lots of restaurants, cafés and tourist shops.
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Roaming cats and dogs are a typical image in Athens.
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Maria and Sakis - the hosts of this contest showing the latest Eurovision fashin.
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