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As a Greek, I must say that this video is one of the most in-depth portrayals of the Greek philosophy of life and how integral and pivotal is food's role in it. Well done...

Greek food culture is unique in its ability to bring people together. Memories are made around the table. That’s so great.

Looking forward to this one! I visited Greece in November and did not eat one piece of junk or processed food. I came back home feeling like a million dollars.

As a Greek woman I can say with certainty that this side of Greece - Athens is the most realistic thing I have seen and heard. I have lived in Germany for 10 years and I cried. This unique Light, our flavors, our simplicity, our communicative nature, our love for good food, that we can share without any material exchange is all this and so much more that makes us so special. We are a special people and I do not say that chauvinistically. I was and I will always be proud to be Greek and I am even more so because here in Germany I got to know what darkness means in people's souls.

Greek food is absolutely the best on earth

As a Greek myself,i must say i am very touched by your documentary... Thank you

I strongly disagree with George who says that Greeks didn't do much since the ancient times and that we depend on our past and not moving forward! It seems he doesn't actually know his own country's history! Greece since the Roman times was enslaved, with a gap during the Byzantine times which was actually during the middle ages for the whole Europe (even so, there was some advancement in arts and siences even then, unline in the rest of Europe), but then it was enslaved for about 400 years (some places, Crete for example, even much longer), so the Greek people could not move forward by any means! Then it was 2 World Wars that brought a genocide by the ottomans (during WWI in Asia minor, together with the Armenian and Assyrian genocides, there was also the Greek genocide, the destruction of the Greek cities like Smyrna, and the flooding of the refugees to mainland Greece, to save their lives from the slaughter), and before we managed to recover from the war and the genocide, WWII came, and it was then, that the Greeks showed the whole world that although they were a small, poor and devastated nation, they fought Mussolini's Italian fascist and managed to win, but then, after their massive losses in that war, they were attacked by the German nazis (we were actually the first country to resist the Axis powers and win at first) and we were occupied for 4 years, with an incredible amount of slaughter, destruction and atrocities that were performed against them by the German nazis all over Greece (here in Crete, every single family had a member that was in the resistance and at least one member that was killed by the nazis)! After the nazis lost the war, while retreating, they destroyed almost all the country's infrastructure and at the end of the war, about 13% of the population had been murdered (we are the only country after that, that Gremany did never pay the reparations for the destructions, the families of the slaughtered and executed Greeks, and they never repaied the so-called "mandatory loan", the whole Greek treasure from the Greek national bank that they stole when they occupied Athens)! After WWII, the British caused a civil war in Greece between the communists and the right wing, that lasted another 4-5 years that devastated the country even more! Greece is still recovering from those monstrous disasters, and if you consider the USA and EU controlled corrupt Greek politicians and ship owners (most of whose families were actually traitors during the war and became rich by betraying their country) that since the war they came to power with the help of the British and the Americans (causing even the 7-year coup from 1967 to 1974 that is even related to the turkish invasion to Cyprus with the help of the CIA and MI6, and since then the occupation of 1/3rd of the island), they have managed to keep the country and it's people behind! So you see, after all those problems, Greece has still managed to become a modern country, with many admirable people like scientists, artists etc, that manage to keep the country on its feet, although after the artificial economic crisis caused by the EU and IMF, most of the best and brightest of the Greek people had to go for work abroad, the Greek "brain drain" as it is called, that still continues to this day!!! So, to just say that after the ancient times Greece hasn't managed anything, is just pure ignorance! The worst thing is that people hearing this from a Greek person, and not knowing the history of the country, they will believe it is true! That's just sad...

in my opinion the better way to describe greeks or greece is not using terms east or west, but using the term mediteranean coulture is more accurate

I was in Crete when they won an award for having the healthiest cooking anywhere in the world - I've no argument with that but it's also the loveliest food in the world !. In all the years I've been going there I've never once had a meal that was just OK - every one of them have been gorgeous !

the best food across the globe. Nowhere you can find this variety and quality in food.

I’ve been to Athens 5 times. I love it! It’s one of my top 5 fave cities!

It was weird that Giorgos mentioned Ancient Greece and Ottoman parts of Greek history, and left out the Roman/Byzantine eras which has a large influence today through the Orthodox religion. That stuff is not small.

I loved the video but as someone who has visited Greece many times over the past 4 decades. I find it hard to agree with the statement that Greek cuisine "veers towards the plant based diets". In fact, I would say just the opposite. When, I go, I indulge in the best Octopus, Squid, Lamb, Souvlaki, Gyros, Chicken. and let's not forget Greek Kokoretsi at Easter.

