Is Frankfurt Safe Around The Central Train Station? ( Frankfurt Main Hbf)

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@Davejohnson-ts2hb 6 ай бұрын

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 6 ай бұрын

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

@karstenkailer4669 2 ай бұрын

That area was even worse back then. „Taunusanlagen“ was an open drug area and needles everywhere.

@halitosis75 Ай бұрын

Did u go to the shweg?

@willwork2travel 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@NoicyX 2 ай бұрын

@@ToGoIsToKnow America is worst.

@BlueBblu Ай бұрын

Why would they even be interested in you, maybe if they were gangsters

@thedigressio1408 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл 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 Жыл 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 Жыл 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 8 ай бұрын

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

@igorelymov 5 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 🙏🏼

@reinis43videosmurnieks18 Жыл бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@wixom01 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай 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.

@apacheopenoffice4.1.14 3 ай бұрын

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

@michaelaronson7253 2 ай бұрын

I walked through there in 2019, it was the same. I have to say though that I never felt personally threatened by anyone, but I agree it wasn't pleasant to look at. The reality is that no one there's looking to hurt you, they just seem to mind their own business. So unless you're looking to try and steal someone's crack pipe, I think you'll be ok lol. I also have to say that some of the comments people left in this video are ridiculous. It amazed me how many people who watched this automatically assumed that all of Frankfurt was like this, and some were even contemplating canceling their trips over it lmao. I've been all over the world, and Frankfurt is one of the nicest place's I've been to. Of course like anywhere, it's going to have bad areas. That's actually the general rule about areas in the vicinity of major train stations throughout Europe.

@susscrofamustermann9688 Ай бұрын

I agree. IMO people are just way too used to cops pushing homeless people and drug addicts out of the public view.

@billwest6406 6 ай бұрын

I pull into the train station tomorrow. Awesome

@jolenefunk1269 7 ай бұрын

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 7 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 7 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@Carpet_Carp Ай бұрын

What you are seeing is called the "Frankfurter Weg". Frankfurt is one of four cities in Europe that doesn't force addicts to the outskirts and instead leaves them in their quarter. The Frankfurt main station district is completely save and these people just live there. Yes, it is not what you see usually, but it is enough to treat them as human beings, which they are, and nothing will happen. The area is completely safe, so don't get your panties in a bunch.

@peterplus2001 Жыл бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

LA and SF are worse for sure.

@fatihkoy8095 4 ай бұрын

Frankfurt is Haevy

@xeon_girl777 3 ай бұрын

@@fatihkoy8095 nah

@moisesbarboza6014 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл 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 Жыл бұрын

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

@ToGoIsToKnow 11 ай бұрын

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

@br78910 7 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 5 ай бұрын

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

@dariuszmarcinkowski7191 5 ай бұрын

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 3 ай 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.

@Dor7r 10 ай бұрын

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

@ToGoIsToKnow 10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@henrka 5 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

Not for women lol

@ToGoIsToKnow 3 ай бұрын

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

@xeon_girl777 3 ай бұрын

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

@sf6524 Ай бұрын

@@xeon_girl777 im not sure about that

@JumisVisuals 4 ай бұрын

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 4 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 4 ай бұрын

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

@hineinindeinsein3362 4 ай бұрын

@@JumisVisuals It was his fear.

@ToGoIsToKnow 3 ай бұрын

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

@barryrowlings83 7 ай бұрын

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 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@ExplorerOfTheGalaxy 8 ай бұрын

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.

@PatronDeLa31 Ай бұрын

Hamburg is exactly the same lol

@Chimp_No_1 Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this information !

@rajivt1982 7 күн бұрын

I go to Frankfurt HBF every day to travel to Wiesbaden. Homeless people are there but its not a scary situation. They dont bother you at all..

@rigforquest4797 11 ай бұрын

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

@ToGoIsToKnow 11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@sdmay1980 4 ай бұрын

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

@elliotfinnie5013 4 ай бұрын

Yes

@georgerj2419 10 ай бұрын

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.

@88rollins 6 ай бұрын

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

@Its-All-Random Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@br78910 7 ай бұрын

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

@8BitMusics1 2 ай бұрын

Was recently there on the platfrom and watched a girl that was around 16 crying in panick while trying to shoot something up. Just a place to avoid. Espacially at night the inside of the trainstation turns into Zombie town. Got robbed there once too while waiting in line for that asian food stand. It pains me that more and more trainstations in germany look like this.

@miamitten1123 2 ай бұрын

Sorry, what was the issue!? Just a rainy day and few people standing near buildings

@MarkyNomad 2 ай бұрын

Sarcasm I hope

@Felis-Concolor Ай бұрын

@@MarkyNomadEuropeans will gaslight you into thinking these problems don’t exist. Frankfurt is a mess, but they’ll shift the conversation back to the US ignoring any problem that exists in their “perfect” countries.

@TomasGraf-rr6co Ай бұрын

I just watched a video about the Prague railway stations. What a difference.

@eddiec5202 4 ай бұрын

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 4 ай бұрын

I would not have guessed that.

@TylerDurden-td2yg 3 ай бұрын

Where did you get the numbers from?

@eddiec5202 3 ай бұрын

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

@TylerDurden-td2yg 3 ай бұрын

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

@ChrisJohnsonChannel 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, many big cities have areas like this.

@xeon_girl777 3 ай бұрын

I think Frankfurt is way safer than LA

@user-or6yn8pm3c 5 ай бұрын

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

@NMandarina 2 ай бұрын

Casinos and brothels … super scary lol.

