🇬🇷 Greece
Time, holidays, currency and practical info for Greece.
Current time in Greece
Europe/Athens · GMT+2 · observes DST
Time zones in Greece
Upcoming public holidays in Greece
Cities in Greece
Other countries in Southern Europe
At a glance
- Capital
- —
- Region
- Europe
- Subregion
- Southern Europe
- Population
- 10,400,720
- Area
- 131,990 km²
- Currency
- EUR €
- Calling code
- +30
- Driving side
- right
- Languages
- ell
- Internet TLD
- .gr
About
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean basin, spanning thousands of islands and nine traditional geographic regions. It has a population of over 10 million. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras.
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