When the Olympics came to Athens the city spent a great deal of money to prepare. One of the things they did was install a metro stop at the olympic complex. So one evening when we had some free time we popped on and went to investigate. I didn't realize just how huge an area it covered. Here is the entrance architecture. Not very funtional, but certainly makes a statement. While we were there there was swimming training taking place as well as a soccer game in the big stadium, so we were able to experience a small touch of the excitement which must have filled that area during the games.