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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Thessaloniki

9 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Thessaloniki, Greece

Updated May 13, 2022

Unusual Attractions in Thessaloniki

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Thessaloniki Train Cemetery

Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.

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The Ruins of Rentina

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

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Thessaloniki Brothel

A two thousand year old brothel uncovered in Northern Greece.

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Pasha Gardens

A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

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Heptapyrgion Fortress

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

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Abandoned Bogomils Graveyard

This field of half-buried stone crosses was the burial place of a sect of heretical gnostics.

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Yeni Camii

This architecturally eclectic early-20th century mosque was built as a place of worship for the Islamic followers of a Jewish messiah.

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Bensousan Han

An artistic melting pot inside an old roadside inn from the Ottoman era.

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