trick is greece s first smart city and initiative that came in response to the country s financial crisis and despite not even having a budget for its tech transformation mayor demetrius papa stero has managed to merely how the city s forty five million euro debt residents now enjoy a higher quality of life no austerity measures required but despite his success to steer zero is struggling to get the state on board with this smart solutions. mad dimitris top us to you won t let an occasional internet crash can t take him not even with a delegation from his german sister city looking over his shoulder. they re gathered in the town halls control room from here the first smart city in greece is operated. the german guests are impressed. that in from a computer scientist myself fran to be honest they re