I wanna know where you are from there are no people and places like this? Every country has a side like this! I am Greek and this is our country with good and bad things like everywhere in this world! So you could not came again if you didn’t like it 👍🏻🤝

Go to Dubai and let others to appreciate the majesty of Acropolis, the museums ,Plaka , Lycavetos ,syntagma square, the parliament the nightlife ,the Greek Kitchen,the sunny days . It offers so many interesting things that you can do .They also can visit the temple of Poseidon at Sounio . It's a five million city and you walked into the blocks that live Refugees. I agree to some locations it could be better but every big city has it's good and bad side . I hope next time you visit Athens be more pleasant and positive .

Are u kidding me? Something happened to u and now you're saying that Greece is the worst country ever? And Athens the worst city? I'm Greek i live in Athens and i can tell you that it's a very beautiful city with very beautiful places to visit. Greece it's the most beautiful country for me Don't mess with Greeks

I was in Athens and I live in Berlin. We have also lots of shit there. I love Athens and find the way present it very superficial.

Lol come here to los Angeles,you can walk 2min from the celebrity mansions and you'll see homeless people taking drugs and shitting in the streets

The title and approach of the video is unreal .It has targeted shots. In every big city you will find such places . We do not hide them in the back cities for the eyes of tourism like Istanbul for example .Its true that in the center of Athens you will see such contrasts (from a glorious history to the social contradictions).it is true that it has several homeless people .But Athens Attica is an unlimited place with many places to see !Also the entertainment options are innumerable 24h/day .Unlimited options to enjoy everything you desire everywhere when in other cities everything is dead after 21:00 .Also 15 minutes from the center its the seaside where is amazing .An example of Rome that is a dream city but after 21:00 you go to sleep .PS. Describing Athens with targeted photos of homeless people and a drug addict you meet on the street shows prejudice .Next time i hope you have more days to see and be more well-read .

I went to Athens three weeks ago. It’s full of graffiti, granted….but we’re planning on going back in may..why? Because it’s one of the safest, nicest cities you’ll ever visit. The people are friendly, generous, full of history, and some of the best restaurants you’ll ever eat at. We went for a late night walk and ended up in the red-light district, then the homeless district, then back to our hotel, late at night, and it was safe as houses. This video is a massive overreaction. Go there, you won’t be disappointed.

I I am Greece I don’t live in Athens anymore but I lived there for 10 years and every thing she said is overreacted

I would need a couple of years for the two of us to sit down together so I can explain to you how Greece got this way. Starting from how the great European powers hijacked the Greek war for Independence two hundred years ago until today. The story is a long and murky one.

The sound mix was off in this video. Your voice had an echo and the music is so loud it's difficult to make it what you're saying.

I read a comment that this lady is Ukrainian... Generally, Greece has been sympathetic to the Ukrainians since the unfortunate events and welcomed many Ukrainians seeking refuge, some Greeks and Ukrainians respect each other with a degree of unity on some common cultural elements, others don’t. What kind of Egyptian is that man talking about Egyptian, Iranian, Syrian falafel... Iranians are the least likely to be presenting falafel out of all of them... what she says about middle eastern food being what you’ll find in Athens and not Greek food is a lie, though, in the spectrum of ‘proper’ classic Greek food inclusive of the original Athens vendors there are some related foods to both the European and Middle Eastern Mediterranean neighbours to the Greeks alike. I have less mercy for this woman if she is Ukrainian than most Ukrainians no doubt deserve right now, as she presented Athens like that, she disrespected Greeks. She has been misled by somebody by inferring that mostly non Greeks were the backbone of Athens in the 60s etc and even if there was a small element of foreign workers probably working in quite poor conditions in which they deserve recognition, some of her Ukrainian compatriots are now getting a taste of a country that is housing needy foreigners in Greece itself, not entirely out of line to the reason there was any means for her to make such a propaganda natured video in the first place. Not ignoring that Greeks themselves have been needy foreigners in many places, they truly are a highly outward migrated people themselves.

I've lived in Athens for most of my life, and the worst problems are : 1. Cost of living. House and elecricity prices have surged over the last few years, while salaries are extremely low and unemployment rates are also quite high. 2. The uglyness. The city is filled with ugly concrete appartment buildings and green spots are difficult to find. Of course, there are nice corners here and there, plus some areas of the city are greener , cleaner and not so crammed as others (mostly the posh suburbs). On the positive side, as a home of approx. 4 million people, it's a city that never sleeps, it has a bustling night scene and it's easier to find a neighborhood that suits your tastes.

Athens is a city that either you love or hate. No in between. It's so distant from the prototype western city of Berlin, Paris, Madrid etc. It's an experience you can live without a camera or money. Mix with the locals, feel the atmosphere and perhaps you can see what many of us are talking about!!

