Nikis Avenue

Nikis Avenue
	Nikis Avenue
Native name	Λεωφόρος Νίκης (Greek)
Former name(s)	Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue
Namesake	Victory in the Balkan Wars
Owner	Municipality of Thessaloniki
Length	1.3 km (0.81 mi)
Location	Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece
From	Eleftherias Square
Major; junctions	(Streets) Dragoumi, Venizelou, Komninon, Aristotelous, Karolou Diehl, Agias Sofias, Gounari, Mela
To	White Tower

Nikis Avenue (Greek: Λεωφόρος Νίκης,Leofóros Níkis, trans. "Victory Avenue") is the central waterfront avenue in Thessaloniki, Greece. The three line eastward avenue stretches from Eleftherias Square in the west, in front of Aristotelous Square to the White Tower in the east, where it meets with Alexander the Great Avenue. Leoforos Nikis is the busiest, most famous, most photographed and most painted street in Thessaloniki and has the highest residential property value in the city, and among the highest residential and commercial property values in Southeastern Europe.Nikis Avenue is also very important commercially, as it is lined with numerous cafés, restaurants and businesses and is frequented by thousands of tourists and locals every day. The consulates of Switzerland, Spain, the Czech Republic, Cyprus and the Philippines are located along the avenue.^[1]

History

From the end of the 19th century until now the Avenue has changed names:

Beyaz Kule Avenue in the Ottoman Empire until the liberation of the city by the Greek Army in 1912.
Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue until 1939
Nikis Avenue from 1939 until today

Gallery

A German tank during WWII
The seafront, 1960
Aerial view of Nikis Avenue. On the left the port, on the right the white tower
View from the white tower

References

^ "Consulates in Thessaloniki, Greece".

40°37′50″N 22°56′34″E / 40.6305°N 22.9429°E / 40.6305; 22.9429

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[1] "Consulates in Thessaloniki, Greece".

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v t e Streets in Thessaloniki
Major streets	Georgiou Papandreou Street (Thessaloniki) Agion Panton Street Agiou Dimitriou Street Agias Sofias Street Egnatia Street Ermou Street National Resistance Avenue Megas Alexandros Avenue Nikis Avenue Tsimiski Street Karamanli-Nea Engatia Street Karolou Diehl Street Proxenou Koromila Street Philippou Street Pavlou Mela Street Petrou Syndika Street Maria Callas Street Mitropoleos Street Monastiriou Street Stratou Avenue Vasilissis Olgas Avenue Vasileos Georgiou Avenue Valaoritou Street 26 Oktovriou Street 25 Martiou Street
Secondary and local streets	Andrea Papandreou Avenue Botsari Street Belisariou Street D'Espèrey Street Delfon Street Gamvetta Street Glinou Street Theodorou Gazi Street Nikiforou Foka Street Heptapyrgiou Street Iktinou Street Lambraki Street Papafi Street Papanastasiou Street Passalidi Street Sofouli Street Svolou Street Vafopoulou Street Voulgari Street
Squares	Aristotelous Square Agias Sofias Square Chrimatistiriou Square Dikastirion (Ancient Agora) Square Dimokratias Square Eleftherias Square Emboriou Square Fountain Square Hippodromiou Square Kyprion Agoniston (Dioikitiriou) Square Morichovou Square Navarinou Square
Highways	Thessaloniki Inner Ring Road
List of streets in Thessaloniki List of streets in Greece