Greece is often called the crossroad of civilizations. It comes to no surprise we managed to incorporate foods from almost every culture while maintaining our own identity. This results in this great cuisine that has been off the eyes of foreigners for a very long time since it was not really marketed upon (French, Italian, etc). Lately this changes and Greek cuisine becomes more and more apparent. Sadly the quality of products abroad are often lacking and rarely are close to that of Greece.

Greece have a culture of 5000 years history and you can see this in the food

As a Greek I have seen a lot of vloggers doing documentaries in Athens Greece and in Greece in general but this one is the first i see that portays what actually food means for Greeks, family, friends and love, you had me hooked within the first few seconds. Well done my friend.

I live on the island of Poros. It is the only island in Greece that is masculine in name. All other islands have feminine names. Excellent video about the cuisine of Greece! Come to Greece! You will have an unforgettable vacation!!!! Greetings from Greece!!!! 🇬🇷🇬🇷

I just had an ouzo in a small greek town (with some fried prawns) , and came home watching this video! Sublime! I do feel like a god! 😜

Thanks for bringing back fresh memories. With my wife and daughter we spent the week across New Year’s Day in Athens a few months back, first time we visited the capital after 20 summers spent throughout pretty much the whole country, and it was an epiphany. Everything about the “greekness”, the people, the culture, the food, we have loved and cherished in our island hopping and country dwelling up until then, we found distilled and multiplied tenfold in the city, and on top of that we enjoyed too that strong cosmopolitan vibe that a city of near 5 million inhabitants inevitably comes with. For Greece-loving people like us it was like for muslims to finally visit Mecca after 20 years of guiltily circling around it, always finding lame reasons not to go. Needless to say we're hooked now and can’t wait to go back soon, one week is not enough. 🇮🇹❤️🇬🇷

There is this notion many Greeks have, that their food and their culture has to be defined along the parameters that other cultures have established, like "western" and "Eastern" and "Balkan" and "southern European", the thing is that these terms were established without conforming them to the history of the Greek people. The culture of Greece cannot be defined by foreign concepts, Greece itself is the source of cultural influence. We are Greeks, and our culture is Greek, and it resembles those cultures that live around us.

I felt truly immersed with this episode, great discussions with the locals!

At 25:30, the answer from Giorgos on our history and how much we "depend on it" and "how we feel everybody owes us", is oversimplified and largely untrue. We did have a great civilization, then came the Romans, Christianity, the Byzantine empire which was the Greek counterpart of the Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Romans again (yes, I mean Italians), the Germans. Indeed, after all that, up until and during the 400 years of Turkish occupation, ancient Greece became a very distant legend, a memory so far away in the past that almost got lost. But again, it was a time of occupation, survival, fighting for freedom, people simply didn't have the luxury of time to get educated and develop culturally like the rest of Europe did during that time. But Ancient Greece, while a distant past for most Greeks at that time, was a great influence and a contributing factor to the renaissance and those who had the luxury of being able to have books and read, and who kept the Greek ideal alive during those times. It was the reason why so many came and fought besides the Greeks against the Ottoman Empire. We do not feel like "we did our part, now everybody owes us", as said by Giorgos. We did contribute to the world though (and we still do), and one of the things that make us proud is that this contribution is evident in almost any corner of the world we live in today. Αυτά!

Σαν την Ελλάδα δεν υπάρχει πουθενα όση έχουνε γυρίσει άλλες χώρες το ίδιο θα σου πούνε .....η ψυχή! & κουλτούρα! όλα τα λεφτα του κόσμου!❤

Greek food is about seasonality, simplicity and freshness! Exactly! We moved to the UK 7 years ago. Love going back every summer and enjoying food and people! Can't wait the moment to return back home for good.

Είδα κι άκουσα τόσα στερεότυπα από τη δεκαετία του 50-60 που όταν τελείωσε το βίντεο έβαλα φωτιά στην αυλή κι άρχισα να χορεύω "βρέχει φωτιά στην στράτα μου" σαν τον Κούρκουλο.

Yet another great episode. The story, filming, music, narration, everything comes together beautifully ❤ Netflix wake up!

