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🌀Grand Final Eurovision, Blue Flags, Shoe Drone - Plus Patmos
The Greek Talk: Like the Parthenon - timeless, a little cracked, still iconic 🏛
Hello from The Greek Talk - where the opinions are strong, the memes are spicy, and the readers are…completely divided.
Last week’s poll was a three-way tie between Greek of the Week, Greek Bureaucracy Obstacles and a Guide for diaspora homeowners. Which honestly feels on brand for a Greek newsletter. So, this week we are taking the hint: all three are sticking around - just not all at once.
Until then we got Eurovision takes, Greek headlines, some obsessions and a Patmos profile. 🧿
Let’s dive in. ☕🤿🇬🇷
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🇬🇷 WHAT’S NEW IN GREECE
🎤 🇬🇷 Greece came in sixth in Eurovision, which is basically like winning! CONGRATS GREECE 👏
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⛱️ Greece just won 657 Blue Flag beach awards, officially confirming what your sandals already know: we are beach royalty with a sunburn.
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📱 Greece joins the list of countries cracking down on social media to protect young minds - and to give the rest of us a break from their dance videos.
Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg
👟 Even ancient ruins have had enough of influencer culture - Greece is suing Adidas for flying a shoe-drone that “kicked” the Acropolis.
Picture: Aristidis Vafeiadakis/ZUMA Press
🌎️ WHAT’S NEW OUTSIDE OF GREECE
💗 Agape, a new Greek animation, is making waves worldwide - proof that even stick figures get choked up when Greeks talk about love.
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💎 CULTURAL GEMS
✨ An Oxford Scholar is using 3D tech to restore the Parthenon’s divine glow.
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📆 BEST OF GREEK CALENDAR
🎤 4 June, 2025, Giannis Parios, Pallas Theater, Athens
🎤 21 June 2025, Tom Jones, Lycabettus Theater, Athens
🎤 24 June 2025, Eleftheria Arvanitaki - Mario Frangoulis “Proti Fora” Lycabettus Theater, Athens
🧳 TRAVEL NEWS
⛱️ Patmos - the island where chill meets the divine
Tucked quietly in the Dodecanese, Patmos is best known as the place where John wrote the Book of Revelation - and somehow, that’s not the most dramatic thing about it. This island mixes spiritual gravitas with a laid-back, whitewashed charm that makes you feel like you have stumbled into a monastery run by minimalist influencers.
Must see? Psili Ammos, a secluded sugary stretch of sand with ridiculously clear, shallow waters the feel like nature’s spa day.
Another must see? The Rock of Kalikatsou, perched on Patmos’ Petras beach, isn’t just a stunning seaside spot - it is said to radiate powerful spiritual energy.
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🆕 OBSESSIONS
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🌟 GREEK STARS
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✨ TRENDING GREEK SOCIAL MEDIA
And for those who missed the Eurovision Grand Final (tsk tsk tsk), here is Greece’s very own Klavdia with Asteromáta.
@dewiis.eurovisiion Klavdia from Greece performed "Asteromáta" in the Grand Final of Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, Switzerland 🇬🇷 #eurovision2025 #eu... See more
🧑🍳 RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Spiritual nourishment with a Patmos cheese pie - yum.
greek gastronomy guide
💡 INSPIRATION
Know how to listen and you will profit even from those who talk badly
😎 GREEK FYI
🇬🇷 About 7% of the world’s marble comes from Greece. In Ancient Greece, marble was the main material used to build majestic statues, columns, sculptures and temples, including the Parthenon.
😂 MYTHIC MEMES
📌 RECS
✅ Bookmark Patmos now - because where else can you tan, hike and contemplate the end of the world in one afternoon?
✅ Take a break from doomscrolling and check out the Parthenon’s 3D glow up - it’s like ancient greece meets Pixar.
That’s it for now. If this newsletter inspired you to cook something Greek, call your Greek relatives or blast Greek music at inappropriate volumes - we fully support your life choices. Let us know at [email protected]
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