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Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki is the capital of Macedonia, and with one million inhabitants (2025), the second largest city in Greece. It is a city with a continuous 3,000-year history, preserving relics of its Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman past and of its formerly dominant Jewish population. Wikivoyage

Population 309,617 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Greece

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Greece

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Thessaloniki. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. World Naked Bike Ride

    June

    A celebration of Cycling, Environment, Body Freedom

    Official site

  2. Thessaloniki International Fair

    September

    The Thessaloniki International Fair (Greek: Διεθνής Έκθεση Θεσσαλονίκης, Diethnis Ekthesi Thessalonikis), abbreviated TIF (ΔΕΘ), is an annual international exhibition event held in Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city.

    Official site Wikipedia

  3. Thessaloniki Film Festival

    November

    Lively and youth-oriented

    Official site

  4. Thessaloniki International Film Festival

    November

    The Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF; Greek: Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου Θεσσαλονίκης, romanized: Festivál Kinimatográfou Thessaloníkis) is a film festival held every November in Thessaloniki, Greece.

    Official site Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Thessaloniki); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 4 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Thessaloniki 4.3 km

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