Walking through Omonoia, let alone at night, LET ALONE with a camera, is absolutely wild. Mad respect, you've shown a reality not many want to acknowledge.

@OrestisRovakis

5 ай бұрын

If you go walking around Omonoia even in night nobody will touch you. It is like shit but people who are able to steal you prefer to work with people who have money, not with drug addicts.

@marioszdrag

5 ай бұрын

Χαλάρωσε κουκλίτσα μου, εμείς έχουμε εκεί τα γραφεία μας και πάμε κάθε μέρα από το πρωί και φεύγουνε 2-3 το βράδυ αρκετές φορές 😂🥲

@Vale12137

5 ай бұрын

@@marioszdragpoios we rotise koukle?

@marioszdrag

5 ай бұрын

@@Vale12137 Δεν ήξερα ότι πρέπει να πάρω έγκριση για να πω κάπου την άποψη μου. Η Ομόνοια είναι σκατα… Είναι πολύ καλύτερα από ότι ήταν πριν 5 χρόνια βέβαια… Και θα γίνει πολύ καλύτερα στα επόμενα 5. Απλά ο τύπος υπερβάλει, πήρε μια κάμερα και πήγε στο χειρότερο στενό της Ομόνοιας για να μπορεί να βάλει σαν τίτλο “Europe’s WORST Drug streets”

@noterrormanagement

5 ай бұрын

@@marioszdrag Αφου εισαι τοσο ψολαραιος και ραμπο μπραβο σου

Omonoia is not a "suburb", it's literally the center of Athens geographically.

@user-id5fp7df3s

6 ай бұрын

They do not know what the say...Of course there are big problems and the first reason is politically and social.

@questmarq7901

6 ай бұрын

they try to drop the area/land value. When the prices are low enough and 10 guys/companies/families would have bought everything, then they will send the military and remove everyone

@user-fb1jm2ru8j

5 ай бұрын

Definitely not a suburb, but together with the Sintagma the heart of the city, left and right ventricle. Like Times Square or Trafalgar Square.

@alexliossis4859

5 ай бұрын

@@user-id5fp7df3s μάθε λίγο αγγλικά ρε μπρό

@Brat3J3rkovicKBJ

5 ай бұрын

Ain't no love in the heart of the city!

You can see how bad the situation is in our society, when people are saying: "come on it's not that bad, junkies won't hurt you, they're just shooting heroin in front of your kid, they just throw away the injection you might step on, come on it's not that bad, i walked there once and i didn't get raped" This shit has to be fixed, it's not a competition, we lost our humane side and it's taking us downhill

@Gamaouat

4 ай бұрын

The only people who say that are hard core leftists

@ATAMorpheus

2 ай бұрын

As a former junkie myself I can tell you that we normally don’t hurt normal people, yes there are cases where this happens and it’s sadly really common that junkies would steal from you, but most of us wouldn’t hurt anyone. Most of the time we wouldn’t shoot up in front of kids and in places where this happens, children shouldn’t be there anyway. Normally we plug our needles so that no one will hurt himself on it and people that know they have transferable diseases will care about this even more. I can only talk about the places I was in and that’s cities in the US and Germany, but I hope it’s at least partly informative and true for where you live. But I have to agree with you that the situation has gotten very bad in our society and this really need to be fixed asap

@barblue3

Ай бұрын

When someone says “they won’t hurt you” means literally that. Of course it’s something that needs to be fixed but drug trafficking and users will never end. About children seen needles and the horrid scene.. all you need to do is pass with your kids once so they know what’s going on and they can put in their brain what’s happens if you end up using substances.. and then use different streets to go about your business. You make it sound like people agree with this terrible situation but I assure you no one in the right mind does. All over the world in the middle of the city you will encounter streets such as omonia! Get real.

@coffee.3.4

22 күн бұрын

^ These two comments think they’re making some intelligent point when they’re just further enforcing your point…trying to normalize junkies shooting up at children’s parks is sick behavior and a hard attempt at coping with the disgusting place society is in.

@FC-zx4ed

16 күн бұрын

@@ATAMorpheus you were responsible and thoughtful, but unfortunately not here in Athens. I’ve seen used needles without any caps on them and I’ve had the misfortune to walk with my son in nicer areas of Athens and see people shooting up right in front of us with no concern. I stopped taking my son to the city center of Athens because he told me how “depressing” it is to go. It’s not all of Athens by all means, the tourist areas are well kept and they make sure no people using drugs are seen on the streets. But in certain areas of Athens at night they are no go areas because they can be dangerous and they are so depressing.

A few months ago I was in Athens with friends but extended my trip so I could enjoy the city alone. Being that I am familiar with the hotel franchise, I booked a few nights at the Novotel in Omonia. Im 25 and have done plenty of solo traveling, but had no idea that neighborhood had the reputation it has. My taxi driver who was taking me to check into the hotel made me book a different hotel while I was in his cab. He told me he has a daughter and a wife and would hope that someone would suggest the same for them. I felt real uneasy watching this, because I have seen it through the windows of that cab. your content is incredible, and I have now become a subscriber. Having seen Omonia, I have become more interested in learning about Greece's more recent politics/ history than its ancient history.

@MrBrenos

3 ай бұрын

You picked the right taxi that day

@Taleton

2 ай бұрын

He takes a percentage from the Hotel that he took you! He was a scammer!

@annikadelarenal

2 ай бұрын

@@Taleton he did not pick the hotel. I found one on my own while I was in the taxi

@Taleton

2 ай бұрын

@@annikadelarenalok sorry i misunderstood..

@phillipjordan1010

2 ай бұрын

Yes I love ancient Greek history but it does seem most people stop there. People tend to neglect modern Greece like it doesn't exist. I'm sort of guilty of that. It is easy to be disenchanted with the modern world as a whole. I think it is because it is too available and the ancient past seems more magical because one cannot reach it fully like the present. But humans have always been the same by nature

As a Greek, I find it heartbreaking. Athens, especially the center is a mess. Poor lighting, broken sidewalks, drug addicts, ugly graffiti, seedy neighborhoods. The government, the mayors, don't care since they walk such streets only for election purposes. Your video is good, I had seen a similar one you made in Scampia, Naples. You are doing a good job, I hope things change someday.

@FarfettilLejl

6 ай бұрын

It would be better for all of us if the government stopped stealing from us and trying to “fix” our lives. The state is the root of our problems, not the solution

@oritafilms

6 ай бұрын

$hit cities, $hit poser youtuber

@kostakisarianos596

5 ай бұрын

Μια χαρά είναι τα graffiti

@jbsmetal8419

5 ай бұрын

I visited Athens last summer and found it absolutely delightful, don't put yourselves down too much.

@konstantinos_ptrds

5 ай бұрын

ULGY GRAFFITY? gia na relaxaroume ligo

I remember Omonia Square in the 80’s. It was beautiful. There was an awesome 4 storey building that was full of toys, the cafes were full of elderly men passing their time and families were everywhere. I was in Omonia a few weeks ago and likely at the time of the making of this video. It saddens me to see the state of Omonia now and this is despite the efforts of successive governments to repair and improve it. The fact is that Greece like so many other nations is losing its middle class. What will remain will be the lower class and the the very rich. Corruption has destroyed a beautiful country.

