Organic Market Athens

Saturday morning shopping

Margarita from Athens

"This "Organic Market" in Athens is not just any organic market: it's in an old squat with a beautiful garden and people are just so friendly there!"

It is Saturday morning around 12 o'clock. Where am I? With 99% certainty (if not away for holidays) you will find me and my family shopping the groceries of the week at the organic market here in Patissia.

Of course I am not telling you about just any organic market. What is really special about this one is the place hosting it and its history. First off a quick description. An old house (used to be the holiday mansion of a rich family living in Athens - yes Patissia was for going on vacation back then!) and its beautiful garden (the jungle as I call it -- loads of trees and animals). And a little bit more about its recent history: nowadays it functions as a squat. The people occupying the house are actually the neighbours that would not let the state demolish the house back in 1989.

Anyways, besides the fantastic location, the organic market is special, too. It's just a few farmers (7 or 8 actually) and everyone is very very nice. We always grab a coffee from a coffee house nearby and spend a couple of hours there, so it's definitely not only a shopping experience!

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Athens Spotter Margarita

About me I first came to live in Athens when I was 25. Until then I had spent all my years at University in Austria and had grown up in a little city in the south of Greece called Nafplio (by the way, that's a nice holiday destination!). Athens seemed to be enormous, ugly and loud to me. But still, it attracted me in its own peculiar way. Now I am still attracted to Athens even though the city and the country has had its ups and downs. During this time, my life has also changed a thousand times and even though many keep asking "why are you still in Greece?" I can only respon...

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