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Thessaloniki, Greece

Thessaloniki, Greece

Greece's second city is its nightlife first: a student population the size of a town keeps the Valaoritou and Ladadika districts humming every single night, not just weekends. Rooftop bars face the bay, tsipouro arrives with meze by default and dancing starts embarrassingly late. It's the Greek night out as Greeks actually live it — no islands, no crowds, no compromise.

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