My wife and I just walked those same streets - AT NIGHT! We stayed at a nice hotel near the river and decided to walk north to dinner before sunset. I told her we needed to find a different street to walk back after dinner and we picked an even worse street! Open drug usage and dealing along each block. At least the people all seemed to be more interested in getting high than bothering us. The next day we waked south, across the river into a really nice area of the city. I would recommend a cab or Uber to anyone who is not comfortable with sharing sidewalks with such conditions.

@ToGoIsToKnow

8 ай бұрын

Yes, it is a shame to see people living like this.

I have seen same type of people in my last visit end of July 2023 but not in 2002 in my first visit, but train station is really impressive and tidy except confusing train timetables. Even some locals do not know which is right platform to wait for your train

@ToGoIsToKnow

8 ай бұрын

It is a little confusing. There is an information booth which is helpful.

I walked those streets back around between 1978 to 1981 when I was stationed there and it was pretty much the same ...I really miss Frankfurt I had a lot of fun there

@ToGoIsToKnow

3 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks for commenting. I did not know this area has been bad that far back.

Just exited the train station and walked towards my hotel, I wasn't bothered but this truly caught me off guard

I pull into the train station tomorrow. Awesome

Anyone in Germany will tell you that Frankfurt/Crackfurt is disgustingly close to the train station, but it's not nearly as fked up as some of the train stations in our friends across the atlantic ^^

@christinmeyer1095

10 ай бұрын

Ich bin nach dem Abi regelmäßig nach Frankfurt gefahren, weil ich dort studieren wollte. Es gab natürlich schon immer Drogenabhängige. Das gibt es in jeder Stadt. Come to Hamburg and we'll talk again

@chris_kaos

10 ай бұрын

@@christinmeyer1095 Hamburg ist da um einiges besser dran. Zum Glück. Das ist wirklich schlimm. Sowas habe ich sonst auch nur in San Francisco wahrgenommen. Skid Row Los Angeles soll auch so sein oder in Philadelphia.

@christinmeyer1095

9 ай бұрын

@@chris_kaos Ich weiss das es in Frankfurt ist schlimm i War es damals auch schon. Aber ist es wirklich sooviel schlimmer geworden? Wenn man in Hamburg an der falschen Seite am Hauptbahnhof rauskommt ist es auch schlimm.

@leahflower9924

5 ай бұрын

​@@chris_kaosyes Philadelphia is pretty bad I've been to Pittsburgh believe it or not Pittsburgh is much nicer

@igorelymov1284

2 ай бұрын

@@christinmeyer1095Not in all countries, in Russia I’ve never seen drug addicts nowhere near railway stations and I’ve been to Novosibirsk, Kazan, Rostov, Sochi etc, wish your country all the best though, hope you guys can deal with this problem 🙏🏼

Thank you! this is so helpful- I am flying to frankfort on saturday for the NFL game

@ToGoIsToKnow

8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Dude, I was stationed in Frankfurt 1981-1983 when I was in the army. That area is not going downhill. It's been sketchy going back to my time living there.

@ToGoIsToKnow

13 күн бұрын

Thank you for your comment. Some other people stationed around there in the 1980s said something similar. I guess it is like Times Square. It has always been a shady area.

Is O'Reilly's Irish Pub still open across from the Main train station?

@elliotfinnie5013

Ай бұрын

Yes

Thank you very much, this video will help me a lot before my flight to Frankfurt.

@ToGoIsToKnow

7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I'm going to be traveling solo to Frankfurt this summer. Is there a way to see if the area of my hotel is somewhat safe?

@ToGoIsToKnow

4 ай бұрын

If it is near the train station in this video, it is not great. If you are not out late at night, you should be okay.

@matobendra7108

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

We have 7 hours layover in Frankfurt , can some one suggest a better place to vist for couple of hours to feel the Frankfurt

@ToGoIsToKnow

3 ай бұрын

Not too far from the train station is a shopping area and also you have the river which is nice. It is not all like this. I did another video of the shopping area.

@youwanttoknowmyname9258

3 ай бұрын

@@ToGoIsToKnow thank you

What is this area so we do not stay there and can it be avoided if your taking public transportation to just see frankfurt

Hi! Going to take train from Berlin to Frankfurt next year. We just want to stay one day in Frankfurt to explore. Can you suggest a hotel in Frankfurt close to train station? Is it safe to just take a cab to hotel?

@ToGoIsToKnow

9 ай бұрын

It is safe to walk from the train station to a hotel close by in the day time.

@br78910

4 ай бұрын

Try Limehome. It’s a self checkin apartment hotel.

I stayed in a hotel near the Train Station last weekend and it certainly is ropey at best. No one confronted me and as a 40 year old male I felt ok but the video is pretty accurate and there are some worse streets around Hbf. I didn't see any trouble but it is a little intimidating.

