Greek island children have to travel by boat to school
Even before sunrise, young people on the Greek island of Kalamos board a water taxi to make the half-hour crossing to their school on the mainland. Their early-morning journey to school is a prime example of a problem affecting large parts of Europe: fewer and fewer children are filling the classrooms, and remote communities such as the islands are often the first to feel the consequences.
24.09.2026 - Middle and high school students travel by passenger boat across the Ionian Sea from the island of Kalamos, where they live, to schools in the mainland town of Mytikas, western Gree...
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24.09.2026 - A high school student waits for classes to begin at a school in the mainland town of Mytikas, western Greece, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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23.09.2026 - High school student John Kestegias stands on a chair while meeting friends at a snack bar on the island of Kalamos in the Ionian Sea, western Greece, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP...
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23.09.2026 - A picture depicting Jesus Christ is displayed above a chalkboard in an unused classroom at Kalamos Primary School, which has only two students, both in sixth grade, on the island o...
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24.09.2026 - Middle and high school students board a passenger boat on the island of Kalamos to travel to schools in the mainland town of Mytikas, western Greece, early Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026...
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23.09.2026 - An empty classroom is seen at a kindergarten that has remained closed for a second consecutive school year because of a lack of students on the island of Kalamos in the Ionian Sea,...
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23.09.2026 - A sailboat is seen off Agrapidia Beach on the island of Kalamos in the Ionian Sea, western Greece, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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23.09.2026 - A map of Greece hangs on a wall as teacher Chryssa Ntalaka and her two sixth-grade students, the only students at Kalamos Primary School, leave their classroom on the island of Kal...
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24.09.2026 - The island of Kalamos is seen from Mytikas, the nearest mainland town, in western Greece, early Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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24.09.2026 - High school student Antonis Aivaliotis, 17, center, travels with other passengers by boat across the Ionian Sea from the island of Kalamos, where he lives, to school in the mainlan...
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23.09.2026 - Gerasimos Mitsopoulos, 11, one of two students at Kalamos Primary School, plays basketball at the school on the island of Kalamos in the Ionian Sea, western Greece, Wednesday, Sept...
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23.09.2026 - Teacher Chryssa Ntalaka teaches music to the two students of Kalamos Primary School, including Gerasimos Mitsopoulos, 11, right, on the island of Kalamos in the Ionian Sea, western...
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24.09.2026 - High school student Panagiotis Fatouros, 16, center, travels across the Ionian Sea with other students and passengers by boat from the island of Kalamos to the mainland town of Myt...
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23.09.2026 - A man rides a motorcycle along an empty street on the island of Kalamos in the Ionian Sea, western Greece, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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23.09.2026 - A tourist sunbathes at Agrapidia Beach on the island of Kalamos in the Ionian Sea, western Greece, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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23.09.2026 - A woman drinks coffee at a snack bar on the island of Kalamos in the Ionian Sea, western Greece, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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24.09.2026 - High school students wait for classes to begin at a school in the mainland town of Mytikas, western Greece, early Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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23.09.2026 - A classroom display hangs on a wall inside a kindergarten that has remained closed for a second consecutive school year because of a lack of students on the island of Kalamos in th...
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