Athens in five emoji

What each emoji refers to

🏛️

The Parthenon was finished in 438 BC and served as a church and a mosque before it was a ruin.

⚡

Zeus, whose temple down the hill took about 640 years to complete.

⛵

Piraeus is the ferry port for the islands and one of the busiest passenger ports in Europe.

🍇

Retsina is flavoured with pine resin, a habit left over from sealing amphorae.

🎨

The National Archaeological Museum holds the Antikythera mechanism.

Athens at a glance

Country

Greece

Coordinates

37.98° N, 23.73° E

First played

1 July 2026

Also accepted

Athina

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Athens.