Yerevan, 04.November.2026,
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BREAKING

Աշխարհի ամենաթանկ առևտրային փողոցների տասնյակում ներառված Աթենքի փողոցը՝ այժմ (լուսանկարներ)

LIFE

Երբ մտածում եք աշխարհի ամենազարգացած առևտրային փողոցների մասին, դուք, հավանաբար, չեք մտածում Հունաստանի մասին։ Սակայն նախքան 2008թ.-ի ֆինանսական ճգնաժամը և 2010-2012թթ. եվրոգոտու ճգնաժամը, Աթենքն ամենագլխավոր առևտրային հարթակներից էր աշխարհում, գրում է businessinsider.com-ը։

2007-ին Cushman & Wakefield անշարժ գույքի ընկերությունն Աթենքի Ermou (Երմու-Հերմես) փողոցը ներառել է աշխարհի ամենաթանկ առևտրային փողոցների տասնյակում։

2012-ին լրագրող Ջո Վեյզենթալը գրառում է արել այդ նույն փողոցի մասին և նշել, որ այն ամբողջովին դատարկ է, փակ են խանութները և շատ են գրաֆիտիները։

Անցել է 3 տարի, և այժմ էլ հնարավոր չէ պատկերացնել, որ Աթենքի առևտրային փողոցը եղել է այդ ցուցակում, գրում է Մայք Բըրդը և ներկայացնում Ermou փողոցի ներկայիս վիճակը։

ermou

I started on the western end of the street, near my hotel — it doesn't look like this was ever part of the prime retail space.

There's a lot of graffiti.

The places at this end of the road certainly weren't selling high-end goods.

But the bars and restaurants on the side streets seem like they're still doing OK.

Some places are shuttered, and look like they have been closed for quite a long time.

This is a typical view of one of the side streets without any shops or places to eat on it.

Monastiraki, a square on the site of a 10th-century monastery, had a great view of the Acropolis.

Even further up the street, toward the prime shopping area, there were buildings that looked like they'd been left alone for a long time.

Some looked like they had some sort of renovation work being done at some point, but there wasn't much sign of that when I visited.

I passed a small ATM queue of Greeks trying to reclaim their deposits too.

The Church of Panagia Kapnikarea is in the middle of the street — it's an intact Byzantine church built in 1050, one of Athens' oldest.

There was clearly more activity further up the road, but some stores were still shuttered.

Weisenthal was shooed away from this Foot Locker in 2012 —but there were a few customers on the day I visited.

Sprider, a chain of Greek value fashion stores, closed down in 2013. Nothing had replaced this large outlet since then.

This Adidas store looked a little more full than when Weisenthal visited, but not much more full.

At the very end of the street you can see Syntagma Square, the focal point of the protests (and sometimes riots) of the last six years.

Plenty of the stores remaining at the most eastern part of the street would be recognisable to people from other countries.

A Greek business lobby group says that without a bailout deal, 59 businesses are closing each day in the country.

Back in 2007, it cost about $450 per square foot to rent retail space on Ermou, according to Cushman and Wakefield.

In their latest report, Ermou costs just $253 per square foot, a decline of nearly 50% from its heyday.

Even at this end of the street, some store fronts were pretty much abandoned.

On a side street at the very eastern end of Ermou, I saw cleaners protesting against low wages.

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