@asicdathens

6 ай бұрын

My grandparents had a shop near Exarhia (Themistokleous) selling furniture. There were always drugs there near Omonia since the 50's and there were always buyers and sellers. My grandfather bought a car in the early 50's (second hand) and almost every day he got stopped by the police. After 2-3 months of constant police searches he reached to a friend of his, policeman, to find why he was stopped all the time. After some searching, he informed my grandfather that the car belonged to a drug dealer

@evannewyork3281

6 ай бұрын

That's right, there were not Muslim ghettos back then

@macgyvernaintila4170

5 ай бұрын

"Successive governments"??? "SUCCESSIVE"?!?!??!!?!?!?!?!? THEY CREATED ALL THIS MESS BY BRINGING LITERALLY EVERYFUCKNONE HERE!!!!! THEY STEAL THE GREEKS AND THEY WELCOME EVERY KIND OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS... WHAT THE F ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT????? Υ.Γ. Νουδούλος φιλαράκι ε???? Μια χαρα την εβγαζες τόσα χρόνια βολεμένο τομάρι και τώρα παριστάνεις ότι δεν ξέρεις πώς φτάσαμε εδώ. ΟΥΣΤ!!!!!!!!

@kingperalta

5 ай бұрын

@@evannewyork3281 Muslim ghettos aren't the reason for this, you can't seriously believe this crap.

@evannewyork3281

5 ай бұрын

That 4 storey building was the Minion, they just opened up again

“Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society.”

I like that Spanian is a reformed villain. He feels like the appropriate tour guide through the slums of the world.

This man has got balls of steel to walk around with a camera in a junkie-infested area during the night.

@jackwebb3757

6 ай бұрын

Hes about it bro what you expect 😂

@jimmydgaf5369

6 ай бұрын

Dudes in his element

@dancooper7011

6 ай бұрын

Aussies... full stop, got balls of gold. Mad work king, stay safe!

@yxngbarnesy

6 ай бұрын

who is gonna fk with spanian bro cmon

@_thatzombie

6 ай бұрын

Because he used to be just like that…. Dunno why it’s a shock

Greece is a beautiful country with amazing history and beautiful people. I hope she finds herself in a better condition soon. I got married in Greece, it’s always got a place in my heart 🇬🇷 ❤

@mixalis6168

6 ай бұрын

Problem lies with all the refugees, and Greek gov, who allow all this to happen,

@ceaserknk6640

6 ай бұрын

It won’t

@aguafria9565

6 ай бұрын

when i flew in to europe it was via Athens, this was back in 2019. It looked like a shi* hole back then. Just recently my work in Finland flew everyone to Athens for a 'holiday' and I was like.. no thanks mate, stayed back in Finland.

@stavrossiganos9595

6 ай бұрын

​@@ceaserknk6640I'm from greece man is right greece is the worst country in europe

@user-bi8gq9df8m

6 ай бұрын

This comment is so funny after watching that video. Beautiful definately has taken on a new meaning these days.

Omonoia, a square which used to be the cultural centre of Athens 50 years ago. The place you would walk with your girlfriend, your children, your elder parents and have a pleasant time. But, times have changed. I lived in Athens for almost 2 decades, and it's heartbreaking. For foreigners that don't know, Omonoia is just the worst of many, many areas in Athens where it's full of drugs, brothels and criminality. We've come to a point that Athenians can't walk on most streets of the whole city when it's dark, because it's more likely to get robbed or attacked than not to. As a Greek Athenian now living abroad, I couldn't feel sadder.

@theoscharmxo1811

Ай бұрын

Why didn't you stay and fight for a change instead of fleeing abroad as a coward

@benfranklin100

29 күн бұрын

@@theoscharmxo1811 his government and his people crashed their own economy and then fled the country... then blamed immigrants.... little do they know majority of the immigrants came after the recession and are the only ones trying to save the place. Most of the drug addicts are greeks.

@pablogats4627

18 күн бұрын

​@@theoscharmxo1811golden dawn fought for change and you guys locked them up, κλάψτε τώρα

@antoniomaccora593

12 күн бұрын

The result of E U economic rules Thanks to Germany .I was there 33 years ago it was completely different

@clairechloe5294

5 күн бұрын

​@@antoniomaccora593- Could you please explain your comment a bit more. I am interested in knowing how the EU rules related to Economy had an influence on Greece and the role Germany played in it. Thanks for your comment. It was an eye opener for me.

As an Athenian, this was very disheartening to watch. I think Athens, if properly governed, could be one of the most beautiful European cities. Thanks for highlighting the difference with Exarcheia! There are many beautiful streets in the center of Athens and around Syntagma square it's pretty safe, but Omonoia really is very scary to walk around at night. Even natives avoid it and I think that says it all. I really wish the situation changes in the future.

Thank God someone mentioned how safe is the area of Exarcheia comparing to other places in Athens. The streets near Omonoia are crazy, but the craziest bit is that up until a couple of years ago, one of the drug markets of Athens was outside the Faculty of Law of the University of Athens. There were literally tourists on the front side taking pictures of the Main University building, and people dying from drugs on the side. Crazy, crazy situation and the police is too busy beating protesters instead of solving the unocontrolled drug problem of the city.

@TUHATKISSAA

6 ай бұрын

Omonia now is way more chill than it used to be as well.

@badkarma2428

6 ай бұрын

Ακομα ειναι

@ERYTHROGRAPHOS

6 ай бұрын

Exarcheia is saf eunless its Friday or Saturday and you have parked in the streets around Patision. My car got burnt one Friday that the "lads" decided to "revolt". Fuck Athens downtown at night. Shithole between illegal immigrant gangs and leftist terrorists.

@ibizapao

6 ай бұрын

Ειναι αφελες να νομιζεις οτι θελουν να λυσουν το προβλημα αλλα δεν μπορουν.

@DimitrisKoronakosIonikos

6 ай бұрын

Still is , they go up and down the road.

You just showed a part of what some people here in Greece try to sweep under the rug, bravo. As an Athenian, I can confirm that the situation is real bad. As a woman though, the situation is worse. Every day I have to go to Omonia so I can get to my job, by using a corresponding bus etc, I have been harassed so many times, so many guys just like these on your vid have stalked me, straight up on my face followed me around, approached me, try to steal from me. The worse is when the sky's starting to get darker. All you see are groups of men walking around, looking at you crazily etc, even if you're a man or a woman, doesn't matter, it's not safe. And Omonia is the CENTRE of Athens. The heart of Athens. Unacceptable that a EU city is in such condition, no wonder so many people want to leave from Athens and move on somewhere safer (people who live nearby Omonia because there are other areas in Athens that are relatively safe compared to Omonia and nearby).

@andreaskarras8725

6 ай бұрын

I think the CENTRE of Athens is Syntagma square (and rightfully) which is a lot better!

@paulcastle1718

6 ай бұрын

Bad news Sonya but it was a big mistake joining the EU apart from the money eh ? Trouble is that the next poor country or countries that join will get the money and Greece will be forced to pay into the kitty to give to those countries . The EU is an undemocratic and corrupt organisation but you must have gathered that by now surely ? Why do you think the sensible people of Britain voted OUT although they are having their serious revenge now and that is costing us dear . The Left are trying to destroy us all despite not being in power . problem is , the current "Tories" are socialists and not conservatives , they have lied to us all as usual .

@RadicalizedRadical

6 ай бұрын

Keep voting left

@vigi1319

6 ай бұрын

η πηγη του κακου αυτου κυριως ειναι απο τις ελληνιδες γυναικες που ειναι ευαισθητες που υποστηριζουν αυτα τα λαθρο ορκ.

@user-qd4td7yb8e

5 ай бұрын

Glad I left Miami.

the whole vibe of this upload was just class

The compo that drops at 9:50 is always a banger. One of many really good atmo compos you have in these.

I was there in October and walked Omonia during the night and I felt safe because the drug users aren't dangerous. They are just lost in their world.