@drmontreal6165 Ай бұрын

Yes, a fine episode of Dark Tourism Lite

@plonss Ай бұрын

I can assure you it was the same for 30 years. I hated Frankfurt and never ventured out into the city. I also don't understand why this kind of situation is tolerated.

@karstenkailer4669 2 ай бұрын

Worst place in Germany - avoid areas around the main trainstation everywhere…

@jakubnosarzewski4897 6 ай бұрын

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

@ToGoIsToKnow 6 ай бұрын

Yes, very sketchy.

@youwanttoknowmyname9258 6 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 6 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 6 ай бұрын

@@ToGoIsToKnow thank you

@ComicAdrian Ай бұрын

@@youwanttoknowmyname9258 The shopping Area is called Zeil. You can go there with a train to Konstablerwache or Hauptwache. Near Konstablerwache is also the Dome St. Bartholomäus, a pretty impressive medival church building. Alternatively if you're into dinosaurs there is the senkenberg museum near Hauptbahnhof which can be reached by tram. It has a lot of fossile sceletons and stuffed animals.

@danhurst9048 2 ай бұрын

I remember spending about half the year in europe and half the year in america every year,and after seeing the steady decline of western europe,i would only spend time in central and western europe..i live the balkans. It's heartbreaking to see this.i've been to that train station a LOT. granted,there's unbelievable puzza and beer in germany and belgium( mostly belgium) and the schnitzl in germany is amazing,but those things aren't worth going back there for

@Србомбоница86 17 күн бұрын

Food is much better in balkans especially Serbia

@liammcleod5223 9 ай бұрын

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

@oyen11 7 ай бұрын

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 7 ай бұрын

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

@shannonlee5516 3 ай бұрын

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

@ntrslmgb 2 ай бұрын

Love Frankfurt. If you want a little adventure, go left from the train station, if you want to stay safe, go right, lol.

@IwFdW 2 ай бұрын

I just wanna know are Talahons dangerous? Do you unnecessarily mess with innocents?

@randyboisa6367 10 ай бұрын

Nothing new, it was like that back in 1985.

@andrejbederka8859 27 күн бұрын

I just "skimmed" the video, but I saw nothing, only rainy, unpleasant weather, a darker image of the streets, as if they were dirty, but God knows if they were, and frowning people. I miss the danger the author is talking about in this picture. I'm not saying the danger isn't there, but you can't see it in this video. Maybe the author saw it there.

@photostudio7582 3 ай бұрын

So scary, omg Just like a scary movie!)

@tariqlatif1505 Жыл 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 Жыл 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 7 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.

@frikandelkroket9335 6 ай бұрын

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 6 ай бұрын

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

@Kaspa-gb3lp 7 ай бұрын

Is it dangerous would be the better title.

@1365bl 4 ай бұрын

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

@ToGoIsToKnow 4 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.

@cacingkelawet Жыл бұрын

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

@WoJackHorseman24 8 ай бұрын

Looks like a typical US city

@brixen0623 8 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 3 ай бұрын

@@brixen0623 Philadelphia is worse obviously

@patthewildgoose6460 2 ай бұрын

"If you know what I'm sayin" hahahaha

@jarrheadja1522 2 ай бұрын

Sounds like my kind of place it's only scary if you let it be

@richardadb 11 ай бұрын

I agree with you ...bad experience in Frankfurt

@ToGoIsToKnow 11 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.

@halitosis75 Ай бұрын

I lived in eckenheimer landstrasse in 1990 and even then walking through the park at the top end of eckenheimer at night was dangerous. I remember 2 Turkish guys attacked me walking home from a bar and they took my f k n designer runners 😂😂😂😂😂 and haupbanhoff was also a place you wouldn't want to spend to much time at. Even back then it was seedy and criminal activity going on.

@ToGoIsToKnow Ай бұрын

Robbing people for their Adidas and Pumas was big in NYC in the 1980s. Some people got killed for their sneakers. I didn't know that was a problem in Germany too.

@TheSouth-j7f 2 ай бұрын

You are now leaving the train station and entering the Twilight Zone.

@DeportedRadio 3 ай бұрын

It looks pretty normal to me

@miamitten1123 2 ай бұрын

Architecturally looks like an American city.

@TelvanniSpaceWizard 2 ай бұрын

To my knowledge, the reason why is because after Frankfurt was demolished by bombs in World War II, the city chose to redesign itself in the (at the time) new American style instead of recreating the old city. It also permits tall skyscrapers. Other destroyed cities chose to restore themselves back to their original form.

@yahcobyisrael3000 24 күн бұрын

You better have your 3D glasses on in that area

@target9972 3 ай бұрын

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

@ToGoIsToKnow 3 ай 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.

@markfromthefuture477 Ай бұрын

@@ToGoIsToKnowThat guy at 02:17 yelled and insulted you

@ii-dh7lq 10 ай бұрын

It looks normal to me

@haziedabnuuy 2 ай бұрын

that does not look safe at all

@anhidric1 8 ай бұрын

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

@LukasWagner-ox4ku 8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Nakoniecdrogi 4 ай бұрын

Visit Poland. There is very safe and clean!

@ToGoIsToKnow 3 ай бұрын

I did. Poland is very nice.

@BlueBblu Ай бұрын

Poor guys.. its probably difficult to score.. amd or they.get constant droughts. Misery X2 for addicts there

@H0lyBit Ай бұрын

Sadly you have an answer today. 😢

@summerwest3099 7 күн бұрын

Umm, no. That is not a good place to walk around. Yuck.

@user-or6yn8pm3c 5 ай бұрын

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 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like you have never been to the US.

@user-or6yn8pm3c 4 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.