Hellenikon Metropolitan Park Hellenikon Metropolitan Park Hellenikon Metropolitan Park as it has been named, will be a large urban park located in Hellinikon, Athens, Greece. The park will provide Athens with a much needed ecological boost. When finished the park will be the largest in Europe. It will be approximately 200 hectares spanning the site of the former Hellenikon International Airport. Construction had been scheduled to begin in 2008 and be completed by 2013, but plans appear to have been indefinitely shelved in the midst of the financial crisis, and as the government contemplates other uses for the space; plans have been put
Hellenikon Metropolitan Park and collect rainwater of the site and from the water catchment basin of the surrounding hills. These strips integrate a playful work on artificial topography that both guides the water and create terraces and slopes for the park activities and programs. There will also be some MTB downhill tracks, like the ones on Imittos mountain. The park will be 400 hectares, while another 100 hectares will be used for housing and office facilities. When finished, it will surpass London's Hyde Park (250 hectares)as well as New York's Central Park (350 hectares). Hellenikon Metropolitan Park Hellenikon Metropolitan Park as it has