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 400 hectares spanning the site of the former Hellenikon International Airport. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2008 and be completed by 2013. The site of the future Hellenikon Metropolitan Park is the former Athens International Airport at