{"id":2034,"date":"2026-09-21T08:46:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T05:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/hive-F-class-experimental\/?p=10"},"modified":"2026-09-21T10:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T07:09:13","slug":"something-interesting-about-thessaloniki-the-vardaris-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/hive-C2-experimental-english\/2026\/09\/21\/something-interesting-about-thessaloniki-the-vardaris-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"Something interesting about Thessaloniki: The Vardaris wind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Did you know that Thessaloniki has its own famous local wind? It is called <span style=\"color: #993300;font-size: 18pt\"><strong>Vardaris<\/strong> <\/span>(\u0392\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u03ac\u03c1\u03b7\u03c2).<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Vardaris is a <span style=\"color: #800080;font-size: 18pt\">cold and strong wind<\/span>\u00a0that usually blows from <span style=\"color: #800080;font-size: 18pt\">the north or north-west<\/span>. It moves through <strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">the Vardar\u2013Axios River valley<\/span><\/strong> before <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/hive-C2-experimental-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/330541\/2026\/09\/images.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/hive-C2-experimental-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/330541\/2026\/09\/images.png 402w, https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/hive-C2-experimental-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/330541\/2026\/09\/images-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/>reaching Thessaloniki\u00a0and the Thermaic Gulf. The mountains and the shape of the valley help guide the cold wind towards the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Vardaris is especially common during the <span style=\"color: #3366ff;font-size: 18pt\">cold months<\/span>. When it blows, the temperature can feel much lower because the strong wind makes us lose heat from our bodies more quickly. Sometimes it can be very strong and create difficult weather conditions in the city and the surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p>The Vardaris is an important part of life in Thessaloniki. People who live in the city know that when the Vardaris starts blowing, <span style=\"color: #808000;font-size: 18pt\">cold, windy weather is on its way! <\/span>It is one of the special features of our local environment.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif\">Did you know?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The name <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;color: #993300\"><strong>Vardaris<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #333333\">comes from<\/span><span style=\"color: #993366\"><strong>\u00a0the Vardar River<\/strong><\/span>, which is called Axios in Greece. The river flows through the Balkans before reaching the Thermaic Gulf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that Thessaloniki has its own famous local wind? It is called Vardaris (\u0392\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u03ac\u03c1\u03b7\u03c2). Vardaris is a cold and strong wind\u00a0that usually blows from the north or north-west. It moves through the Vardar\u2013Axios River valley before &hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/hive-C2-experimental-english\/2026\/09\/21\/something-interesting-about-thessaloniki-the-vardaris-wind\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Something interesting about Thessaloniki: The Vardaris wind&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":15295,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,87,110],"tags":[64,112],"class_list":["post-2034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities","category-etwinning","category-living-environment","tag-clil","tag-living-environments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/hive-C2-experimental-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/hive-C2-experimental-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/hive-C2-experimental-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/hive-C2-experimental-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15295"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/hive-C2-experimental-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/hive-C2-experimental-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/hive-C2-experimental-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/hive-C2-experimental-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/hive-C2-experimental-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}