@XXX-vy6xv

5 ай бұрын

The Pakistanoafghans occupying every small street around Omonoia, are though! Numerous attacks. Deaths just for a camera, rapes in the middle of the day within some small alley. So, yeah... definitely not safe!

@isycookie

5 ай бұрын

Also for women ? I am just curious

@jacamaca17

5 ай бұрын

I was also there in Oktober, my hotel for the last two days was in this area. I didn’t know about the junkies there. It was strange for me but I wasn’t afraid. Nevertheless at night I rather took a taxi back to my hotel. I hate uncontrollably situations and you never know. I’m a police officer but it’s still awful and can be dangerous for woman. 🤷🏼‍♀️ it’s sad

@badkarma2428

5 ай бұрын

@@jacamaca17 The drug addicts from other areas of Athens moved at this area the last 4 years by the ex mayor and the police, the tried to hide the broblem not to fix it

@mahedhusayn3474

5 ай бұрын

😂😂exactly this guy made it seem dangerous i walked thee the whole night without any fear

Can’t hate Spanian, turned his life around, building a huge fan base on social media, seems like a genuinely good guy that just had a rough early life, can see from his first videos on instagram a few years ago to now that even his demeanour has changed, still would kick your ass if you talked shit but seems very approachable and humble to say what’s up. What a legend

@leokinvig6368

6 ай бұрын

why would hating him even come into the question ?

@DavidJohns911

6 ай бұрын

guys so homophobic he got dropped by his agency for it

@fruitytoots4133

5 ай бұрын

@@DavidJohns911 Smart man. Don't need the agency to be successful.

@DavidJohns911

5 ай бұрын

@@fruitytoots4133 can't believe I'm hearing a homophobic comment from someone called fruitytoots

@Mmmmmmm232

5 ай бұрын

@@DavidJohns911 everyone’s allowed their beliefs, don’t see him harming anyone?

Have respect for this young man, he is giving all of us an education in what is going on in the streets all around the world go on him. Keep safe doing a good job..😊

i live nearby almost 20 years omonia is in the heart of athens down town you see the decadance but did y notice , most of them are not agressive , they suffer silently ... but of course you dont want to go there at night you never know what could have happened ...nice video thank you !

What is unique about the situation around Omonia square, compared to other main cities, is that Omonia is actually the very center of Athens and not some far out suburn where the cursed of the city live. Omonia in the old days, used to be the meeting point for all the people from the countryside visiting the capital and till the early '00s it was also the focal point of celebrations for big sport events (for example the Euro 2004 Greek win). In comparison, it would be as if the streets around Federation Square in Melbourne or Trafalgar Square in London were like that.. Nowadays the center of life has swifted towards Syntagma square and Omonia has lost it's past significance in the life of the Athenians, as a consequence of the rapid decline of the area.

@kostasprince6725

5 ай бұрын

the metro crippled omonoia sq first, then the 2008 financial crisis killed it

@Pavlos_Charalambous

5 ай бұрын

In the 90s it was much worse Like a heroine epidemic But they cleaned up the place for the 2004 Olympics and afterwards they just left things fall apart again

@271byron

5 ай бұрын

Omonoia is where the eparhiotes went to have sex with the aderfes at the porno cinemas. Happy memories.

Αχ Αθήνα μου, πώς σε άφησαν να καταντήσεις... 💔Αυτοί, που "νοιάζονται τόσο" για το καλό μας. Να ξέρετε, όλα θα μπορούσαν να ήταν τόσο διαφορετικά... Stay safe, αδέρφια 🧿

@Tanno_Buchino

6 ай бұрын

Τα παράπονα σου στους εβραίους. Εσείς τους αφήσατε να κυβερνούν την χώρα μας μέσω του χριστιανισμού, και ορίστε τα χάλια μας. Θα έπρεπε να είχατε κάνει ντου στην Βουλή όσο είχατε την ευκαιρία, αλλά είστε χριστιανοί, και άρα δειλοί, οπότε... επωμιστείτε τις συνέπειες της επιλογής σας.

@stathopoulosalexandros951

6 ай бұрын

θελατε καραμανλη παπανδρεου και τα παιδια τους..θελατε μητσοτακηδες που ειναι τρισχρειροτεροι...θελετε αριστεριζουσα νοοτροπια βρωμιας....ετσι καταντησε η αριστερα ιδεολογια της βρωμιας..θελατε ξενους...τους λυποσασταν ενω αυτοι αλωνουν τη χωρα..θελατε αλβανους... δε θελετε ελληνες πατριωτες η εθνικιστες ακομα και φασιστες... θελετε τους φασιστες ανθελληνες....τους φασιστες αριστερους στα λογια που χτυπανε ελληνοπουλα στα πανεπιστημια.... δυστηχως οι ελληνες θα μπορουσαμε να ειμαστε πολυ καλυτερα αλλα ολα ξεκινανε απο τις οικογενειες...και τα σχολεια..τα σχολεια τα αλωσανε με καθηγητες αχρηστους τις οικογενειες τις καταστρεφουν....πλεον διαζυγια παντου....αλλαξωκολολιες...κερατο....και γαμοι γκει.... την ελλαδα την κατεστρεψε κυριως η νδ και το πασοκ...αλλα κ ο λαος μας..ο οποιος ειναι τα ιδια σκατα με αυτα τα κομματα......

@ayfantisnikos991

6 ай бұрын

Συγγνώμη που θα απαντήσω δεν το κάνω με κακία αλλά εμείς καταντήσαμε έτσι την χώρα μας με την ψήφο μας και όχι την αντίσταση σε νόμους και τρόπους άλλος κρατων. Σε λίγο καιρό δεν θα είναι δική μας με αυτούς τους ρυθμούς και οι περισσότεροι συνεχίζετε να ζείτε στο κτρ λες και είστε στο Μάτριξ ή ρομπότ!!

@geogeo1261

6 ай бұрын

Είναι σκόπιμη παραπληροφόρηση φουσκώντας τα γεγονότα. Από που και ως που η χειρότεροι δρόμοι ναρκωτικών στην Ευρώπη? Έχει ταξιδέψει αυτός ο μαλάκας σε άλλες χώρες να κάνει σύγκριση. Έδώ και 2 χρόνια βγάζουν κάτι μυστήριοι συνεχώς δυσφημιστικά βίντεο για την Ελλάδα ενώ για την Τουρκία έχει γεμίσει με βίντεο που εκθειάζουν τις ομορφιές της και τα φαγητά της. (Τα Ελληνικά)

@user-nz5wf3qm5y

6 ай бұрын

Νοιάζονται

I feel so scared for your safety may god bless you on your journey and protect you always and bring you home safely , thank you so much for sharing your journey and content and helping us understand what other cultures and communities are experiencing, thankyou my friend ❤

It was at 2:02 exactly, when i liked your video and subscribed to your channel. Great photography, great music, great scenario, great presentation, great balls to walk in there uncovered. Keep it up!

@michaelkeene4708

24 күн бұрын

Illegal immigrants that's the problem. I was in Greece in the eighties with a load of English mates,no problems whatsoever and we were Pissed on retina and Ouzo 🇬🇧 😂

It's sad to see how economic crisis has ruined that city. I travelled a lot of capitals in Europe and I must say that Athens is the one who is suffering the major effects of the crisis, with abandoned buildings, poor infrastructure and junkies and homeless all over the streets. That is such a shame, considering the importance this city had in the history of humanity. I live in Rome so I know what it feels like to have such an important city falling down like that, but sadly Athens beats Rome in this unfortunate battle

@giorgosg336

6 ай бұрын

It's not about economic crisis. It's about illegal immigration. Most of these people are not Greeks. Tbh, the center of Athens is mostly inhabited by foreigners.