Been working with tourists last 12 years,seen so many ,but only russians and ukrainians suprised me so much everytime. Most of the times they are renting good but at the same time cheap hotels ,usually in areas like metaxourgeio and omonoia, bad and notorious areas. Most of the times they buy a hop on/off ticket bus ,they do a tour in athens line and in the end of the day all the speak about is that acropolis is a pale of rocks,athens has many junkies and concrete building and that is not clean. Dear ex soviet friends, people of western world have travelled more than you do and they simply can understand that when you travel into a big city, you gonna see many diversities. My sincere advice, please visit mostly the turkish resorts like you do and avoid Athens.

I love Athens,I feel Athens ,for me it's a living dream despite the ugly places. Tourists usually don't see that every place has a soul .Athens is still an wonderful city !

i feel safer in athens than i do i swedens capitol stockholm.

Background music is so loud that I barely heard what you said about anything :(

The reason is: This country sends away people that study at universities overseas, because they dont find fullfilling jobs. Government gets elected by people who work in public sector that keep voting same people. This alone does not give space for things to become better. All greek industries are sold to foreign industries. Loans for Greece r taken to keep these public sector families a reasurance that their kids also will find jobs in the public sector. U can do the math from there. Keep in mind the sengen treaty. All imigrants must stay in the insertion country. (Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal) . Also Turkey sends freely all imigrants in Greece. No quality, unfortunately.

τι κάνει αυτή η κυρία στην Αθήνα ; σε ποια ΜΚΟ ανήκει ; θέλουμε απάντηση . πολύ ύποπτη μου φαίνεται .

The music is way too loud.

Graffiti are the meaningful symbol of a very specific time period, they are rich in their meaning. A form of art and expression. They aren't ugly nor synonymous of a danger. Same for abandoned / in bad shape buidings. They carry the weight of contemporary History. They have a soul, a story to tell. All this is part of Athens, of its identity and of its uniqueness. If you don't understand that then you can't like Athens. Athens is a big Mediterranean city. It's noisy, eclectic, sometimes dirty... but most of all: alive. In all its complexity.

I'll give this video an "E" for Effort You need a lot of practice, the facial expressions are so expressive along with the music choice makes this video sound all doom and gloom. If you think Athens is bad, go to Skid Row.

This lady I think is a bit "off". Greece has its problems. But so does every country. If you go to most big cities you will find poor areas. She has a lot of nerve and stupidity!!

From Shanghai, visited Athens. Beautiful city.. but I was in the wrong district..it really scared me

i lived in Athens, 1979, 1980, 1982 (korydallos), 1984, athens (pangrati) , after that came back to the UK. LOL.

How ignorant one can go being a „tourist”? Congrats lady, youve just discovered reality of life in a huge city in the second decade of 21st century. i suggest you to visit NYC, LA, Berlin or - especially! - Frankfurt am Main, areas of city center Kaiser Strasse that ends with huge lightened € sign of the banking district. And yeah, grafitti in Athens is a sign of its vitality not death. Tourism is such a mistaken concept.

So sad, After the financial crisis all went down. Also the government is stucked with the refugees. They just lost overview and even if they want where to begin ??? Same in other countries like Lebanon and Turkey. You should go there also and not discriminate Greece and Athens as a foreighner. Russia is doing nothing to help but is only supporting the Syrian dictator isnt it !?

every big city nowadays has a ghetto area if you want to be a cheap tourist there well...

I live in a suburb of athens ( quite and safe city), its completely different than the center of athens . We dont have many walks in the center because unfortunately years by years its becoming worser😢

Athens is amazing!

💙💙 LOVE GREECE FOREVER 💙💙

Can you lower the sound of the music in the background? Thanks!

What a surprise. Like every big city in the western world when refuges and undocumented immigrants enter they are forced to live in poor urban areas. It just shows that these people are taking the chance to to a country in the west where there is a chance for upward mobility. Something that is not possible in Russia or other communist countries for foreigners without connections. Which is why we don't see people lining up on the boarders to enter Russia. Athens is a great city to visit; so when doing so don't do the cheep route and stay at a 2 euro BNB. You get what you pay for.

THAT IS JUST NOT TRUE!!!!!!

There are more refugies than Greeks..Government should do something about this Huge problem!

Btw. this strange attachment to order and “cleanness” is typical for eastern, post-soviet mentality. I remember how shocking it was to see how clean Minsk is, with no police on the streets because everyone is already her/his own self-officer, people silencing their voice while being asked on politics. Why? Because every citizen is so repressed and self-controlled that would never think of throwing a cigarette on the street. Same goes to Moscow and Petersburg.

Like all cities, it has good and bad sides.

