Σίφνος, το νησί των ποιητών

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The Sifnian people diffused their art all over Greece while many pottery shops were established by Sifnians or by people having served as their apprentices. Today there are still more than twelve pottery-making shops throughout Sifnos, contributing in continuing the tradition of our ancestors. So, the island's visitor may find wonderful decorative pots made by the skilful hands of Sifnian potters, who since many centuries have been working with craftsmanship and devotion the Sifnian soil, shaping objects of unique beauty and art.

Equally worth mentioning is the Sifnians contribution to the sciences and the Greek literary tradition. As someone wrote, "if, in ancient times, Sifnos's wealth was measured by the gold and silver it produced, in the last two centuries it can be measured by its cultural output." indeed, the island can boast a large number of Sifnians who contributed to the social development and reconstruction of the modern Greek state: politicians, teachers, religious leaders, journalists, lawyers and economists. And we shouldn't neglect to mention the local literary tradition that has become an integral part of the literary tradition in Greece, and which still remains vibrant today.

Known as the "Poets Island" Sifnos has given birth to such poets as Ioannis Gryparis, Cleanthis Triantaphillou (also known as Rambaya), Aristomenis Provelengios, Stelios and Theodosios Sperantzas, Titos Patrikios , and Nikos G. Stafilopatis, the editor of the Anthology of Sifnian Poets the collection of folklore songs and carols which won the Greek Academy's Prize, as well as the playwrighter Manolis Korres, the folklorist Manos Philippakis.

At the summer months the centre of nightlife is Apollonia,  but  there are picturesquely little café and bars almost in all villages.