@dream_cruiser

6 ай бұрын

It's not about immigration nor about economic crisis. This city is being ruined consistently since the 50s by building and building and destroying and building and making areas into ghettos, ruining the aesthetic combined with the shitty mentality of Greek people. Immigrants are contributing to the economy, I'm always shopping from immigrant shops since they are always cheaper and have such a great variety of foods. So if you are blaming the immigrants, I got news for you. You are racist

@Vecchioinpensione

6 ай бұрын

@@giorgosg336 illegal immigration can be the cause of pickpocketing, homelessness and drug abuse, but not for pollution and abandoned buildings

@sfhnnx3

6 ай бұрын

It is not the economic crisis responsible for that. Neither the emigrants. As I remember, last 30 years, that is the situation.

@giorgosg336

6 ай бұрын

@@Vecchioinpensione Illegal immigration made Greeks leave the center of Athens. That's why it looks like this. Additionally, government doesn't care at all.

Spanian if you’re looking to do a graf related video on Athens, you should try get in contact with Jorge Sotirios, the author of “Graffiti over marble”; he’s fluent in English and is very open to showing foreigners around and educating them on the street art culture. The book explains how graffiti in Athens is more politically motivated than places that focus purely on design like New York and Sydney.

@arthurbass5332

6 ай бұрын

@spanion this would be crazy

@KindnessInvokingNetwork

6 ай бұрын

This would be lit, I hope Span sees this

@user-id5fp7df3s

6 ай бұрын

Oh,man is making business,don't interesting about that.

@Adelaide-audits.

6 ай бұрын

That'd be sik bruv!!, keep pushing it 💪

@Adelaide-audits.

6 ай бұрын

​​@@user-id5fp7df3swhat's 1 man's junk, is another's treasure! Don't be a wanker..., ya watching this ain't ya??

Thank God I live in Florida, been here for decades, never seen any Graffiti at all

@theoscharmxo1811

Ай бұрын

You ruin other countries by selling guns and they become poor in order for the USA to be rich

@Harry-tm3ck

Ай бұрын

Thats very dumb take did you not watch the video are you dumb? ​@@theoscharmxo1811

Big up Spanian let’s ogg I’m here before a milly. Give it a year this guy gonna be on 2 milly + 🎉

I was in Athens early 90,s and I was shocked to see the amount of drug problems. I thought they would of been fixed by now but it seems gone worse. Sad I love Greeks and managed to speak the language

@badkarma2428

6 ай бұрын

90% of the addicts are Afghanis and Arabs

@conk6379

5 ай бұрын

Ironically it's a lot better than the 90s

@Pavlos_Charalambous

5 ай бұрын

When it comes to drug abuse we are at a much better better place than the 90s But still a bad place to be..

@Paddy-power

5 ай бұрын

My latest crash is Crete. Love people food culture music and the lifestyle generally. Not to mention the nature and archeology

@nikostheofanidis9970

5 ай бұрын

Drugs are not the only problem, the imigrants are problem also, i think i find 1 greek in the video😂 all of them are from Pakistan Afghanistan and other asian and African countries

Thank you for taking me to the slums of Athens , really enjoyed the tour

I've been on a school trip in athens and we had the hotel right in this hood. It is exactlu as showed in this video. You even walked in front of our hotel lol. Mad respect bro, there had to be like 40 of us to be a bit safe, you are alone tho. Reallt good video. Hope you can make a video of Milan in the future. Much love from Italy ❤🇮🇹

The fact that you discribed Exarchia as they actually be, makes me realise that you have a clearer point of view than many Greeks do. Great video. As a Greek I can confirm that you spoke wisely about my city.

@Hyperborea-pr9ve

3 ай бұрын

The modern Greek (so it seems to me) has somewhat lost his ancestral spirit. Maybe this is just temporary; globalism is dying out (Thank God). Thereafter, a rediscovery of ancestral being may return, & make everything CONSISTENT again.

I lived in Omonia and Exarchia for over a year, i found that the junkies in Omonia mostly stick to themselves, especially if you look like you know where your going. Also usually the Eastern Europeans that run the brothels dont take kindly to recording the buildings, great video brother. I miss Athens, someone get me a Mythos 🫡

@3three3

6 ай бұрын

Why would you ever consider living in Greece. it has been a dump for over 50 years

@CelticTiger333

6 ай бұрын

@@3three3it has nice food, people and weather, could do with cleaning the city a bit to be fair 🤣

@Psychedelic430

6 ай бұрын

@@3three3 for the same reason people coming for vacation and stay here for ever afterwards.

@gregorkrik

6 ай бұрын

@@3three3 Athens has a paradox! City center has left in a shitty form and mostly the good places are in the suburbs. Exactly the opposite from the rest EU countries. Right now the city center is much better that it was 10 years ago. Due to Airbnb & tourism some of the areas in the historical center are upgraded. You should had tried to walk in Monastiraki or Thiseio a decade-15 years ago. It was the same shit and maybe more dangerous comparing to what the video showed.

@cinqbuns

5 ай бұрын

its not the eastern europeans that run the brothels in athens. its the greek police anti-terrorism department. there is a case in the court.

Psychedelics saved me from years of uncontrollable depression, anxiety, and illicit pills addiction. Imagine carving heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone. Believe it or not, in a couple of years they'll be all over for treatment of mental health related issues.

@DeanSteven-qu8xk

5 ай бұрын

yes, that's right, I researched and found out that shrooms are helpful in many ways but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source I can reach out to

@KathrineKassandra

5 ай бұрын

Sporeville... Is pretty commendable and a very intelligent mycologist. He saved my life honestly

@NovakBogoslav

5 ай бұрын

they've helped me a lot as well I'm a war vet diagnosed with PTSD. A lot of issues spun out of control when I came home. This is something i looked up and tried after trying the roller coaster of antidepressants. Day and night difference

@DeanSteven-qu8xk

5 ай бұрын

How do I reach out to him? Is he on Instagram

@KathrineKassandra

5 ай бұрын

Yes, he is, Sporeville.

God bless bro for showing us these video !

Real eye opening with the series, from its all eats to the hard tours of the hoods of the world. Doing a mad job bro keep it up and stay safe.

@user-vp7qt9is4n

6 ай бұрын

he was eating to much bc of all eats, so he chose to walk tru hoods to be healthy

I stayed here with my girlfriend for all of September this year and it’s actually very safe. It’s true that there are junkies openly smoking meth and shooting up heroin on the street, and it’s dirty and there’s a lot of graffiti, but it’s not unsafe like similar looking places in countries like the US or even in France. I’m not sure why, but I was walking around every day and night, to and from the gym, to the shops etc, right by people smoking meth, and never once had anyone even say something to me let alone act threateningly. People seem to keep to themselves and maybe that’s why it isn’t policed, maybe they get to do their thing because they don’t get aggressive with others.

@enlathxaind178

6 ай бұрын

So true. Junkies there will never bother you... they might ask for money but thats it.

@AngelosOlybiakos

5 ай бұрын

I AGREE VERY MUCH BOTH BROTHERS. I LOVE GREECE 🇬🇷

@tyee8760

5 ай бұрын

Very true. Exactly the same for me

@DALTRON666

5 ай бұрын

People strung out and openly smoking meth and other drugs is not normal and is not "Safe". You are too used to it.....thats why you dont see it for the DUMP that it is.

@nm5612

2 ай бұрын

its safe because all those characters are known to the police, they touch anyone, they dont go to jail, The cops will get rid of them the old fashion way.