Just like most major cities, you'll need to do some research and map out where to go and where not to. Athens is pretty in the tourist places in the centre and decent in some wealthy northern and southern suburbs.

Your last sentence said it all. I'm from Athens and it wasn't like that 20 years ago. Now it's a hardcore city. A unique place which if you are a really opened minded person can love it even with its problems. Isn't a city for everyone. And when I was younger I used to hate it so much. Now I can appreciate what can offers me and it changed my mentality for some things. Is a city that doesn't look like any other. A weird mixture of West and East. A mixture of fancy and expensive life with beautiful spots and good living and in the other hand a city with so many problems. Its like two different worlds in some block distance. And only if you a true explorer like you said you can appreciate what it can offers you....

Yes, you are correct! The refugee crisis has affected everything in Athens/Omonia. Greece being in the EU, they are obligated to host these refugees (EU law says the first country of entry is where refugees must be processed). Yep, Athens is amazing, but there is NO doubt that the scene is tragically messed up and NOTHING like it was several decades ago, when it was relatively safe to stroll through.

9:29 - When you talk about the exact line you aren't kidding. I remember crossing that street and it was like night and day. I crossed Sarri Street to see what Koumoundourou Park was since it was about four blocks from the main area and I was curious what it was after seeing it on the map every time I pulled my GPS up. It's pretty shocking how all the bars and festive restaurants disappear. I turned around right away and came back. I was curious if the bad element are afraid to cross Sarri Street as well as I imagine the locals and cops probably don't welcome them in their neighborhood either.

Imagine being married to her 😅🤣🤣🤣

Happening across the globe.. Unfortunately

Very wild how similar places can be when on the other side of world. It’s quite a situation we are in and how you can find beauty still, that’s a gift

Athens Is wonderful. I Just got here and its great.

I really think you video is pointless are you covering the worst neighborhoods in Athens or the the refugees, you made sure you capitalized the worst Areas there with showing any other Areas like the Athens Riviera, Glyfada and Kifissia. To me that shows that you really don't know much about Athens or Greece. Around 40 million tourists visit Greece every year and most say very positive things about the people, food and the wonderful experience they had. favor and visit other places in Athens

Every big city has its bad side

You are so good KZfaqr. I love the way you explain things and the kindness of your voice

How many cities do you know in the world without unsafe areas?? How many touristic cities you know that promote the bad side? Wow you discovered the cold water!!!

the audio editing in this video is not very good, your voice is very soft and its hard to hear it over the music. I would advise to not use the music next time or increase the volume of your voice.

Lol... that was a disaster... zero journalistic integrity..

Background music makes it impossible to listen.

I loved Athens so much! It breaks my heart that it's become this....

have you ever heard about Harlem in New York ? do you like it ? did you dare to make a bad vlog about ? and finally tell us ..who are really you ? where are you from ? what is your purpose ? and finally if you don't like Athens , don't come again .you are a persona non gratta and some things else .if you love so much the emigrants, then take them to your country .

The audio (really bad mixing) takes a dive at 2:00....I'll keep watching for a bit to see if it improves...

Are you still in Athens? I searched about bar scams and found your video.

That is Definitely NOT ATthe city center but it’s true the ghetto is quite close to the center it shouldn’t be there

I'm not saying you are wrong but when you do a piece like this ,try to be better informed. "Athens associated with Olympus"????? Give me a break !!!

Lived there for 2 years. Hell of a city. Seen sooooooo much trash. Been to jail for couple days as well. I love this city, but it is soo trashy and dangerous.

Thanks for a very honest presentation of my city ….although I don’t live in Athens anymore it’s sad to see chaos and the dirt…but like you point out it has two Hearts beating at the same time …I like your presentation….until next time ….Alex🇬🇷

Wow, so cool to see someone actually talk about the massive problems in Athens. Personally I was shocked by it and found it incredibly distastful how Greek people don't seem to accept any responsibility for the situation and would rather ignore it.

Every city has a “hood” or a “ghetto” This will always be the case.

Many true statements but the city has layers and layers of life.It's amazing

Yeah try walking in those peoples communities in their home countries

Athens with Olympus?

0:29 sick piece

ΤΟ ΠΡΌΒΛΗΜΑ ΕΊΝΑΙ ΜΈΣΑ ΣΤΗ ΒΟΥΛΉ ΑΥΤΆ ΤΑ ΛΑΜΟΓΙΑ ΦΤΑΊΝΕ ΓΙΑ ΟΛΑ

seriously how can u make music so loud one cant understand you ?

If you look for the ugly in any city in the world you will find it.

People live in abandoned buildings as well, because they do drugs and leave home because it is not allowed at home.

