Capital of the prefecture of Evros and main junction of the European Union with development levers such as the Egnatia Highway, the airport, the port and the railway station. With a population of 57,812 inhabitants, it unites Europe and Asia, West and East.

Must-see attractions are the Lighthouse, the Evros Delta, the Cyclops Polyphemus cave, Ancient Doriskos, the Ancient Makri olive grove, the Via Egnatia, the Roman baths of Traianoupolis, the ancient city of Zone and the Panagia Cosmosoteira Monastery.

The city's museums include the Natural History Museum, the Ethnological Museum of Thrace, the Archaeological Museum, the Historical Museum, the Ecclesiastical Museum, the Folklore Museum of the Cappadocian Community of Evros, the Museum of Sarakatsani Tradition. The city also has a garden theater at the Altinalmazi Ecopark, which hosts cultural events.

There are also many historical and listed buildings such as Zarifios Pedagogical Academy, the old Kapnomagazo (tobacco store), which hosts the Municipal Library, the Old Hospital of Alexandroupolis (nowadays a Music School), the historical building of the National Bank  of Greece, which hosts the Reading Room of the Democritus University of Thrace, the Warehouses of the port, the 1st and 3rd Primary Schools, etc. There are two hospitals, a University Hospital and a Military Hospital.

Municipality of Alexandroupolis (video)