Saturday Night in Croatia's Most Dangerous Hood

Croatia is one of the safest countries in Europe, but every time I state this, I always get comments that I have never been to the Zagreb neighbourhood of Dubrava. So I went, on a Saturday night, and this is what I found.

[@David13546]

This guy is single handedly doing more advertising for Croatia than the whole goverment. Awsome videos, if you ever come to Rijeka/Opatija it will be an honor to show you around.

[@laxusmaximus573]

One of the rare truths I've heard recently. Go Paul!

[@PaulBradbury]

Haha thanks

[@asterixx6878]

You're kidding, right? Not that there is anything wrong with Paul, but that he would have done more 'the government', is of course just (very) ridiculous. I'm sure Paul understands that too. Unfortunately, you see such nonsense written on KZbin, far too often.

[@David13546]

@@asterixx6878 all the goverment is capable of doing is over paying for generic slogans to someones cousin and being an all around fun entertainment show for the whole family.

[@sanjalisnjic7271]

I have never been afraid anywhere in Croatia - before midnight, past midnight, early morning. When going out over the weekend or travelling as a tourist.

[@rimiserk8277]

ako drzava nastavi pustat ne-bijelce u Hrvatsku, neces dugo

[@PaulBradbury]

Me too

[@domagoj9149]

Dubrava became just a meme, all sorts of things happened there 25, 30 years ago, today you can only get into trouble if you look for it. As a long time cityzen of Dubrava, I can confirm that there is no reason to fear walking at night.

[@dannyboy-vtc5741]

Yeah, not really, i mean my first apartment in 92 was in student city in dubrava, walked drunk home in the middle of the night many times, never ever felt threatened. Lived there at leat 6-7 times more in the span of 15 years or so, nope, not more dangerous than new zagreb or many other hoods. I got really domesticated only there, met all of the locals, junkies, dealers, as a customee mostly, or a friend drinking beer or smoking with them. If you are a part of some criminal structure yourself, then you nay have some enemies, if you're just a local or passer by, then again, you'll sooner get beaten in dugave or kustosija or salata even, where kids those hood fantasies and wet dreams about their adress on a postcard. But it's rubbish to talk about being dangerous anywhere in croatia, split, zadar, rijeka, pula, all the same story.

[@PaulBradbury]

Agreed, which is why i did the video - to show that

[@Bojko77]

Nakon Hrvatskih nogometaša, tvoji videi su nešto što doprinosi našoj zemlji više od državne HTZ.. baš si faca, ako te ikad sretnem častim pivom. / After Croatian national football national team, your videos are something that contributes to our country, tourism and promotion, more than the state Croatian National Tourist Board .. you're quite the Good egg, if I ever see you, I will buy you a beer.. cheers mate.

[@PaulBradbury]

Haha, cheers for the beer

[@hrvojecacic6358]

Great videos Paul! Glad you did not have to buy a brick😂. Thank you for fantastic promotion of Croatia

[@PaulBradbury]

Haha, me too but it would have been good for views on the vlog

[@bubee8123]

Brick story is what some Roma people used to do when my father was a kid. I am 32 years old now. Those kind of things do not happen anymore

[@ramsaysnow9196]

Those were halfpranks!

[@laxusmaximus573]

Sir, you should be a minister for tourism. Please do apply...

[@PaulBradbury]

Haha no thanks, am having too much fun doing what I do

[@laxusmaximus573]

@@PaulBradbury We will force you.

[@iamalphaforreal]

It's fascinating to see how experiences can vary so greatly from person to person. I actually lived in Dubrava for 3 months when I first moved to Zagreb.I felt quite safe there. Later, I moved to Trešnjevka, and, if I'm being honest, I felt safer in Dubrava than I did in Trešnjevka. It just goes to show that the "most dangerous" labels can often be misleading and not reflective of everyone's experiences. Safety can be very subjective and dependent on a variety of factors, including personal experiences and interactions within these neighborhoods. Btw I make videos about Croatia.

[@danielsantek189]

Koji kralj, covjek promovira hrvatsku kao ni jedna turisticka agencija.. bas je pozitivan i informiran. Kad ga sretnem castim ga pivom!

[@PaulBradbury]

haha thanks - lots more coming if you want to subscribe

[@tihokoturr007]

Yesterday Croatian Man died in St.James hospital been beaten to Death last Saturday just after 10pm in Clondalkin area of Dublin, Ireland.Many people including Croats need to know that Irish & British cities are completely opposite at evenings ( much better,safer option to cycle) even though most of their people are so friendly & supportive ! IRL & UK have unfortunately hospital & housing crisis and should send people who claim asylum to other EU countries where workers are needed !!!Asylum applicants risk their lifes crossing La Manche channel just to get benefits & unemployment welfare !!! Thats why young Irish & British people are getting so angry & violent ! Yes Croatian & Slovenian cities with many in Italy too are exactly how you described Zagreb ! Well done 👏👏👏👏👏

[@elnino1243]

Who ever thinks Dubrava is not safe obviously never been outside of Zagreb

[@PaulBradbury]

Agreed

[@goranpavkovic]

When in Rome.... great job Paul! Proud to be Croatian!

