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Greek listening exercise – Saffron

Listen to the Greek text, improve your listening skills, while learning more about Saffron. Saffron is a delicious spice coming from the Krokos (crocus) flower, is growing in Greece and known since ancient times! Saffron is being used in many different ways: for its flavor in the kitchen, for its color in cosmetics and paint, […]

The National Gallery In Athens

The National Gallery or Alexandros Soutzos Museum or Εθνική Πινακοθήκη (for Greek Text, see the button below) Do you enjoy art and would like to learn more about Greek art over history? Then the National Gallery in Athens is the place to be. The newly renovated museum reopened after an almost decade-long expansion and refurbishment on […]

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The Electric Car of Syros Island

It may be that nowadays the electric car makes quite the impression and is funded by big industrial firms, but in Greece, it was already constructed for the first time 45 years ago! During the summer months, many Omilo students have the opportunity to admire the first Greek electric car, which was built in Syros […]

Greek Cheese

Do you also love cheese? When you visit another country, it is always part of the fun to also explore the local cuisine, or…trying the locally produced cheese. Often foreigners visiting Greece only have heard of or tasted the Greek “feta cheese”, but today Greece produces a wide variety of cheeses, all of excellent quality. […]

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Greek Singer Yannis Charoulis and his music

Greek Singer Yannis Charoulis is a known Greek singer, songwriter, and musician whose music brings together elements from entekhno (orchestral music with elements from folk songs and lyrics often based on the work of famous Greek poets), rock, and traditional Cretan music. Continue reading to learn more about his career and Greek music, and listen […]