Sugababes perform a free show in Skopje City Square as part of a tour on the back of new single Denial, taken from latest album Change.

Every year, barefoot villagers of Ayia Eleni near Serres, and of Langada near Thessaloniki, get themselves worked up into a trance before walking over hot coals. It's all in honour of Saints…

Clubbers are in for a proper treat this summer on the heavenly Greek island of Samothraki, where this dance festival offers five days of sun, sea and sexy tunes.

The Thessaloniki International Trade Fair (TIF), held at the town's Exhibition Centre, is one of the biggest in the Mediterranean.

The annual Open Theatre Festival is organised by the Municipality of Thessaloniki. Various companies present ancient drama, European theatre and contemporary Greek plays over the summer in the…

The localised Festival of Women involves a very peculiar inversion of the status quo in the towns of Monocclissia and Nea Petra. Contrary to popular custom, the men are required to stay at…

The Dimitria Festival, held throughout the town of Thessaloniki, presents a wide range of music, theatre and dance and is the biggest event on the town's annual calendar.

The Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art was founded in 1979 in order to promote Greek and international contemporary art and to publicize contemporary Greek cultural life abroad. It offers a…

Mount Athos is a holy mountain wholly devoted to monastic life. Its inhabitants are trapped in a former time and its spring flowers are stunning and colourful. To visit, you have to be male however...

The Natural History Museum in Thessaloniki opened in 1994 in the grounds of the zoo, revealing to the public the nature and history of the fauna in Greece. On display are cross-sections of…

Thessaloniki's Municipal Art Gallery was founded in 1966 as an offshoot of the Municipal Library and contains over 1000 pieces of art. Since 1986 it has been housed in the Villa Mordoch, a…

This site contains the crypt where St Demetrios, Thessaloniki's patron saint, was martyred. The displays include sculptures, capitals and vessels from the original church, including…

Art House is a small club in the city centre, playing electronic and funky music, with guest DJs and occassional art exhibitions.

Fix, on the main road in Vilka, is a bouzouki club hosting live Greek music. Expect a dressed-to-impress crowd, dancing on the tables and showers of carnations.

Founded in 1991, the Mylos cultural centre is housed in a renovated flour-mill. The complex includes a café and an ouzeri, and hosts regular live concerts and art exhibitions.

Reklos stocks a good selection of Greek wines, notably those from the region of Macedonia, plus spirits including tsipoura, ouzo and metaxa.

The Bezesteni is a 15th-century Turkish market building with six domes, restored during the 1990s to house small stores and kiosks selling gold and silver jewellery.

Thessaloniki's atmospheric covered market is named after the Jewish family that built it in 1922. Colourful stalls sell meat, seafood and locally-grown fruit and vegetables.