Unemployed: privileges and discounts
These apply to people registered as unemployed with DYPA, the public employment service (formerly OAED). You usually show the unemployment card (DYPA digital card), which you can keep in the Gov.gr Wallet app or print. After 12 months on the register, your income also counts for some privileges.
Tap a privilege or an offer to see its terms and source.
From the state and municipalities (51)
Across Greece
Culture
DYPA Book Vouchers (annual book-purchase discount cards)
A EUR 25 book voucher plus at least 10% off at partner bookshops (DYPA)
Applications closed
EUR 5 tickets with an unemployment card at the National Theatre
Free Entry to State Museums, Monuments and Archaeological Sites (Designated Days)
Free entry for everyone to state museums and archaeological sites on the set free-entry days
ΚΟΘ: €5 reduced ticket for the unemployed (full price €20, €15 or €10)
€8 discount ticket for the unemployed (full price €25, €20 or €15)
Tickets from EUR 4.5 for unemployed people at the Athens Concert Hall
Reduced/Free Museum Entry — Social Categories
Free entry to state museums and archaeological sites with an unemployment card
Water, fees and taxes
Reduced or no municipal cleaning and lighting charges, as your municipality decides
Education
Free Meals for University Students
Undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students of public universities with a low family/personal income
Travel and holidays
Up to 6 free nights with the DYPA social tourism programme
Applications closed
Other
Free European Youth Card for unemployed people up to 30
Digital DYPA Card (unemployment card): where to find it and how to renew it every 3 months
The unemployment card in the Gov.gr Wallet: valid 3 months, renew online or at a ΚΕΠ from 20 days before it expires
In more than one region
Free and Reduced Public Transport Fares: OASA (Athens) and OSETH (Thessaloniki)
Free public transport in Attica and Thessaloniki with a personalised card; after 12 months of unemployment an income test applies
Region of Attica and Region of Central Macedonia
Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
Municipality of Kavala
Water: Disability above 80%, large families and the unemployed 50%
Region of Attica
Municipality of Agia Varvara
50% off one class of the municipal culture and sports courses with an unemployment card (Agia Varvara)
Municipality of Vrilissia
Vrilissia: exemption or 50% cut in cleaning and water fees for vulnerable groups
Full exemption or 50% off the cleaning fees and the water charge for the first 30 m³, depending on the group and income (for 2026)
Municipality of Keratsini-Drapetsona
Cleaning/Lighting Fee Exemption for Vulnerable Groups (Municipality of Keratsini-Drapetsona)
Full exemption from the cleaning and lighting charges on the main residence for one year
Municipality of Moschato-Tavros
Discounted or free municipal sports programmes, Municipality of Moschato-Tavros
Free municipal sports classes for low-income unemployed people (Moschato-Tavros)
Municipality of Pallini
Pallini: reduced water price of €0.65 per cubic metre for vulnerable groups (2026)
Water at EUR 0.65/m³ instead of EUR 0.80 for 21-60 m³ per four months (Pallini)
Municipality of Rafina-Pikermi
Rafina-Pikermi vulnerable-groups tariff: reduced water and 50% off municipal fees (2026)
Water at about half price and 50% off cleaning and lighting charges (Rafina-Pikermi)
Municipality of Spetses
50%-100% cut in water fixed charges and bands for vulnerable groups (Municipality of Spetses, 2026)
50%-100% off water fixed fees and first bands, by category (Spetses)
Region of the North Aegean
In several municipalities
50% off up to 80 m³ or 30% off up to 60 m³ per quarter, by category (Lesvos)
Municipalities: West Lesvos and Mytilene
Region of Western Greece
Municipality of Andravida-Kyllini
50% off water consumption for vulnerable groups (Municipality of Andravida-Kyllini)
50% off water consumption charges (not the fixed charge)
Municipality of Zacharo
Social Water Tariff – Zacharo Municipal Water Utility (DEYA Zacharou)
Admission to the social (reduced) water tariff for one year; the size of the discount is not stated in the DEYAZ decisions
Municipality of Nafpaktia
Water: 30% up to 60 m³ (long-term unemployed)
Applications closed
Municipality of Patras
EUR 1 fixed fee per two months and 50% off water use for the long-term unemployed (Patras)
Region of Western Macedonia
Municipality of Kastoria
Water: 30% (large and three-child families, long-term unemployed, pensioners over 67)