We travelled to Greece back in 2008 for a family holiday. The internet was so new we weren’t able to do much research about where to stay. Our first stop was Omonia, by day it was tolerable but on my second night there I wanted to go to the corner shop for a gyro and the concierge advised me as a 20 something year old female I should take my male cousins with me and even then it would be a big risk. Watching this video has broken my heart that things haven’t improved but have gotten a lot worse. I disliked even the nicer parts of Athens we stayed in compared to the villages but it’s heartbreaking to see my motherland turn into this 😢

Thank you for making this video.

as a greek,my friend you translated the situation very well there are also other areas that are like that..omonia was always like that but never in that a mess...menidi is far more dangerous to go there its where gypsies deal drugs and its a full blown ghetto..even cops don't go there..subbed 👍

@Maria67Ko

6 ай бұрын

Ναι κ γω ειδα worst europe omonoia κ λεω δεν παιζει οκ ειναι ασχημα αλλα όχι τόσο που να πηγαινε πλατεια βαθης...δεν θελω ποτε να βρεθώ εκεί χωρις αμαξι

@ilikesteakandbacon150

4 ай бұрын

Cops are there everyday.I went a few times with a friend,he had a drug problem,seen the motorcycle cops,Zitades,getting paid by the gypsies!!!

Spanian quickly becoming one of my favourite KZreadrs. Respect from England.

GO TO BERLIN! take certain subways in Berlin lately and you have a similar situation on pretty much every station, ALL DAY! At some stations first thing kids see when they exit a Subway before school is someone shooting up. Those people pretty much live in the subway. Walking around in the trains asking for money, buying from the dealers in the subway stations, shooting up / smoking crack in the subway stations. some of them are in such bad medical condition their smell drives whole subway wagons empty. The situation became terrible over the last years. Very surprisingly so far it does barely lead to violence.

How can you not like this lad his laugh is cool and he just enjoys life by the look off him🎉

Bro i served in the Greek special forces just outside Athens in 1992-93. Omonia use to be the place we would go for coffee or a feed and back then was bad I can imagine it today.. Exarhia yes was always known as a bed area too back in the day.. stay safe bro ✌🏽🇦🇺 great content

@user-id5fp7df3s

6 ай бұрын

Kαποιοι ψεύτες σαν εσένα μόνο κακό μας κάνουν.Συνεχεια περνουσα από εκεί σαν φοιτητής τότε.Δεν ήταν τόσο άσχημα όσο κ λες,κινουμασταν άνετα στο κέντρο.Ειδικες δυνάμεις κ λες τέτοια... Λίγη ντροπη

I stayed at a hostel called Athens Hawk, 3 blocks from the water fountain and honestly felt pretty safe at nights there. Got a madddd haircut for 5€ and the gyros were 2.5€. How good! Street art was hectic too, look out for the smurf.

@ybd1el

6 ай бұрын

When was that? Gyros is about 4€ now :(

@Gafigglethorp

2 ай бұрын

​@@ybd1el στην ομόνοια βρίσκεις ακόμα 2,50€ χαχα

Simple solution to get them to leave this area are “Stadium” lights that consist of multiple lighting fixtures strategically positioned around to provide even illumination across the streets. These fixtures are usually mounted on tall poles or structures surrounding a targeted area. They will disappear pretty quickly these lights are blinding.

Wow. Birth place of many things. Who would have guessed that this would be gong on🙏🏿🙏. Bless

My Mondays are abit more exciting now with your uploads 👍 and your vlogs are an added bonus too,always keen to see what's installed for us,much appreciated brother!!

The difference of Athens compared to the rest of the world is that it is actually SAFE to walk there, these addicts mind their own business. The government knows, the police knows, and they provide specific areas for drug addicts and dealers (of course out of the record). Addicts and dealers are also a way to drop real-estate prices in certain zones, proceed with buying cheap, then gentrify the zones and make them exclusive for high-earners and tourists. Back in 2004 when the Olympics games were held in Athens, all these guys were "moved" to some other locations so that they would not be witnessed by the world until the games were over.

@petertomas3665

6 ай бұрын

Very well said.

@giapata

6 ай бұрын

It's not safe, it's safer than some other ghettos perhaps but it definitely feels worse than it probably is

@innosanto

6 ай бұрын

They dont provide areas, they are just reluctant to get to those areas. Because if they apply security cleanliness and health measures to those areas , there are very strong militarized anarchist and far-leftist movements which are supported by media as well, and police plus the government will be labelled as fascist and against the freedoms and democracy strangely, it is a misconception and mislabelling which gained ground in Greece as an overreaction to the military junta of 1967-1974 (mainly) , the 1980s socialist messaging by goverment secondarily,and the civil war of 1949 thirdly although less so. Also the essense of modern Greek music which is rebetiko has some anti-police songs (since they were Greek refugees and workers in the ports who made the essence of music -- but their issue was only that they smoked weed and so were searched by police not other crimes but the songs bad mouthing the police men remain, after they are mis-interpreted falsely as against all things police. Even the rebetiko singers would be on the side of the police on these occasions)

@silotx

6 ай бұрын

​​​@@innosantoWhat a load of bs , the anarchist neighborhood is exarcheia and it is much safer than any other neighboring neighborhood , the people that live in exarcheia together with anarchists have protested in the past because police were leading the drug dealers in their neighborhood to undermine it and find a reason to raid the place. I have seen with my own eyes and there are multiple photos online of police talking to drug dealers and leading them to anarchist buildings and neighborhoods so they can find a reason to raid them it is a known tactic together with policemen wearing civilian clothes with hoods burning and pillaging again so they can blame the anarchists you don't have to believe me you can Google and see the photos yourself. You can't change the drug addiction problem in the city center by throwing them in jail since jails are full and those people will either die or cause serious commotion in the jail apart from the fact that there is drug dealing inside the jails. The only solution is to help fund the government programs for drug addiction that help those people and then help your own society , deal with the rampant inequalities so people don't have to end up as drug addicts in the first place. As we speak the greek government is trying to undermine the already existing drug addiction programs unifying them into 1 poorly funded one.

@prosorino.name.

6 ай бұрын

police has been moving drug addicts around blocks for decades. No politics involved, just business. If you dont know shit you might also not make comments@@innosanto

These reports are so important, 0 affiliation with any shady organisations, just 100 per cent unbiased journalism.

Lived in Athens last year for Uni on a semester abroad from Ireland, I remember some poor tourist woman asking me at around 8pm once on the metro, how many stops until her hotel... I checked and her hotel was in Omonia had to tell her gently to go straight to her hotel and not walk around too much, a scary spot for someones first day in a new place!

Thanks for giving the world the videos we didn’t know we needed! Been loving these, real interesting

My favourite video yet. My bro and I only 3 months ago walked through Omonia to get to our hotel. It was eye opening to say the least! Incredible how bad Greece has fallen. This is coming from a Greek too.

@vask3863

6 ай бұрын

Luckily, Greece is not Athens. Athenians love to life in a leftist dirty graffiti infested atmosphere, but not the rest of the country. Otherwise, it would have changed to the better all these years.

hey man finding someone that speaks fluent English in Greece shouldn’t be too hard to do! this is my first video of yours to watch and i’m definitely subscribing! hope you get to do a video about the Athens graffiti someday, i’d love to see it

Mean video again bro Keep up the work brother love

Hi Spanian great video again - me and my gf stayed in Omonoia in July and genuinely the sketchiest place we have been. The road behind our hotel was like an episode of the walking dead and people throwing things at our taxi . Our hotel had armed security and the view from our room showed a church that had been overtaken by these junkies. Crack pipes galore . We had to taxi back at night because we were advised it was so unsafe , we even felt in the day it was just as bad. Great vid 🇬🇷🇬🇷

I often walked that whole area back in 1989 with my 9yr old daughter, always felt safe even at night. It was not like this. This is what mass migration and weak governing does to a country. I feel sad for the Greek people.

