After more than two decades of construction, countless setbacks, and multi-billion-Euro budget overruns, the metro system in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second city, has finally opened. Commuters will have ...

My parents are both Greek, and they took me back to Greece every summer to learn about my roots. Thessaloniki is a mainland city with incredible food, beautiful history, and plenty of nightlife.

“There is a homeland for everyone, while there is Thessaloniki,” wrote Nikiforos Choumnos, a 14th-century Byzantine dignitary and scholar. And he was right: Thessaloniki is a gorgeous and cosmopolitan ...