@ToGoIsToKnow

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

Few years back I've walked this area at late evening. It is Cyberpunk video game in real !

@ToGoIsToKnow

3 ай бұрын

Yes, very sketchy.

honsetly I thought it would have been pretty bad. This is like a better than average walk in Vancouver Canada. Just search Chinatown/east Hastings Vancouver

And I'm traveling to Frankfurt by myself for the first time. I'm freaking out now. Still trying to find a hotel. Where is the exact location for this again?

@ToGoIsToKnow

4 ай бұрын

It is not all like this, just around the train station.

I live in Brazil and I'm afraid to be in a hotel near this train station, lol.. Yes, my country sucks (regarding violence) but I'm afraid. I'm thinking about to visit Hamburg instead.

Take a walk down Hollywood Blvd in Los Angels.. it’s the same.. any major city’s down town will have trash and e street folk

@ToGoIsToKnow

13 күн бұрын

Unfortunately, many big cities have areas like this.

@xeon_girl777

12 күн бұрын

I think Frankfurt is way safer than LA

One of the things of Germany though, you will not get robbed with weapons like in the United States or Latin America. Europe is safe, no matter what you want to say, compared to America it is super safe.

@vaporware666

18 күн бұрын

Not for women lol

@ToGoIsToKnow

13 күн бұрын

So instead of getting shot like in the US, you get stabbed?

@xeon_girl777

12 күн бұрын

@@ToGoIsToKnow the probability of gettin stabbed is much higher in America than any place of europe

Looks pretty tame (to me) compared to the streets in Philadelphia, LA, Seattle or Portland.

It looks normal to me

Nothing new, it was like that back in 1985.

Thank you for posting this! I missed my connecting flight in Frankfurt this past summer and thought it'd be a good idea to walk around the city for a while. I was encountered by endless blocks of what you've shown here. Upon returning home I was having a hard time explaining to my friends how shitty the experience had been without exaggerating, but now I got proof!

@chris_kaos

10 ай бұрын

This is only around the Central Train Station (Bahnhofsviertel/Red Light District) which is 1 square Kilometer in SIze and the rest of the City is around 240 square Kilometers.

@chrisvldz

9 ай бұрын

This like when people think Times Square is all of New York City

@ToGoIsToKnow

8 ай бұрын

Yes, it is bad but mostly around the train station. There are a lot of nice areas in Frankfurt.

@br78910

4 ай бұрын

You cannot generalise things about Frankfurt. I would say, the area around the Hauptbahnhof are the only ones that make you feel unsafe. But cops are always around, so I have never felt unsafe as a woman mostly travelling alone. Just 800 meters from here is where I live in a place called Westend Sud in downtown Frankfurt, right next to the Messeturm. It’s like the diplomatic quarters with consulates and other main buildings. You will see that these areas close to the Hauptbahnhof are really beautiful.

@treeburger

2 ай бұрын

"Endless blocks" means you didn't even walk for like 1 subway station. The station is not the city center.

Walked there a week ago, someone was doing crack in the middle of the day. but no one was bothering me. There was a different story when i took my camera out and took a few shots of a station and some trams. Some guy on a bike started saying something to me in german which i didn't understand, i said that i don't speak german, but he just continued, so i walked away. A girl walking past said that he is saying that i shouldn't shoot people without permission. I think this has nothing to do with what i shoot, but he just saw a camera and saw it as an opportunity to scare me or scam me or whatever. I didn't take my camera out in that area anymore to avoid unnecessary bullshit.

@hineinindeinsein3362

Ай бұрын

She was right. Nearly no one in Germany likes that. There is a law, that it´s forbidden to shoot photos without permission of the other person. That has nothing to do with that area.

@JumisVisuals

Ай бұрын

@@hineinindeinsein3362 She was just translating what he said even though i didn't shoot a single person

@hineinindeinsein3362

Ай бұрын

@@JumisVisuals It was his fear.

@ToGoIsToKnow

13 күн бұрын

Yeah, the drug addicts got angry when they saw I walked past them with my video camera.

That’s the red light district, pal. A lot of johns and drug addicts hang around over there. It’s not a good place to be but it’s unlikely that someone will jump you during the day unless you interact with the people hanging around there. I wouldn’t walk around at night, though.

I was there in Frankfurt 2012 it was still kind of rough, but, compared to tent villages in every city of the US with gangs, psycho meth heads roaming, no comparison.

@ToGoIsToKnow

8 ай бұрын

LA and SF are worse for sure.

@fatihkoy8095

Ай бұрын

Frankfurt is Haevy

@xeon_girl777

12 күн бұрын

@@fatihkoy8095 nah

So scary, omg Just like a scary movie!)

