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This urban bar with an exotic feel is hidden in a backstreet of the laid-back Exarhia neighbourhood. Loved by a younger crowd and students, it's one of the few bars in Athens that's packed every weeknight until the early hours – not coincidentally it serves the cheapest alcohol in the city. There are different DJs and music genres every night.


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