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Minoan Civilization, Creep, and Radiohead
Surrealistic lessons of Minoan history on YouTube
Morosini Fountain behind bars
Lakkos: the city’s former underground district
Many locals today pass by the narrow lanes of the district formerly known as "Lakkos"…
Chronaki House: A noble house without nobles
Lost in oblivion, the magnificent Chronaki House begs for your attention!
Georgia Petrali
One of the most restless spirits of the city that always finds new ways to…
Gate of Agios Georgios
Platia Strata
Vikelea Library
For many years it stood hidden behind metal plates covered with graffiti and cheesy posters.…
100+1 years
‘Bains mixtes’ at Heraklion’s portside
Swimming next to the fortress of Koules, diving from the ‘reef of the Monkey’ at…
Efthimis Mohianakis: painter, graffiti & tattoo artist
We all knew Efthimis as a graffiti artist that has left his personal ‘signature’ in…
The Open Air Markets of Heraklion
Apart from the charity and art bazaars that sprout every once in a while in…

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Katina, Lakkos district, Heraklion

Katina (Lakkos, Heraklion)

Published in "Humans of Crete"

A short documentary about George, a shepherd on Asterousia Mountains

The Shepherd of Asterousia

Published in "Cretan Tales"

The isle of Zeus across Iraklion

Dia* on the canvas

Published in "Snapshot"

Golden hour, in the vineyards of Archanes

Golden hour

Published in "Snapshot"

Farewell August

Farewell August

Published in "Snapshot"

Beyiri is situated on the pedestrian street under Fortezza fortress

"Beyiri", a cooperative grocery store in Rethymno

Published in "Cretan Tales"

‘Self-organization’, ‘autonomy’, ‘horizontal structure’...these terms we hear more and more often in Greece inspired a group of young people in Rethymno to create ‘Beyiri’, a…

Somewhere on a dry slope of Asterousia mountains

Whoever saw a lonely tree...

Published in "Snapshot"

A spongy wallpaper in the sea of Sitia

Underwater chromotherapy

Published in "Snapshot"