Athens cultural agenda: December, 2021 events

With the festive season approaching, dozens of cultural events are scheduled for the capital in coming weeks, in addition to ongoing events continuing in December, all of which promises to immerse audiences into the spirit of Christmas.

Christmas ice skating rink at Kotzia Square

Athens’ biggest ice skating rink, covering 400 square metres, will be open to the public from December 10 to January 6 at Kotzia Square, opposite the Town Hall. Ice skaters of all ages will have the opportunity to display their skills in this festive-season sport and enjoy moments of joy and entertainment.

Christmas Factory

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ABBAmania

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Athens cultural agenda: December, 2021 events

BYTRAVEL TEAM

PUBLISHED 25 NOVEMBER 2021

Christmas ice skating rink at Kotzia Square

Christmas Factory

Deeply shaken by the unexpected death of his college lover at the age of twenty-one from tuberculosis, Byron, a leading figure of the Romantic movement, would compose a series of affecting elegies

Ultimate beauty, in daily life and philosophical thought of ancient Greece are presented through 300 emblematic antiquities from museums and collections in Greece and abroad

ABBAmania

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The show will feature selections from Bregovic’s hit soundtracks “Time of the Gypsies” and “Underground”, for the Emir Kusturica films, as well as tunes that ended up being given Greek lyrics to become Greek hits

The Nutcracker

Ice ring at The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Christmas ice skating rink at Kotzia Square

Athens Open Air Film Festival

Free-entrance theatre and concerts

Christmas eve with wishing lanterns

Christmas Factory, Technopolis, Athens

Treasures of Philhellenic Painting’ – Benaki Museum of Greek Culture: Significant events from the Greek Revolution and Ottoman period

Theophilos – The Evzone of Painting’ at the B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts

The Cornelian Secret: Love poems by Lord Byron’ at the Greek National Opera (GNO) Alternative Stage

Museum of Cycladic Art: 300 emblematic antiquities from Greece and abroad feature in ‘Kallos. The Ultimate Beauty” exhibition

ABBAmania – Christmas Theatre

Johann Strauss Ensemble Viennese Waltz for Christmas in Athens at the Megaron Athens Concert Hall

Goran Bregovic: Christmas in the Balkans at the Christmas Theatre

Bolshoi Ballet: The Nutcracker live broadcast at the Megaron Athens Concert Hall

Tectonics Athens ’21 – Onassis Foundation’s Stegi

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in festive-season mode

The Philip Glass Ensemble – Music in Eight Parts & Other Works – Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Ice rink – Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

New Year’s Eve at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

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