@girisblaise1949

5 ай бұрын

Stop putting everything on the immigration bro 😂 I went to greece and mostly is was Greek creak head and homeless. Only few black ppl and Indian folks all own restaurants

@girisblaise1949

5 ай бұрын

Crackhead*

Big Respect you man from Finland 👍

I’m there just one hour ago, absolutely like you described and showed in the video , randomly I walked there , when I search online about this neighbourhood, I just realised what an area I just been 😅

The only KZread content I look forward too seeing, from Birmingham UK 👌 keep going Spanian

I’ve walked around this area many times at night. Grateful I’ve been to not just Athens but many Cyclades too around Greece 🇬🇷 twice now for months. I didn’t watch the video but I felt 1000 times more safe in even the most sketchiest parts of Athens than I do in many places in the U.S. I love Greece., definitely one of my favorite countries and people.

@MickDoesStuff

6 ай бұрын

Yeah I went through Mexico in 2009 and felt much more safe than I did in many parts of the US on the same trip.

@londonsounds6212

6 ай бұрын

Its a safe area just sketchy, but safe for tourists

@seadoomania

6 ай бұрын

Any good brothels lad ?

@eli9826

6 ай бұрын

I stayed here over night in 2012, just after the Olympics. Truth be told we only stayed here because it was close to the port to travel to the Islands the next day. I have to say this was an eye opener, our taxi driver advised us to be very careful. Soon as we arrived we saw some dude shoot heroin in his genitals & had woman soliciting their services during the middle of the day. After we checked in the hotel, the four of us blokes (mid 20s at the time) decided to go for a walk in the area. Soon after we were being followed so we decided to head straight back to the hotel until check out. This video just brought back some memories but every country has its rough parts hey. Outside of this experience I've always loved my travels to Greece, can't wait to go back.

@niccreasey1941

6 ай бұрын

@@eli9826my taxi said the exact same thing 😂 it is very sketchy at night but more or less harmless during the day Would never go out alone as a female in that area however

Always with the banger vids Spanian, keep crushing it brother 🤙

Keep doing what ye doing brother make me day these videos

I live in Albuquerque New Mexico. Just st found your channel.. I'm hooked!!!🎉💟

This is the future of every city, it's only a matter of time.

Am watching this from Greece while walking right next to Omonoia at night lmao. Your video made the news in Greece btw

Hey spanian !,love yourwork man. Iwasthere about a month ago 😮 and it really freaked me out .Your reaction made me realisehow real that was eh heavy scene there no jokes

Hi dude, thanks for this great video. I am german and live many years in Athens- the city of big contrasts, but also very beautiful ❤ The worst places are the streets behind platia theatrou - it is very sad

@Dimi_trouli

6 ай бұрын

Menandrou and geraniou streets

BEST INTRO AND DEFINITELY MY NEW FAVORITE SERIES, DOPE MAN STAY SAFE AND KEEP THEM COMING!!! 🔥🔥

I lived in Victoria (very close to Omonia) for almost 6 months in 2017. I can truly say I walked through Omonia, and I never experienced something bad. I heard that Exarchia was dangerous at that time, but I visited there also 2 years ago, and it was pretty okay. Never experienced any problem.

Bro you've got more guts than me ya wouldn't catch me in any of theas gettos. I seen the one ya did in cable town , great stuff bruv keep em coming 👍💯🇦🇺

That underground cafe is called Diporto… hektik home style Greek food 👌👌

Crazy video spanian! just a suggestion, since these videos are cut down heaps, can you upload extra uncut footage of these hood tours on your 2nd channel. It’s just so interesting to see more of what you’re showing!! Just an idea

For anyone curious, the sound and air coming from the vent at 7:51 was from the metro, the underground train of the city. There's two lines connecting in Omonoia right there so it's one of the busiest stations in Athens. I'm Greek, I don't even live in Athens (though I've visited many many times) and the situation is pretty much a well known fact among all of us. We know not to walk through Omonoia at night, especially alone, unless completely necessary. It has been so normalized for us that it honestly was very important to see your reaction to it because, yes, having people do drugs right in the middle of a busy street is very much not normal, and it's a direct result of a declining and uncaring government.

love ya work bro

Here an insight from someone living in Athens who had to go through the centre for years every day and that also worked at night during the weekends as a photographer and I had to work in these ppaces with equipment to get to various venues. Omonia is a pretty safe place for males throughout the day and 80% of it is safe at night too. Females are not as safe moving around especially on alleyways with not many people and at night they need to be in groups of more than 3 to have the basic safety to move around the necessary roads. The issue with omonia is the interactions you get with junkies and hobos at night and the very rare jumps you can get at night (i have never got jumped there but 1/3 three people who go regularly there at night will have one story of them getting jumped). Omonia is just a drug hub for the centre of Athens and a few years ago during the economical crisis you would see people shooting shots everywhere even on Syntagma (the starting point of the video with all the tourists) in bright light. Metaksourgio has two hoods, both used to be dangerous but now the one is filled with wineries and small late night restaurants. The other half where the brothels are is where things get dangerous. Everywhere you step there, there are syringes on the floor, fights break out randomly on the streets, women from brothels rarely come out to call you in, in the few wrong alleyways you ate a danger for the junkies and thus you are in danger too, way too many abandoned demolished houses that become hubs for hobbos. There is also the area around the train station where lots of burglaries can happen, the street are mostly full of Pakistanis and Bangladeshi people, who they are harmless but the issue is that they wont do anything if you get jumped on or if someone try to pick up a fight with you, they are too scared to do anything. There is also Menidi. Before i get to Menidi i need to explain the situation with Exarhia. Exharia is a commune of anarchist and sometimes communists people, there are a lot of stores there and the street even though can be full of sketchy people are actually safe. Exarchia is a wannabe Christiania, it is not a fully self governed place and it's just that government doesn't care too much to break it apart, it isn't worth it. Police is incompetent to do anything in small numbers and in big numbers they will be reported by media and the rest, so they are carefull when and what they do in groups because the greek police is under numerous scrutinies and they are completely from anyone under 45. Also Exarhia is simply safe, outside of communities nothing significantly bad takes place there. Menidi is a Roma self governed area, completely impenetrable by both police and military, absolute anarchism without any anarchist ideologies. Lawless state within a state where drugs are running wild and it is an absolute no no for everyone but the Romas. The ony people who go there are people that buy drugs and they are trusted by the Romas. Athens is a shithole for the most part and Greece as a whole is defined by Athens. I am not going to defend the rest of Greece because anything positive said for them would overun the negatives and the negatives are urgent. So i genuinely prefer to call Greece as a whole a shithole for the people that don't care to go the extra route to find the good elements.

@MrIzo56

6 ай бұрын

I've still yet to see any of these youtubers that go to ghetto places go to Menidi... Must be a total fucking absolute shithole.

@user-id5fp7df3s

6 ай бұрын

This is about your propaganda.

@gaarakabuto1

6 ай бұрын

@@user-id5fp7df3s if you feel there is any propaganda then let people know what's exactly misleading at the end of the day this is a video mostly catered to foreigners. I have lived in Athens since I was born, I lived through the big economic crisis, I was part of a middle to low income family, I grew with many immigrants since my area was primarily filled with immigrants' kids and I worked at night since 2018. At school I had quite a few people that were part of communities of minor crimes. All these are from my experience being actively there and also actively interacting with the people. So yeah this is my side of the "story" if you will.

@MrIzo56

6 ай бұрын

Wat?@@user-id5fp7df3s

@apopisso6302

6 ай бұрын

Has this been translated? I’m having trouble understanding. Where are you from, photographer?

