What an exciting week at the 8th European Lagoon Symposium in Athens – with lectures on biodiversity, water quality, ecosystem services, fisheries and aquaculture. Poster sessions in combination with the art exhibition “Lagoons: those vulnerable entities” and participative mapping enabled the scientists to continue their discussions interactively. The highlight was certainly the excursion to the Schinias Marathon National Park. Many thanks to the organizers – 8th EUROLAG Symposium! See you in Venice 2020 for the 9th EUROLAG!