The residents of Andros are especially distinguished for their shipping tradition and in fact the sailboat shipping helped in the exporting of local products such as silk, lemons, meat, legumes etc. to other countries

The transition to steam navigation deemed the competitiveness of the Andriotic but also of the complete Greek shipping industry. Between the leaders of this transition was Dimitrios Moraitis who in 1893 produced 12 steamboats of capacity of 50.000 tons within a span of 10 years. Andros owes to him a very important premiership, the registry in July 1907, in her port, the first Greek Passenger Ocean Liner named "Moraitis" that launched the line between Greece and America.

Many of them in fact live in Athens and just drop over every weekend basically for the needs of the vine-yards, thus having excellent local wine and many times raki. Today in Athens there are many Andriotic clubs and associations that maintain the old traditional way of celebrating, especially in weddings and festivals were the celebrations go on all night, sometimes until the next morning.

The festivals that take place during the summer are the ones that are more successful.
Having as an excuse some religious celebration, the festival starts from the evening of the previous day. The next day after the Mass the celebrants stand treats and during the night the dance takes place.

The local folk dance is a courtly game of exchanging erotic messages, that owes its glamour to the rhythmic movement of the dancers , in the affectionate encirclement that the body of the dancer creates around his lady , the modesty of both and to the fellow looking at one another. Acquaintances were made or the interested parties tried to impress and enchant one another during the dances.

In the architecture of Andros, a concentrated experience from the geometrical times can be seen. The settlements were by principle built on hillsides of various altitudes. Between the roads there was a vast network of cobble stoned small roads, leading basically to stairs.

The faces of the houses were always facing the meridian or east, never facing north.
For the walls they made sure that the slates were placed with their large axis horizontally. In the intermediate gaps, smaller slates were wedged very carefully. We come across similar building techniques in the bridges and the supporting arcs or the houses. The houses are distincted, in the old country houses, the towers, and the mansions. Necessary element of a house was its courtyard and its kitchen. The courtyard was used as the meeting place and it was very homely and the most frequently used area was the kitchen.

You will also come across many and important monasteries. The Holy Monastery of Agias or Zoodoxou Pigis, is located in the area of Kapsorahi Batsiou. The Holy Monastery of Panaxrantos or Agios Pandeleimonas , is located at the Katafigio of the Gerakonon. It was established during the 1st century with the successful expedition of Nikoforos Fokas in Crete. The Holy Monastery of Saint Nikolas the Neos, here is were the skull of saint Nikolas is kept, that martyred in 720 A.C. The Holy Monastery of Saint Irene, is located in the area of Archondas.

It was taken apart during the reign of Othonas and now another church with the same name is at that same location. The Holy Monastery of Agia Marina was taken down in 1834 by the order of the protectorate. It is celebrated on July 17th in memory of Agia Marina. The Holy Monastery of Tromarchion (Panagia the Tromorchiani), is dedicated to the assumption of the Virgin Mary and it used to be the most important in the area of Orthos. It has light blue gate and whitewashed surfaces.