I went Athens in 2022 on a solo trip I went there to paint so spent quite some time around at night normally coming back around 1-2am to my hotel. The drug usage was generally out in the open but down side streets when I arrived it was happening during the day and night it was a shock on arrival when first exploring. I saw my first drug alley whilst I was there, at one point there was an addict walking around with a large wooden plank with large spikes and nails in it and this was around 12 in the afternoon which was fucked but you have to walk past like anywhere else stand your ground but be ready to bolt. From what I saw and experienced they keep themselves to themselves. But if you love graffiti SPECIFICALLY not street art then this is a stop you have to make, for the majority of my trip the people were nice, the women were beautiful and friendly and the food was fantastic you won't find a better Gyros and the cigarettes were dirt cheap around 1.50 euro for a 10 deck. It isn't a city for the faint hearted if you're not from a city or have lived a sheltered life this isn't the place for you but if you have an open mind and spend enough time to explore you will fall in love with the city no doubt.

@Maria67Ko

6 ай бұрын

We are happy you like Athens where are you come from?

@kk-gg6hs

6 ай бұрын

if you dont mind me asking? what did you came here to paint?

I’m Greek but I live in the Netherlands for 11 years now and I’m so grateful the circumstances gave me the opportunity (with a lot of work as well) to leave from there!!! I appreciate my life now even more 😮 Although in Greece someone should be afraid of the police, once it’s them that beat the people around 😂

Thank you brother,I ve been living in Athens for 13 years and never seen this area. Many people will pass by Omonia but not those streets...

I forgot to do my research when I visited Athens in July and ended up staying at a hotel in Omonoia. Walking through the streets made me super uneasy even though nobody even looked my way. Sad to see the areas that are neglected by politicians.

@mkuser7296

5 ай бұрын

What was the hotel? Was it as bad as the rest of the area?

@elizabethaustin9276

3 ай бұрын

It’s the same in England with dirty streets and litter everywhere, the migrants get better treatment than our homeless . Our government doesn’t care

What the hell is happening to Europe? That's so frightening and sad. Greece, France, Germany, Sweden - each of these countries have some kind of really serious problems with drugs, illegal immigrants and homelessness. How will our countries look like in 10-20 years?

@cabaneseric4653

6 ай бұрын

worst

@Pepestock

6 ай бұрын

Islam, it destroys everything it touches

@evannewyork3281

6 ай бұрын

@@cabaneseric4653 keep bringing all that garbage in

@georgepol3758

6 ай бұрын

These people end up in this state for varius reasons. No country in the world has a proper plan, or the will to solve this problem. I don't know where you are from, but one difference I've noticed between US and Europe is that Americans treat these people like they're the problem. Being homeless in NYC is almost considered a crime. They punish them and feel cleaner while imprisoning or killing them. In Europe we do not help them either. But we also don't try to hide them in prisons. We just admit we're useless and let this problem grow bigger pretending it's no one's fault. Anyways. You asked whats happening? We all fucking suck. That's what's happening.

@VVIIFINEST

6 ай бұрын

Zionists is what is the problems and Americans. No massive wars and killing millions and leaving millions displaced of those of families. Then look behind who is leaders in European mitigation? Same ppl started wars. They want this to happen to start a war. Yes bad Islamic, bad Africans, bad Greeks tho. It's not just one religious group. It's elites and their easy if divide and conquer. Worse slow drug addicted ppl, divided ppl & more are the easiest to control. Please I hope people look into it more. Yes immigration is a problem a half Greek sad to see. But if these elites that sway governments both sides and use them as puppets to start wars this wouldn't be as bad. It's so many reasons and if look to top It's not Islamic, Muslims etc. It's Zionist Elites and 1% of elites if this world. Just wait till we get to agenda30 and 2025 to 2030 when next pandemica start and race wars. It's coming get set. But be United with the people not hatred and divided!

I was living in Ecarchia during 2001-2007 pre and post Olympic games in 2004.Because of the Olympic games the center in 2004 was clean and beautiful,was the years that Exarxhia really changed in this that you described in the video very well.Previously was not like this ,was really dangerous the locals have been said to me.Also in Omonoia the square was reconstructed these years for the games and was really good ans safe and clean.After 2004 and especially after the economical crisis in 2009 came the chaos in Omonoia. The good news are that Exarchia are getting better and better, there are many fights with the police like you said but nothing else

This video reminded me of my trip in Athens and the hostel I've booked - in Omonia ofc. I arrived late at night, just me a 18 years old girl without having any idea about this area... I'm shocked now watching it.

Lived there for 6 months as a trainee. Shit is straight up wild, makes one think on the differences within Europe NGL. Got pursued, harassed, had a young girl ask me for fire for her crack pipe and shit, you really have to keep your wits about you there. Passing through shouldn't be an issue most of the time, but don't move there if you're not street smart. I'd go as far as to say don't move there if you're a woman, period.

@innosanto

6 ай бұрын

Make no mistake, Greece in a huge crisis and bankrupt a decade now. Will take another 10-20 years for this.

@herculesspeed.

6 ай бұрын

​@@innosantoδεν παίζει ρόλο η κρίση , στην πλειοψηφία τους οι Έλληνες έχουν λεφτά από παλαιά και μάλιστα πολλοί από γενιά σε γενιά κληρονομούν σπίτια και λεφτά , έτσι είναι δομημένο μεγάλο μέρος της Ελληνικής κοινωνίας, το φαινόμενο αυτό της Αθήνας είναι λογικό αφού μαζεύτηκαν τόσοι πολλοί και ειδικά όλοι αυτοί οι μετανάστες είτε νόμιμοι η παράνομοι ....Μεγάλο μέρος της Ελληνικής επαρχίας στην ενδοχώρα και στα νησιά έχει υψηλό οικονομικό υπόβαθρο με καλύτερες προδιαγραφές σε όλη την διαβίωση του , μέχρι και στα ναρκωτικά θα πάρουν καλή ποιότητα κόκας η κάνναβης ....

I live in Athens since 2018, in fact you also showed one of the roads where I have a music studio. The reality is very sad in the centre of Athens, there are many drug addicts and homeless people, this is down to the lack of worry and corruption from the goverment, I would say that Athens is safe, you simple do not go in places where you could be in trouble, generally speaking I only had one bad experience where a kid(not Greek) tried to steal something from my bag but besides that if you're not looking for trouble, nothing will happen to you. Greece in general is one of the safest ocuntries in the planet but like any big city in the world, Athens has that dark and sad side. Thanks for the videos, love em' and I can relate to them too.

i walked through here when we were on a family vacation in greece & i literally saw a guy with two nubs for arms shooting up. it’s right in the middle of athens around the touristy stuff so it was just surprising to see. def a hard place to walk through, just from the smell itself & i’m pretty used to seeing things like that being from st. louis. the area reminded me of kensington in pennsylvania too !!

Love ya work. Keep the great content coming bro.

If you want to go to actual hood of Athens you should go to Menidi,Ano Liosia or Zefyri those are cartel hood areas super dangerous ,Omonoia is just a center ghetto area.Also a fact about Greece is that it is the only country in the world other than latin American countries that is controlled by druglords

@user-od9zy7pn2i

6 ай бұрын

You want him to die or something? There are violent gypsies and russian/slavic/pontioi there that wouldnt have a big issue with that. At the very least they will beat the crp out of him, and no footage left. If he doesnt have local friend/s to be accepted in there with controlled footage then he SHOULDN'T go there. He should keep going upwards from omonoia towards patisia, attiki, metaksourgeio, especially plateia vathis and all around it, just be more prepared to fight and defend cause there at night too few non criminal people walk the streets and its not junkies thats the biggest issue.. Gangs of illegal-made-legal immigrants are more active there because they are the 50% of the population in patisia currently . So a white man with a camera will have an issue at somepoint at night but won't die probably. Theyll surely follow him though.