The lady is too young to understand how Athens looked like in the 70s and 80s. I studied in Greece on a scholarship from Kenya. When I arrived, Athens was a paradise, clean and beautiful. Today, it's different - a mess with immigrants from Asia, lacking respect for Greek culture. What a pity!

Capitalistic crisis not refuge or economy crisis. Refugees are coming from somewhere and economy problems as well.

Athens is the must latin city in europe, very similar to places like caracas or bogota at some points, is safe, maybe hectic, messy, a bit dirty but is fantastic.

Yeah, I knew before watching this that it would be a video of naivety. You say that this is not mentions to tourists No girl, there is no spot in the whole word, that advertise other than the good thing about there place. There are numerous examples, but let's take L.A. They have Hollywood, right? Yeah that's what people know. What is not advertised, is Skid Row and 60.000 people homeless. Blocks by blocks with people living in tents on the sidewalk, and up to recently, on famous Venice Beach. *Yes your right, Moscow is so much better. With all the love from Putin... All that said. If you are able to fix this issue in Athens, I'll personally chake your hand and say Thank You. See if you are able to get even closer to the webcam next time 😉 Don't worry, I get that your heart is in the right place. Take care. Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος.

Music is so loud.

My dear...About poverty and immigrants in Athens , you forgot that greeks fed Russian women and Albanias when they began to come here with one shoe, or you forgot that women sold their body in Russia before 1992 for a plate of food in Russia? Talking about immigrants and by saying why someone to go to Athens you forgets that Greek men spend their money 💰 and huge fortune for Russian women that lived in poverty in Russia and still sharing houses with old people for the rent and are now are on top . By saying don' t go to Athens to tourists how the Russian women will survive in Greece that offers them the best offer of jobs when they work in tourism ?They are thousands of them in Athens and and all over in Greece. By immigrants , unfortunately now because of war the poverty comes to Russia again and i hope not to be so bad like before 1992 that no body had an idea what is a hamburger 🍔 and what planet is Europe and America.

So much history here. Hope the people can improve this city. Commentary was very good.

What is the name of part of Athens with all these migrants please?

I just came back from visiting Athens for the first time in my life. I am shocked... all building dirty, ruined, analog antenas on roofs, garbage everywhere. Filth everywhere. Terrible and shocking for me. People are uneducated, almost none speak English and nasty graffiti everywhere. Also many many small business on the streets are closed, locked and boarded up.

Bad sound

The music is too loud. It was hard to hear you speak

Selamlar Tűrkiye'den 🇹🇷 Greetings from TURKEY.

I am a Globetrotter... I must say Athens remains one of the safest Metropolis on Earth... I was mugged twice in Moscow... If you are not a Drug addict you don't go to this places.. Very easy!!

I was a refugee in greece after taliban attacked afghanistan I was living in Athens I thought that Athens was beautiful city but when I saw this video (we left greece)I was sad

“Signs on the store are not in Greek…” - why are you putting that on equal terms with real problems like crime and decay? Sounds a little… xenophobic?

I’m from south (island of Crete). One of my parents is from Thessaloniki. I just don’t like Athens. I believe its one of the worst capitals worldwide. Dirty, overcrowded, dangerous. Cannot represent Greece in any manner.

Athens same like my Kolkata city india 😊😊

Coming from america ,race riots ,multiple shootings daily ,whole town's abandoned ,homeless camps under every freeway on every block ,robbery's in every district daily in the news , don't call the kettle black , in any comparison , the worst crime I seen the times I was there was a cab driver argument ,and graffiti abusers , not anything like other country's ,not trying to call you out but you should concentrate elsewhere. Just putting perspective on the bigger problems ,america is a sespool. Nice neiborhoods as well as bad neighborhoods exist every where ,why ,there is rich ,and then there is poor , I can take you on a turd tour in the good ol USA. Empty buildings are going on now with internet technology,brick and mortar is a dying need. Smell the coffee ,wake up. Brick and mortar are going online ,,your theory's are right to a point.🙏thanks

I was in athens for 3 months not once did I feel unsafe.

The music is louder than her voice…

Thank you so much. You are right: it is communities that make a city a good place.

Ditch the music! Hard to understand what you’re saying. I couldn’t even watch all of your port. ☹️

Is this athens georgia or athens somewhere else?

Εγω ζω λιγο πιο περα απο την αθηνα καταλαβενετε επειδη εισται αγγλοι;

The images do show immigrants and tags, but nothing shocking. What you said about selling organs and children is shocking, but the music was too loud to hear it clearly.

Background music sucks

Athens city stous dromous ths se pianei frikh☘️

probably you are not getting L41D enough, you also AASSLESS, you have to train the b00t1 in order to get L41D more girl, how old are you? every city has its shady thing, especially in the US

How many refugees in Athens. ?

the music is so loud it covers your voice