Bijgewerkt 2026·Te voet gecontroleerd·On the seafront, the city's main square
The grand civic square of Thessaloniki, opening straight onto the waterfront — a sweep of arcaded, monumental architecture that is the city's living room. It was designed by the French architect Ernest Hébrard in 1918, the seafront centrepiece of his plan to rebuild the city after the Great Fire of 1917, though most of the square as it stands was built in the 1950s.
Aristotelous Square · Modern (1918 plan)
Periode
Modern (1918 plan)
Locatie
City centre
Toegang
Free (public square)
Openingstijden
Always open
Benodigde Tijd
20–30 minutes
Beoordeling
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Openingstijden en prijzen voor het laatst gecontroleerd in 2026 — ze veranderen, dus controleer ze op de dag zelf.
Geschiedenis
Hoe het ontstond
It was the centrepiece of French architect Ernest Hébrard's plan to rebuild the city after the 1917 fire, though its elegant buildings were completed over the following decades.
Wat Je Ziet
Bij een bezoek
The symmetrical arcaded facades, the cafés and the Electra Palace hotel, and the open view over the gulf — a hub for events and people-watching.
Hoe te Bezoeken
Flat, central, and fully step-free.
Beste Tijd
Evening, when the whole city passes through
Galerij
Bereikbaarheid
Locatie
City centre · On the seafront, the city's main square
It is the main square of Thessaloniki, designed after the 1917 fire, lined with arcaded cafés and opening directly onto the seafront.
The French architect Ernest Hébrard, who drew it up in 1918 as the centrepiece of the grand replanning of Thessaloniki after the Great Fire of 1917. His sweep of arcaded, monumental architecture — including landmarks like the Electra Palace hotel and the Olympion cinema — frames the axis that runs from the upper town down to the sea.
