Embark on a weekend filled with imagination and creativity at the city’s largest science and technology festival!
If you’re looking to spend an exciting weekend immersed in STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics – with your kids, mark your calendars for April 20-21. The Technopolis City of Athens will transform into your go-to destination.
Why, you ask? Because the Athens Science Festival, the city’s most prominent and longest-running science and technology festival, is returning from April 16 to 21, 2024, featuring an array of activities brimming with fun, imagination, and creativity for children of all ages!
Sustainability, Science, Experiments & Fun
How well do you know Sustainability, Science, and Experiments? Challenge yourself in “Give me Five!” The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center’s school programs will take over the main courtyard of the Athens Science Festival, turning it into a giant knowledge-based board game of epic proportions and unique excitement!
Saturday, April 20 | 12:00 – 13:00, 13:30 – 14:30, 15:30 – 16:30 | MAIN COURTYARD
Funky Dragon Space brings fun to the ASF with the workshop “Funky Polargraph: a drawing machine” and invites children to discover how art meets technology by creating their own interactive Polargraph. A vertical printer that “reads” the artist’s position and translates it into brush strokes! Arduino, distance sensors, motors, and markers come together in a hands-on workshop, inspiring children to explore and experiment with geometry, mechanics, electronics, and programming.
Sunday, April 21 | 13:00 – 13:45 | INNOVATHENS
Something’s Baking in the Old Bakery of Technopolis
Time travel may not be possible – yet – but with a little STEAM, creativity, and imagination, at ASF 2024, our kids can become “Architects of Time Travel”! In the interactive workshop organized by the NGO Imagine Heritage and Platon Schools, children will design and build miniature replicas of the Herodion. Using simple materials, they’ll study the mechanical and scientific principles behind their creations, while also learning everything about the ancient theater.
Saturday, April 20 | 11:00 – 11:45 | OLD BAKERY
Do you read fairy tales with your kids? Then the Social Cooperative Enterprise “Logos Proforikos” has something interesting for you. Through “Around-fairy tales”, a rich tapestry of stories about Greece’s and the world’s oral tradition will be unraveled, highlighting the importance of respecting nature and our harmonious relationship with all living beings.
Saturday, April 20 | 13:00 – 13:45, 14:00-14:45 | OLD BAKERY
Got any spare paper? Don’t throw it away! Join the “Origami” workshop organized by the Association of Environmental Scientists of Greece. During the workshop, children are encouraged to repurpose papers that have “completed their first mission” to create beautiful origami artworks!
Saturday, April 20 |15:00 – 15:45 | OLD BAKERY
Athens Science Festival 2024: The beloved science and technology festival returns to the Technopolis City of Athens from April 16 to 21, 2024, with even more activities for children of all ages – including adults! Find out about the full program at www.athens-science-festival.gr and book your family tickets now at a special price!
