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Athens (Greek: Αθήνα/Athina a'θina, Katharevousa: Αθήναι/Athinai a'θinɛ), the capital and largest city in Greece, dominates the Attica periphery: as one of the world's oldest cities, its recorded history spans at least 3,000 years. The Greek capital has a population of 745,514 (in 2001) within its administrative limits. The urban area of Athens extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3.37 million (in 2005). The city proper has a land area of while the urban area of Athens spans The Athens Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) is the 8th most populated LUZ in the European Union with an estimated population of 3.89 million (in 2001). A bustling and cosmopolitan metropolis, Athens is central to economic, financial, industrial, political and cultural life in Greece. It is rapidly becoming a leading business centre in the European Union.
Ancient Athens was a powerful city-state. A center for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Akademia and Aristotle's Lyceum, Athens was also the birthplace of Socrates, Pericles, Sophocles, and its many other prominent philosophers, writers and politicians of the ancient world. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western Civilization, and the birthplace of democracy, largely due to the impact of its cultural and political achievements during the 5th and 4th centuries BC on the rest of the then known European continent. (...) more....

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The Athens price equal to the German cities. Gasoline, the lower category hotels and public transport is significantly cheaper, a lot of food more expensive.

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Unfortunately, we don't have much English information about Athens, but we have more information in other languages German, French, Italian, Spanish. Here is the automatic translation by Google:

Doctors, pharmacies and hospitals in Athens there are sufficient numbers, the training of doctors is good, the technical equipment of offices and clinics in most cases leaves a lot to be desired, however. For serious injuries or illnesses should therefore be an early trip home, the cost of a travel medical insurance should be covered. Between Germany and Greece, there is a social security agreement. The European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) is the statutory health insurance funds, but only by doctors and accepted state hospitals. So better to conclude a private international health insurance!

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