Region of Epirus
Municipality of Ziros
Ziros: social tariffs for water, sewerage, cleaning and lighting for vulnerable groups
50% off the sewerage charge and the cleaning and lighting charges (Ziros)
Municipality of Konitsa
Exemption or 50% cut in the fixed water charge for vulnerable groups (Municipality of Konitsa, 2026)
Exemption from the fixed water charge (needy, long-term unemployed, disability above 80%) or 50% off (disability 67%-80%, single parents)
Municipality of Metsovo
30% off the water charge, for one household meter
Region of Thessaly
Municipality of Alonnisos
Reduced EUR 0.90 fare (instead of EUR 1.80) on the Alonnisos municipal bus
50% off water, cleaning and lighting and septic-tank charges for the long-term unemployed (Alonnisos)
Municipality of Larissa
DEYA Larissa — Social Water Tariff for Vulnerable Groups (sample municipal water utility)
Reduced water price on the social tariff (the rate is not published) (Larissa)
Municipality of Skopelos
50% off the first 60 m³ of water each period, with the sewerage charge (Skopelos)
Region of the Ionian Islands
Municipality of North Corfu
DEYA North Corfu – Social household water tariff (50% off)
50% off the household tariff for the first 35 m³ per two months (main home)
Municipality of Zakynthos
Water: 50% off (large families, disability 80%+, long-term unemployed), 70% (the needy) or 10% (EEE recipients)
Municipality of Lefkada
Social water tariff: €0.18 per cubic metre up to 50 cubic metres, €0.19 from 51 to 100, €0.38 from 101 to 200, €0.48 from 201 to 300
Region of Central Macedonia
Municipality of Thessaloniki
Tuition Discounts and Waivers at the Municipal Conservatories of Thessaloniki (2026-2027)
For 2026-2027 the Municipal Conservatories of Thessaloniki give 10% to 50% discounts and free tuition in some categories: single-parent, three-child and large families, students with disabilities, university students, unemployed people, children of unemployed parents and others, with income limits per category.
Municipality of Paionia
Water: 50% (large families, disability, low pensioners, long-term unemployed, the needy)
Municipality of Serres
Half-price water for 50 m³ per four months for the long-term unemployed (Serres)
Region of Crete
Municipality of Minoa Pediada
DEYA Minoa Pediada social water tariff: 25% to 100% off for vulnerable groups
25%, 35% or 50% off the first 100 m³ per four months, by category (Minoa Pediadas)
Municipality of Sitia
50% off water prices (e.g. €0.13 instead of €0.26 per m³ in the first band), for one household meter, in 2026
Municipality of Chania
Social Water Tariff of the Chania Water Utility (DEYACH) for vulnerable groups
Water: Unemployed for more than a year up to €15,000
Region of the South Aegean
Municipality of Anafi
Anafi: 50% off cleaning-lighting and water-sewerage fees for vulnerable groups
50% off the main home's municipal cleaning, lighting, water and sewerage fees (for 2026)
Municipality of Kea
Kea: 60% (85% in extreme poverty) cut in cleaning-lighting and water-sewerage fees
60% off cleaning and lighting and water and sewerage charges on your main home (Kea)
Municipality of Kos
Free Travel Card and Social Fare Discounts on Kos Urban Buses (Municipality of Kos)
Free Kos urban bus card for the long-term unemployed (DYPA certificate)
Municipality of Naxos and Lesser Cyclades
Naxos & Small Cyclades: 50% (80% in extreme poverty) cut in municipal and water fees
50% off cleaning and lighting and water and sewerage charges on your main home (Naxos and Small Cyclades)
Municipality of Patmos
60%-100% relief from water and sewerage charges for vulnerable groups (Municipality of Patmos, 2026)
60% or 100% off water and sewerage charges, by category (Patmos)
Municipality of Serifos
Full exemption from water and sewerage charges, with a consumption limit of 120 m³ a year
Region of Central Greece
Municipality of Aliartos-Thespies
Water: 50% off up to 200 m³ (EEE) or 100 m³ (long-term unemployed)
Municipality of Dirfys-Messapia
Billing at 50% of the water use tariffs (and of the household sewerage fees for large families, kidney patients and disabled people)
Offers from businesses (1)
These are not state benefits. The business that makes each offer sets its terms and may change them without notice. The businesses did not pay for these listings. The order does not depend on payment.
Thessaloniki – Athens/Piraeus: €38 instead of €50 (€70 instead of €80 return)
Region of Attica and Region of Central Macedonia
Private offerLast checked: 28 October 2026