Dromeas (The Runner)

For the locals it might just be another statue. For me- it was awesome. A glass statue made out of glass pieces in the birthplace of marathons (after all the first ever marathon finished in Athens, both according to the legend and actually as a distance in the inaugural Modern Games in Athens 1896;- albeit being only 40km at the time). I think the statue was beautiful and unique.

It captured motion really well. A sculptor was beautifully put together. I think it deserves to be in a nicer location where people could appreciate it.

The Runner is definitely worth a visit! It’s very creative and made from sheets of glass. Whilst you’re there it’s worth having a look at the ancient olive tree which is in the same place, it’s ridiculously old!

I often pass this sculpture on my many walkabouts in Athens ... and it's always really impressive! 👍😍👍 Lately however, I really thought it was dirty & needed a good "washing"🤔 .... so when I passed it just an hour ago I was truly happy to see a cleaning team from the Kärcher company getting ready to leave after giving "The Runner" a very special high tech washing ....leaving him spic span clean and shining 👍👍👍 and looking really great! 😉

The Runner is definitely worth a visit! It’s made from glass sheets.

Dromeas, or The Runner, is a work by the the Greek sculptor Costas Varotsos. It took the artist 6 years before the statute was revealed to the public in 1994, in Omonia Square. Thousands of sharp edged glass pieces are stacked on top of each other to give a blurred image of a running figure. Later, and due to some technical worries about the vibrations caused by the underground trains, after opening a main metro station there, led to moving the statute to a small triangle square right in front of Athens Hilton.

Great modern art piece located in dront of the Hilton hotel. Its made from flat green glass panes layered on too of each other to make the shape of the runner

I spent days in an Airbnb right by the statue. It was stunning each time I saw it. It’s meant to show movement in the runner and it definitely hits the mark.