[@anaangelacuric]

Kozari bok, Zagreb - try that.

[@chef4579]

Moj kvart

[@socalsilver6397]

Good stuff. I’ve never felt threatened anywhere in Hrvatska. Of course there’s always a chance of something happening anywhere in the world. That’s life… Živjeli 🍻

[@RicoBanani]

almost swallowed an olive! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@PaulBradbury]

The Dubrava danger does that to a man

[@andrianjuric2732]

It was quite traumatic to be honest. Without the moral support of Paul on the day I'd be a wreck

[@dalibork]

Dubrava. That has been tough neighbourhood (and that was during the war of the 90s mind you because of the fresly moved refugees from Vukovar, and some Croatian Kosovar (from the Catholic village of Janjevo), as well as their Macedonian Muslim Albanian countrymen. But that danger can't compare to real slums. This country had is share of massacres and shootings, now you have on German TV Not to advertise it here, but you know the one) in Croatia TV documentary Dosje Jarak. So check it out. That were our scary situations.

[@user-xj3ve7wt8k]

In the 90s when we were young, yes, Dubrava was "different". A lot od drugs, crimes, etc..

[@mirkoklaric3248]

Gluposti. Mitovi. Uz to, prije 30 godina je bio rat. Puno ljudi je bilo, na smjene, u vojsci. Kada se i to uzme u obzir, naravno da je priča o Dubravi mit. Naravno, možeš svugdje dobiti šaku u nos ako si bezobrazan. I ako si klevetnik.

[@PaulBradbury]

Yeah, not sure I would have been as comfortable doing this in the 90s

[@hrvoje3369]

hahaha great video,,, as you said - if you are not involved in sh"t it 99% wont affect you,,, you never know if something is falling on your head just walking by etc. hopefully nobody in Dubrava is going to be offended by the fact that they are not south central LA... but as always I wouldn't recommend to take a walk through Dubrava in a Hajduk shirt 1950 HŽV,,,, al the best!

[@PaulBradbury]

haha, good advice

[@RicoBanani]

the brick story is a childs tale

[@tomislavferic1723]

to je istina samo sto su se prodavale na Tresnjevci.Od tamo je sve to krenulo.

[@RicoBanani]

@@tomislavferic1723 ma te fore su bile i u Osijeku 80ih

[@danijelchicago]

Since Max Igan visit in Croatia in a month for a whole month tells the story of safe ti, nobles noted Rick Simpson after Canadian Royalty dumped him is healing in Croatia....

[@davidmonkey4889]

I am 22 and I live in Dubrava all my life, so I can confirm that it is not the most dangerous place in Croatia.

[@PaulBradbury]

agreed

[@chef4579]

Nothing is not dangerous in Croatia 🇭🇷 or minimum …we don’t have milions foreigners from all continents. It’s much more dangerous in Oslo where i live …Somalians,Arabics,Pakistan and others.

[@zerowaf]

Brick story is a true one, but it belongs to some long past times as far as I recollect. ATM, the most wild parts are no more in Dubrava. Dubrava has past the level of open street crime. For some more danger, you might go to Kozari Bok or Kozari Putevi, but even there, you wouldn't be threatened as you are a strangers and it might be that some locals would like to have a drink with you and tell how even police doesn't come to there's hood....and you know what? Police in did don't go in there's hood but I don't think you will be robbed or anything like that. Who knows, there you could find best friends for that evening or even in life or you could be beaten...or both. As long as you show due respect to your hosts, you have no problems. As you said for Kotor - you are of no interest if you are not involved in "bussiness" or you don't make some drunk troubles.

[@JimAtHome]

I could take you to several neighbourhoods in Liverpool that make that place look seriously posh, I mean I didn't see any burnt out cars prozzies or somebody asking if you want to buy some crack smack or blow

[@PaulBradbury]

haha, am sure you could

[@ksuntesic]

Paul you should have tried "kupiti ciglu" not in pizzeria but in a "narodnjački klub" where the crowd listens to "cajka" folk music... 😀

[@zeuslord2869]

Croatians LOVe 'cajkas" more than serb-cetniks.

[@PaulBradbury]

Well this is the first video in a series...

[@don_peleon]

what dubrava, come to pescenica

[@hrvojeorsolic1058]

Thanks for such a good content Paul, much appreciate how you speak about Croatia, you're a legend, should be honoured by the president, but you know how much they care anyways..

[@PaulBradbury]

Haha, thanks but no thanks - quite happy with local people rather than presidents

[@cancroat-darylporter4881]

Take a walk down Konjscinska after dark .

[@123batina]

Dubrava is a place in Zagreb with most East European foreigners. Police knows everyone dodgy there. And those guy know if anything happened to anyone outside they would be in ton of shit. Meaning it's prolly the safest place here. Ofc if you come to Dubrava looking for trouble on purpose, you'll definitely find ppl willing to give you what you are searching for.