@maryts.6046

5 ай бұрын

You really don't know what you saying. I live in Menidi and honestly is seams like paradise in front of omonoia and Athens center. I never walked in Athens center alone as a woman but in Menidi I can walk alone till 12 at night and be safe, there's people with dogs, kids, stores and normal people in general. Yes they are gypsies but they are in Zefyri, the city next to menidi and ano liosia. They are drug addicts but they're hidden well, not like omonoia street and of course way less

@maryts.6046

5 ай бұрын

Also pontioi and Slavic people are good people with families and homes, most of the times they protect us from gypsies

@bluemango3692

5 ай бұрын

@@maryts.6046 Menidi might not be as bad as Omonoia but Ano Liosia and Zefyri are way more dangerous

@notyourbusiness3899

3 ай бұрын

Albania.

Bravo Aussie you discovered you’re meaning in life 😂

He started confident and ended traumatised, mad respect for him to walk alone with a camera in the middle of omonoia

This whole series is amazing. Such an eye opener to so many people. Crazy that alot of these countries are HUGE tourism places too. Aus isn't perfect but man it makes you really appreciate it here. If you showed me this and told me i was anywhere in Europe i would've been shocked before your video

5 years ago we went to Athens as a school excursion. The agency we went with put us in a hotel right in the Omonia hood. First hand impressions were already scary. We only went out as groups with atleast 5 of us through the square full of junkies and criminals at night. Even during the day, there a was a shooting right beneath our hotel rooms. Glad nothing bad happened, but definitely a scarier place in Europe.

@keepitstylah9750

6 ай бұрын

Nah what a shitty agency to put you there 🤣

@spaniardsrmoors6817

6 ай бұрын

Nice agency you should have sued.

@elef951

6 ай бұрын

The agency should be closed

@Alexander-vo4gv

5 ай бұрын

This is literally the exact same thing that happened with me! I went on a school trip to Athens a year ago for a model United Nations conference, and we for some reason decided to stay in omonoia. Literally right outside my hotel room were like 3 blokes who shot up heroin. Honestly the worst place I've ever been

@aless6695

5 ай бұрын

literally this exact thing happened to me n my classmates THIS YEAR

You are VERY BRAVE, mate! Not EVEN us, the local Greek Athenians, we DON'T DARE to go to Omonoia after sunset!!!! I was going in High School few streets from Omonoia-center (when I was 16+ years old) and I was staying after school to play some pool in nearby stores, drink few beers, etc... ...and I was returning back to my flat late at night, no problem at all BACK THEN (at '80s)!!! Now???... I had to go to Omonoia late afternoon (around 19.00 o' clock) and I was SO SCARE from what I saw all over Omonoia and nearby streets!!!! Next time, try to go to EXARHEIA suburb! Also another favorite place in my youth... now NOT EVEN NOON you dare to go there, it looks like you visit... Baghdad's center!!!! Except FEW local Greek shop owners, ALL the rest (many many) people you'll meet are ARAB illegal immigrants!!!! ΤΗΕ 90% THE PEOPLE you shot in the streets (in your video) are NOT EVEN GREEKS!!!! Just take a close look to them... the 90% of them are illegal immigrants!!!! At least me (a Greek) I can EASILY see and understand "who is who". Those doors with "Open" sign or "Welcome" or red lights etc. you showing in your video (13:00 and after), they are... what else, cheep BROTHEL houses!!!

Disgraceful. My impression of Athens was severely damaged by the litter, literal human waste on the pavements, the drug addicts and crazy traffic. No peace, just filth and overcrowdedness. I couldn't bear another second in that city.

Loving the content span giving us a look of all this shit round the world it’s hectic

By the looks of it, this was pretty early in the night time. The true picture is revealed well after midnight. Around 2am you dont really dare walk these parts. You were either lucky or smart visiting at what i assume was like 20-22pm at most. Most shops are still open and there is a decent amount of people walking around and even police at this time. If you really want to see whats going on and you have it in you, visit the same streets after 2am, with some better lighting on you. You (still) have no idea mate.

@Tina_Anton

5 ай бұрын

Indeed, even around 10pm its getting way more crowded, drug addicts almost stacked on top of each other, not to mention the tents

The bus that takes me to Athens from my home in the Attica suburbs finishes its route right up in those alleys in Omonoia. The things I've seen, the people that have mistaken me for a prostitute, the times ive encountered people who clearly need help that i alone cant provide. Its all very unfortunate for my generation. We all know Omonoia is a no go zone, especially at night. Some of my friends have never even been there because of how notorious the place is. My parents and i, because we commute there often for both work and university, have seen it all at least once. Its worse than you think and you always have to keep a low profile. Dont look too much for too long, avoid small streets, try to stay near the streets with bus schedules, hide your phone, keep your mind on trying to get out of those places as soon as possible if you find yourself there and look out for the yellow light streets late at night in those neighborhoods. Sure, they hold a very beautiful urban aesthetic in the right, safer neighborhoods, but they don't guarantee your safety in others, instead they diminish it. Avoid those parts of Athens. Only with a guide, or with enough experience, should you attempt to step into areas like this guy did. And yet it still is NEVER a good idea to walk these streets, be it day or night. Just skip that part of Athens. You have nothing to gain but a reality check for our country's capital.

@271byron

5 ай бұрын

Κατσε στα ΒΠ εσυ με το γκομενο σου και ασε μας εμας που ζουμε στο κεντρο να το χαιρομαστε.

@idklol318

2 ай бұрын

η αθήνα είναι πολύ ωραία. Μόνο έχει αυτή τη περιφέρεια που είναι έτσι, όμως αυτή τη περιφέρεια είναι τόσο άσχημα. Την ημέρα δεν έχει καθόλου κόσμος είναι. κ το σάββατο μεσημέρι είναι έτσι. πήγαινω εκεί για Φρούτα κ βιβλία. Μόνο μια φορά (με παρέα) πήγα τη νύχτα κ είναι ποσό άσχημο όπως δείχνει εδώ. φάινεται την ημέρα ότι κακά πράγματα θα γίνουν τη νύχτα.

Spanian I went exactly here back in August this year and I agree with the video 100%. I have dozens of photos of needles and saw people doing many different substances on the streets even during the middle of the day. Was crazy

As a Greek Aussie from Sydney, I'm sad to see what my country has become :(

@londonsounds6212

6 ай бұрын

Omonia been like this 20 years. Very sad

@DC-rc7bb

6 ай бұрын

its every city in the world, its a run down druggie area

@Leojw10

6 ай бұрын

​@@londonsounds6212its a small area tho where tourists shop at

@londonsounds6212

6 ай бұрын

@@Leojw10 its a night time only scene, its the non shopping area mainly small immigrant shops. It is safe though they dont bother you theyre high but not the robbing type of druggies

@plonss

6 ай бұрын

As a regular visitor to the country I can assure you that this not representative for the rest of the country. Besides this drugs scene in Athens existed already 30 years ago, I don't know why it is tolerated. As a native from Amsterdam, where this was very bad in the 1980s, I immediately recognise the characteristics.

Welcome to Greece. The situation here in Athens is really bad and I hope it will get better. Have fun brother and stay safe.

@user-nz5wf3qm5y

6 ай бұрын

Δίκιο Έχει Δυστυχώς Η Πρωτεύουσα Είναι Ένα Μπουρδέλο