Greece... Chillest, friendliest country in the world. Excellent video!

that's the best thing about greek foods, they're into freshness & simple recipe. So delicious, nutritious yet easy to prepare. 🤤😋

Thank you friend from Greece 🇬🇷💙

@Urbanist: Exploring Cities You asked how the Greeks today relate to their own history. Well, for example, on this video I see you've been in Kastella, Piraeus. Being there, if you follow the coastline and walk on the sidewalk towards the west, towards say Piraeus, you will pass by the ancient port of Piraeus and the place where most (if not all) the ancient Athenian trierimes were built - the ones Themistocles convinced the Athenians to built instead of sharing the money when vast amounts of silver were found in the mines of Laurion just outside Athens - which fought the Battle of Salamis against the Persians; then moving on you will find yourself walking next to the ancient Long Walls (they're still standing there), the ones Pericles built to protect Athens and Piraeus from the Spartans in the Peloponnesian War, and you will end up seeing the Salamis Straits where the Battles of Salamis took place in 480 BCE, i.e. 2,500 years ago, in which the Greeks defeated the vast Persian fleet. This is one good way to relate with your history. EDIT: also, what's been said on this video that the Greeks believe everyone owes to them, it's an exaggeration if not completely untrue. I know none, *literally,* to have said or claimed that the world owes us anything because of our history. What this man says is a sheer misconstruction of reality and of certain collective sentiments (Im not gonna go any further on this).

I LOVE Greek food. I an a lover of olive oil and Greek olive oil is the best. First visited Greece in 1974 and was hooked. LOVE❤

This was so good I thought the urbanist was a Greek American finding his roots. Respect to the v logger and his hosts.

Perfect timing to post this. No matter in which place of Greece you are, if you're around April in the spring, go out to your balcony during the noon, have your clear blue sky and sun shine at you, with the nice air breeze, smell the blossoming nature around you, and let this documentary travel you back in time when we were kids, and we were playing outside in the parks or at our villages before we grow up and understand in what corrupted place we live in. I would love to live and feel Greece, without this constant weight we carry on our chests, because of our politicians and the bad fruits of our society.

As a descendant of Greek immigrants, this video makes me want to move back to the old country. Athens has always been my favorite city 😍

This is hands down one of the most heartwarming and beautiful documentaries I’ve ever seen about my country. You have really captured the essence and the feeling of the Greek people. Thank you so much! 🙏❤️

I can't figure out how I found this gem, but wow, just wow! Such an amazing video, filmed with true passion!

Thank you for making this! It’s exactly why I loved living in Athens and it’ll be my second home forever❤️

Thessaloniki Macedonia Greece. Go there for food. The whole city is a restaurant.

Another episode, another facet of the diamond called Athens. Thank you, Ariel and the Urbanist team for making my night!

wow. I'm headed to Greece in June. I've been bingeing many videos, and I must say. I really enjoyed yours. Love the chill vibe. Thanks for posting

honesttly, one of the better videos i ve seen about greek culture and food. Not too stereotypical, but also mentions the great things Greece is all about.

I love Athen / Greece. Greeting from Stockholm

Oh! The irony.. while discussing that the Greeks depend too much on their history but they don't really know it, the engineer proved that statement by going from 2000 BC to today like there was nothing in between... And he mentioned the ottoman empire but not the byzantine empire...

In 26:25 I dont know why the guy does not mention, (apart from the Ancient and Ottoman ones) the Byzantine era, which was probably the most influential of them all, when it comes to modern era Greek culture... Needless to say this was an interesting video!

In the old times, all the family members had lunch together every Sunday, by family meaning yiayia, pappou, brothers, sisters, cousins etc. After lunch we would all sit around the table and hear stories from the past from the old people, and sing together or even dance traditional songs (dimotika'). Those days are long gone, but I was fortunate to have memories from them. Nowadays, people go to tavernas, which was not a family thing back then. Instead we would all gather at homes. If someone went to a taverna, we would pity him because he did not have a family to eat at home.

Souvlaki, or the pita-souvlaki variation, are not junk food, I don't know why some of the Greeks here say so (I'm a Greek as well). Pita-souvlaki is neither street-food, considering the exact meaning of the term in US. Just open a pita-souvlaki on a plate and there you'll have a whole meal with everything in it.

Very good! Μπράβο και στην κύρια για τη βοήθεια και επεξήγηση στους ανθρώπους.

I spent two weeks in Athens over a summer had the best time 🎉

A real gem of a documentary.

Thanks for the subtitles. Nice video. Greetings from Greece

This episode simply hits close to home. Giorgos' description of our food culture and mentality is so beautiful. Great job!

Not only Feta took the authentication, but also Yogurt, Oyzo, Gyros, and many others that I don't remember right now.

Been to Greece and I LOVE IT!

As a Greek woman I congratulate you on this excellent documentary and the objective opinions I heard from both the Greeks who accompanied you and your own .❤❤❤❤

Καλή Ορέξη !!! 🌟🌟🌟❤️

Amazing presentation.Thank you❤

Μου ξυπνησατε πολλές αναμνήσεις, πολύ ωραίο βίντεο, χαιρετισμούς από Γερμανία σε όλον τον ελληνισμό

The Greeks have only two ways of thinking, their philosophy: Eat very good food and enjoy yourself. Work to live your life, not live your life to work.

