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Alex Sakalis

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Writer. Words in BBC, The Guardian, Daily Beast, New York Times https://www.instagram.com/sakalisalex/

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The Lure of Stones and Silence: Hiking in Zagori, Greece

Honoured to share my feature for the New York Times about hiking in Zagori, one of the most beautiful places in the world, and why Greek summer is more than just beaches and frappe www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/t...

03.09.2025 07:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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08.01.2025 09:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2025 Travel Destinations: 52 Places to Go This Year Where will the new year take you? Kick-start your travel plans by selecting favorites from our annual list.

Delighted to contribute to the New York Times 52 Places to Go in 2025, giving my beloved Greek mountains some much needed exposure www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

08.01.2025 09:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Athens parking never changes. Together with the thousands of lime scooters, the pavements are effectively vanished and we have to walk in the middle of the road

05.01.2025 19:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Electricity substation entrance, London (Arch: Charles Stanley Peach, 1905)

20.12.2024 18:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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10.12.2024 16:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy to see it's all going well on the Thessaloniki Metro

10.12.2024 16:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Greek transliteration needs serious reform

04.12.2024 14:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Exarcheia Square, Athens, 1974

30.11.2024 16:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The new railway station, located someways outside the city

27.11.2024 13:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The old railway running through the coastal promenade of Aigio, 1970s

27.11.2024 13:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Athens, 1960. View from the Odeon of Herodes Atticus

26.11.2024 17:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kalarrytes, one of the most beautiful villages in Tzoumerka, Greece

25.11.2024 16:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You wouldn't download a train

15.11.2024 12:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0