For the people that doesn't know. Germany have way more homeless people total and per 1000 than the USA. In fact most European countries homeless problems are worse than in America. The US actually have one of the lowest rates at 16 per 10000. Way lower than Germany's 31.4

@ToGoIsToKnow

Ай бұрын

I would not have guessed that.

@TylerDurden-td2yg

28 күн бұрын

Where did you get the numbers from?

@eddiec5202

28 күн бұрын

@@TylerDurden-td2yg From the Global Homeless statistics website. I don't know if I can send you the link this way, I think KZread doesn't allow that

@TylerDurden-td2yg

28 күн бұрын

@@eddiec5202 Interesting. Will check that out, thanks.

Is it dangerous would be the better title.

I have been, this place is magical, there's such an incredible chill on these streets and attitude of nit giving fu.. whatever. Crazy city the most atmospheric City I have ever been to

@ToGoIsToKnow

13 күн бұрын

It's chill because many people are on dope or tranq. It is not magical, it is depressing and sad like in many major cities.

Just book hotel in this area! Mercure.. i will travel with kids and infant! Why i didn’t see your video first.

Lol. Thats nothing compared to most big cities in America.

I lived in Dusseldorf near the HBF and always felt safe. Would rather live there than around the Maga people in more rednecked parts of America.

@ToGoIsToKnow

Ай бұрын

Sounds like you have never been to the US.

@user-or6yn8pm3c

Ай бұрын

@@ToGoIsToKnow Yes I have lived in the US. Dusseldorf is ranked among the most livable cities on Earth. There aren't any American cities in the top 20. Most of America if you dont own a car you are screwed. The subway in NYC is disgusting but at least that is an alternative to driving. You cherry picked a sketchy part of Frankfurt to push baloney on your channel. Frankfurt is actually a nice city but very expensive.

It looks pretty normal to me

Philadelphia... Kensington Avenue... the same 😒

@ToGoIsToKnow

Ай бұрын

That is the scary part. Some of the side streets look like Kensington with the Tranq zombies. I am not kidding. I did not feel safe videoing them at night in case they saw me.

Looks like a typical US city

@brixen0623

5 ай бұрын

I ended up here because I was talking with someone about the similarities is has with Philadelphia. And it definitely looks damn near the same.

@xeon_girl777

12 күн бұрын

@@brixen0623 Philadelphia is worse obviously

I agree with you ...bad experience in Frankfurt

@ToGoIsToKnow

8 ай бұрын

I actually liked Frankfurt in the other areas and along the river. I just want to warn people about staying around the train station.

Gard du nord station in Paris is worse

@ToGoIsToKnow

13 күн бұрын

I believe you.

Please don't tell non sense things: there aren't scary places in Germany.

@LukasWagner-ox4ku

5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

You are so brave...you have saved me a trip to frankfurt i wanted to make...i was going to stay in city centre planning to shop eat out...cant believe this is frankfurt germany... Thank you so much for making this video which helps people to think carefully before visiting here...

@ToGoIsToKnow

9 ай бұрын

I would not say you should not visit. Just stay away from the area of the train station. There are some very nice areas of Frankfurt also.

@br78910

4 ай бұрын

Actually most areas are safe here. I am a woman who sometimes have to go to the grocery stores in the Kaiser Strasse. As long as you’re walking in broad daylight and just finish up your tasks and not loitering around, you will be fine. I had to even visit the Vodafone store right there at around 8pm. These creeps were there. But they didn’t even bother us.

Visit Poland. There is very safe and clean!

@ToGoIsToKnow

13 күн бұрын

I did. Poland is very nice.

I walked through this shithole with my wife and son not knowing that it was this bad. This is a disgrace for Germany. Get it cleaned up!

@ToGoIsToKnow

3 ай бұрын

It is a shame that some German area are looking like Detroit or Philly.

An American looking for confirmation of his prejudices. And certainly not speaking a word of German

@ToGoIsToKnow

13 күн бұрын

I call it as I see it. I also did a video on nicer parts of Frankfurt. I don't need to speak German to see what is in front of my eyes. I say the same thing in NYC. Don't shoot the messenger.

It looks good

Beautiful Europe is dead 💔

🤮🤮🤮🤮

Swiss the best

Western world is falling quickly

The European dusk.

No is not!

Absolutely disgusting city.

@ToGoIsToKnow

3 ай бұрын

Not all of it. There are nice areas too. I did a video of that as well.

Toronto is worse

It is the culture. It is the color. Im not native german. It makes no sense to lie.

Frankfurt “ahm Mein” … it was seedy before 2015, but definitely now thanks to failed immigration policies.

6:18

@molonlabe9602

4 ай бұрын

Looked like a pick pocket on the right in the blue.

frankfurt and philladelphia nummer 1 drugepedemie states not normal