ΣΙΝΕΜΑ
Overview
Friday 5 June
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Saturday 6 June
ΘΕΑΤΡΟ
ΣΥΝΑΥΛΙΑ
Sunday 7 June
ΠΑΡΑΣΤΑΣΗ
ΠΑΡΑΣΤΑΣΗ
ΠΑΡΑΣΤΑΣΗ
ΠΑΡΑΣΤΑΣΗ
Tuesday 16 June
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Monday 29 June
ΑΛΛΟ
Saturday 4 July
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ΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ
Saturday 18 July
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Park Your Cinema Kids 2026: Ο Πειρατής Μαυροδόντης και το Μαγικό Διαμάντι (2019)
ΚΠΙΣΝ Ελεύθερη είσοδοςSunday 19 July
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Friday 24 July
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Saturday 25 July
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Friday 31 July
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Saturday 1 August
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Friday 7 August
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Saturday 8 August
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Friday 14 August
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Friday 21 August
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Saturday 27 March
ΦΕΣΤΙΒΑΛ
Monday 26 April
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In Detail
Sensory Friendly προβολή | Park Your Cinema: Grease (1978)
The lights stay up. No one shushes anyone.
Μεταξοτυπία για παιδιά: εκτυπώσεις με αποτύπωμα
Saturday 6 June 2026 brings a children's screenprinting workshop to ΚΠΙΣΝ. The Greek title — *εκτυπώσεις με αποτύπωμα* — promises prints built around each child's own imprint: a fingerprint, a stamped mark, something that ties the finished work to the hand that made it. Screenprinting is an old, tactile craft.
«Απόηχοι Χρόνου»
Shostakovich and ABBA on the same bill, with Scott Joplin, Henry Mancini and Andrew Lloyd Webber in between — Echoes of Time is the National Conservatory of New Smyrna's end-of-year showcase, and its setlist refuses to pick an era. A strand of Cypriot composers — Giorgos Hatzipierris, Michael Christodoulides — and traditional Cypriot songs mark the Greece–Cyprus tie. The players are the school itself: students and faculty, instrumental ensembles, a children's choir and a youth choir, on the stage of the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation in Tavros. If you want a single-composer evening, this isn't it.
Spin Art
You climb onto a bike that is going nowhere. Where the back wheel should meet the road, a flat disc spins instead, loaded with a sheet of paper; you pedal, the disc turns, and the paint you flick onto it pulls outward into rings and spirals you did not plan and cannot fully steer.
Family Bikes Diathlon
A two-year-old on a balance bike has exactly one technique — push, glide, push — and on the morning of 7 June a few dozen of them gather on the SNFCC Esplanade for a race where that is the whole skill set. No pedals, no training wheels (they are not allowed), just small feet against pavement and a parent waiting at the handover. The Family Bikes Diathlon is part of the open public programming the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (ΚΠΙΣΝ) runs across its grounds — the Renzo Piano-designed complex on the Faliro coast, with its long sloping Esplanade that lifts over Poseidon Avenue to meet the sea, a 21-hectare park, and a water canal cut through the middle.
Ημέρα Ποδηλάτου στο ΚΠΙΣΝ
By mid-morning on 7 June the perimeter path that loops the Stavros Niarchos Park fills with wheels of every size — training bikes, hand-me-down BMXs, the Center's own rental fleet — as the grounds are handed over to a single machine. Imera Podilatou, the Bicycle Day at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), marks the United Nations' World Bicycle Day with a morning built entirely around two wheels. The SNFCC — the Renzo Piano-designed campus that houses the National Library and the Greek National Opera, set in a sloping public park above the Faliro coast whose green roof climbs to a viewpoint over the Saronic Gulf — runs cycling programming year-round, from lessons to weekend tours.
Ποδηλατική Βόλτα στο ΚΠΙΣΝ
At the top of the Stavros Niarchos Park, the Lighthouse — the Faros — rises as a grass slope you can walk up to a glass room with the sea on one side and Athens on the other. On the morning of 7 June, this is where a bike ride gathers: open admission, guided, and there for anyone who turns up with wheels. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, the Renzo Piano-designed campus that houses the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera, built its park as a working public space, not a lawn to admire from a path.
Οι άθλοι του Ηρακλή
«Οι άθλοι του Ηρακλή» is a shadow-theater production at the open-air Garden of Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών in central Athens, returning for a limited six-night summer run from 16 June through 1 July 2026 — Karagiozis walking onto a lit screen with Ηρακλή behind him. Director Elias Karellas built «Οι άθλοι του Ηρακλή» as a co-production between his theater company and the Μέγαρο. The framing sets King Eurystheus's palace orchestra — heavy, formal, the music of authority — against Karagiozis's folk band, both performing live under the same stretched screen.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the best things to do with kids in Athens, Greece?
The SNFCC (Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center) in Neos Kosmos is the standout for families — 3.2 million annual visits, extensive open entry programming, outdoor play areas, and a canal for activities. The Acropolis Museum offers family backpacks with activities for children, and entry is open for EU children under 25 and non-EU children under 18. Technopolis in Gazi hosts family workshops. Children’s theater runs across multiple venues from October through May. Check our listings for today’s family events with age suitability filters.
Can I take a stroller to the Acropolis and Acropolis Museum?
The Acropolis Museum is fully stroller-accessible and even provides strollers to borrow at no charge — ask at the entrance. The Acropolis Hill itself is a different story: paths are steep, uneven marble, and not practical for strollers. If you’re visiting the Hill with very young children, a baby carrier works better. The pedestrian zone around the Acropolis — through Thiseio and Plaka — is flat and stroller-friendly, with cafés and rest stops along the way.
Are Athens museums and archaeological sites open entry for children?
Yes, with important details. EU citizens and residents under 25 get open entry to all national museums and archaeological sites, including the Acropolis. Non-EU children under 18 also get open entry. The combined Acropolis ticket (valid 5 days, covering 7+ sites) is the best value for adults visiting with older children. National museums are open entry for everyone on the first Sunday of each month from November through March, and on select national holidays. Always carry ID or passport for age verification.
What should families know about event timing and logistics in Athens?
Family events in Athens generally run at child-friendly hours — matinee theater at 11:00 or 17:00, museum workshops in the morning, SNFCC programming from 10:00 onward. For the Athens Epidaurus Festival at Epidaurus, note that children under 5 are not permitted in the ancient theater. Central Athens is walkable with children — Plaka, Thiseio, and the Acropolis area are largely pedestrianized. The metro is stroller-accessible with elevators at most stations. Pack sun protection in summer — Athens heat from June through August (regularly above 35°C) demands shade breaks and hydration.