You can see how ignorant historically we are when we say "we did something 2000 years ago and that's it". We did a lot more than that, as every living nation does. Even today we have people that do and we don't know anything about it. But we like to say we don't do anything because we are ignorant. Right my friend?

Great informative, beautiful story telling video! I am loving Greece watching your work

An explorer asking the right questions, you did your homework liked and subbed

Terrific documentary that truly respects its subject and serves as both a positive and constructive discussion to where the future lies for this fascinating country. As someone who is not Greek, though shares a tie to Greece through a loved one, I can see Ariel’s (and team!) obvious care and appreciation for Greece, its culture and hospitality. Beautifully done series ❤

The part with the zucchini sweet bread and the "i'll just grab it by hand"... In Ancient Greece, people wouldn't use forks to eat. Of course there were forks invented but they were mostly used for cooking the food, not eating it. The philosophy behind it was that, when it came to eating, Greeks wanted all their senses to be satisfied (for a lack of a better word) so they would hear the mugs clanging when they would say "cheers", they would smell the food, taste the food and see the food, so the last sense that was left "unsatisfied" was the sense of touch. So, they would eat food by hands. They used spoons and knives too.

I really enjoyed this 2nd episode. Everything came together beautifully and I appreciate all the work and time involved by the team to make this series!

I absolutely love Greece and Athens🇬🇷…I’ve always wanted to visit…the atmosphere and food looks and feels spectacular✨…love your channel❣️

Another great episode, thank you!

Thank you for sharing great food.😊

I loved all the delicious food you shared, Thank you 🙏

That's is all about, Greek food is fresh and simple to prepare 😊 best in the word

Hello from California. Excellent Greek food documentary, mr. Ariel Viera. Terrific job on filming & documenting Greek culture & foods . Happy holidays from our channel * Sally Alexandria & Alex* Australian Parakeets Stars ✨

👀 Deliciously excellent ❤so enjoyed looking forward to episode 3yay 👏 🌟

This was just absolutely fabulous!!! Loved loved loved watching this. Im so very proud of you . Been watching for years and this my friend is great!!! Much love✌🖤

❤super doch! Loved it

I lived in Greece for many years and I loved your video. It made me very homesick.

Amazing episode. You know I love Mediterranean food.

I can tell you for a fact that Giorgos was a halfwit, not taking into account many things that defines us as a history-nation-individuals. He omitted many things, likely due to his (progressive) personal beliefs.

incredible work, i loved it! I HIGHLY recommend you to visit Thessaloniki :)

This is an excellent documentary. Thanks for all your effort in creating it.

Kaliméra Ariel Just love your Greek content, my favourite country and best food in the world ! in my opinion, looking forward to see your ventures this summer 2024 so will be staying tuned

Wow this is more like a documentary, I love Greece so enjoyed every second. Thank you

loved this video!! great job!

Very few times i saw a documentary and actually felt like home.. somehow you managed that.. and i was born and lived my whole life here. Ty for this hope you all have a great time in greece.

Well done. Learned s lot. Thanks.

I watch a lot of travel blogs and this is the most considered, interesting and intelligent I have seen for a very long time. Congratulations - this is excellent work.

Best and healthiest food

very very beautiful documentary! many thanks for this..

Nice! Your Vlog deserves, your guests are bright, carry on.

Ο φίλος Γιώργος ξέχασε(;) να αναφέρει την πιό σημαντική χιλιετία της ελληνικής ιστορίας μετά Χριστόν. Την ορθόδοξη ελληνική Βυζαντινή αυτοκρατορία (330-1453μ.Χ) με πρωτεύουσα την Κωνσταντινούπολη.

Great job man, missed greek food a lot indeed.tks for the video

Congrats, i think you are one of the few channels here in YT to encapture what living and traveling in Greece feels like

Great work. You managed to get the true atmosphere

Well done! Thank you!

Fantastic explore ,edgecational ,fun , great food , it's a dream to visit Greece again some day ,my heart belongs there ,my father's birth place ,thank you for sharing this beutifull adventure ,to a long happy prosperous life.🙏🇬🇷🇬🇷

I love Greece and Athens, great video !

When you are in the middle of nowhere in Crete and you find that tavern then you will make memories!

ohhh you came to Greece i wish i knew it early , i would have taken you to some amazing food places you cant find in athens next time if you come go to Kozani Thesaloniki Katerini and most importantly Bolow Larisa ...

God I love the Greeks. Elaaa re!!

Amazing video 👍Very Yummy 😋Thanks for sharing bro 😁

Hippocrates was Greek and his famous quote is ‘ Let food be thy medicine and let medicine be thy food’. He was not referring to modern fast food!