[@PaulBradbury]

Yes, as i said, if you are not involved in certain activities, very safe

[@oskng]

To samo djeca se kur.., na internetu po komentarima, samo da bi ispali opasni 🤣🤣 i to dok ih mama ne zove na rucak 🤣🤣🤣. Previse gledaju filmove, pa bi bili malo opasni

[@mladenlukanovic2319]

There are no dangerous neighborhoods in Croatia, you don't even have to look for them...

[@zeuslord2869]

Exactly.

[@PaulBradbury]

My view as well, which is why i did the video to show that

[@putinwillhanginthemiddleof4866]

Drago mi je čuti da je moj Zagreb još uvijek " safe to walk the streets after dark " .... Bum se vrnul jedan dan ak' i ne prije 😁👍👋‼️

[@DrDomich]

Boom came back, kaže Google

[@domagojbeno388]

You can find teouble any place, even in a Vilage let alone in a City. All you got to do is Make trouble, but problem is if you comming out of that teouble with your Life, not just few broken bones!? 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

[@7349yt]

terrifying

[@zeuslord2869]

😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@PaulBradbury]

Am still in counselling

[@7349yt]

@@PaulBradbury Still? Thought you'd have sobered up by now ...

[@dt6822]

"A guy rocks up?" What the hell does that mean?

[@Phiyedough]

Yes, I sometimes feel sorry for people who speak English as a second language and have to listen to people like him torturing the language!

[@dt6822]

@@Phiyedough I think that's meant as some sort of sarcasm or satire, but in the typical Croat fashion, it's nimwitted and annoying and cynical, and additionally makes no sense. You may be the most annoying and tedious people in the world. Not everything is an attack on you or your tedious insecure nation. It's my language. GFY

[@andrianjuric2732]

"Guy rocks up" = Australian slang for "a man came" but it means that I didn't notice him until he came.

[@PaulBradbury]

It means a man turned up, arrived

[@tihomiriskerka4092]

lol 🤣🤣🤣

[@zeuslord2869]

I know right!?

[@Chonta274]

zagreb is safe come to parag or sitnice at night and u will feel scared and get robbed

[@damonmelendez856]

Is there a lot of blacks in Dubrava? How is the cultural vibrancy?

[@powderskier5547]

None

[@lilynola6341]

The Gypsies were sitting behind Paul's table, from 0:03. And, the Gipsies were walking out of the bar at the end of the video, 7:16. There is a certain "cultural vibrancy" in the video.

[@user-xj3ve7wt8k]

Quite a lot of Blacks yea, but they are all white.

[@bubee8123]

Croatia is 99% white, there are some Roma/gypsies in Dubrava but their population is less then 1% in whole Croatia.

[@zeuslord2869]

CORRECT.@@bubee8123

[@BlueNotaMaestro]

lol Croats don't know how good they have it....

[@PaulBradbury]

For safety, that is certainly true.

[@sicilian10]

comedy classic 😀

[@PaulBradbury]

haha

[@denisk1096]

E moj englez!!!Dubrava je oduvjek bila siguran kvart ali probaj napraviti sranje ili izazivati pa onda pričaj.probali su poljaci prije par godina.Pobrkao si kruške i jabuke!

[@setnjasrpskihopanaka]

those comments are writen by kids who watch american gangster rappers and they want to live so bad in ghetto. Croatia is safest place!

[@ethelberttonche3693]

☺️ Promo*SM

[@novifosili176]

❤️🙏💪✌️👍

[@Lily-cv1ds]

Maybe Dubrava in Zagreb or anywhere in Croatia that might be getting dangerous because of foreign people moving in and creating problem.

[@nikolacurak7143]

Ali ipak i nakon 20 godina življenja u Hrvatskoj i to sa ženom Hrvaticom još uvijek pričate engleski.

[@PaulBradbury]

Why do you assume that just because I do a video in English for an international audience that I don't speak Croatian?

[@tihokoturr007]

Irrelevant...What matters is 💕💕💕💕 💕💕💕💕

[@tihokoturr007]

​@@PaulBradbury Well said Paul 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@tihokoturr007]

He trying to reach broader audience !!! And we are very thankful to him for that 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@tihokoturr007]

As we need more people in as Child births are in fall for years 😢

[@hrvojecosic8802]

You were in Olympic village, everyone is wearing tracksuits and no one speak Croatian....it is not Dubrava,it's Djubrava 😂

[@fhj5830]

Criminal is pretty organized curently and Roma people dosent have any disputes, Janjevo klan importin cheap crap from china, bosnias smuggling immigrants no police no problem.

[@0981841254]

That thing with a brick was true 60 years ago.

[@ramsaysnow9196]

hahahahha dangeous like a rabid butterfly!!

[@PaulBradbury]

Not even that dangerous

[@hrvojeorsolic1058]

Napisat cu komentar na hrvatskom da me razumiju nadobudni klinci iz Dubrave, autori komentara zbog kojih je ovaj video snimljen, a koji nisu nikad bili izvan Zagreba (mozda ni Dubrave) a kamo li Hrvatske.. dođite na vikend u Birmingham, bilo koji kvart, zabavite se.. 🤣

[@PaulBradbury]

haha true story

[@Vlada-budala]

hahahahah oš kupit ciglu? Legendarno

[@PaulBradbury]

haha