By chance I saw an interesting Ikaria report by GZ author Hubert Eichheim in the Greece newspaper found. Ikaria is a peculiar island best endowed with natural beauties. Customs, music, songs and dances have a distinctive character and the dialect still contains words that have been saved from antiquity. The [...]
I often receive requests for tips on emigrating to Ikaria. Personally, I have lived here for 30 years, longer than I have ever lived in Switzerland, and would like to pass this concern on to the forum and the "newer" emigrants, as a lot has changed in terms of cars, registration, authorities, etc. Dear [...]
Report and photos by Edith Bühler Jud The small spaghetti festival is preceded by two months of intensive cleaning work by volunteers in the village of Faros and its beach. Faros and the surrounding area is totally spruced up. Faros shines! There are no papers, cigarette butts, rusty parts of [...]
While browsing on the internet I came across this somewhat older but nonetheless exciting and still current article about Ikaria. I was amazed when I even found myself mentioned by name! Alex von Roll gives a nice insight into the living conditions of the Ikariotes, the role of women, the [...]
Ursula Kastanias – bridge builder between two cultures Sunday, April 27, 2014, 11:30 a.m., Radio SRF 1 Link to the program Where love leads: 30 years ago she packed her suitcase and emigrated from St. Gallen to the Greek island of Ikaria. The island is as big as Lake Constance [...]
A report from Xenia I belong to the generation that grew up with Maya the Bee. Of course I don't know whether this played a role, but I wanted to get involved in beekeeping before I moved from Athens to Ikaria. As soon as we were on the island and [...]
Old iron… „Do you want to come along? We're going for a ride on old motorcycles on Sunday... Is your XL older than 30 years? We'll meet at 11 a.m. in Christos on the Plateia." At 11.30 a.m. sharp, I was at the village square on the agreed day - [...]
From Kirsten Grimm Dear Ikaria friends, The New Year is now 6 weeks old and hopefully you all got off to a good start. A few good wishes now come from us and we would of course like to thank you very much for your support in 2013!! After we [...]
Dear Ikaria friends and those interested in the island, Like Ursula, I belong to the small “German-speaking community” on the island and would like to support them in setting up and maintaining this Ikaria portal in the future. So that the interested readers know who they are dealing with here, [...]
Prose, partly funny, partly profound about our everyday life in Ikaria, the island of centenarians, about the intertwining of relationships, about the happiness, love and the unshakable joy of life of these people. I've written a whole series of little island stories. You can find the links below. The crisis has [...]
