Miami (Nea Krini)

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Miami is a beach near Mikra Sports Center in Nea Krini, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece is often called Miami, because there is a luxurious restaurant called Miami in the area.

Nea Krini is a district of the municipality of Kalamaria, Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Many local footballers, basketball players and singers live in Nea Krini. The beach near Mikra Sports Center is often called Miami, after a local restaurant called "Miami".

Kalamaria Place in Greece

Kalamariá is a municipality (Borough) of the Thessaloniki Urban Area, located about 7 kilometres southeast of downtown Thessaloniki. It is the second largest municipality of the Thessaloniki Urban Area as well as one of the largest in Greece, with a population increase of 13% since the 1991 census.

Thessaloniki City in Macedonia, Greece

Thessaloniki, also familiarly known as Thessalonica, Salonica or Salonika, is the second-largest city in Greece, with over 1 million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of Greek Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace. Its nickname is η Συμπρωτεύουσα, literally "the co-capital", a reference to its historical status as the Συμβασιλεύουσα (Symvasilévousa) or "co-reigning" city of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, alongside Constantinople.

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