The Most Dangerous Slum in Romania 🇷🇴 - A Solo Walkthrough Ferentari, Bucharest - Into The Hood

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  • @vladimir.dobrev
    @vladimir.dobrev 6 місяців тому +829

    Bucharest inhabitant here. I can tell you that Ferentari got it's "fame" during the '90s to the mid '00s, back when almost ALL the neighborhoods were more dangerous. Nowadays it's not that dangerous anymore, especially if you go in broad daylight. Sure, it looks like crap and it's full of poor people, addicts, prostitution but the criminals are more reluctant now to attack random people passing through their hood. Also if you don't flex expensive stuff, the chances of getting robbed are very low. Still, I wouldn't venture there on foot after midnight.

    • @skulder3904
      @skulder3904 6 місяців тому

      This guy seems an idiot wich made this video

    • @eedragonr
      @eedragonr 6 місяців тому

      Romania is a criminal friendly country. A criminal with a criminal record does not need a visa to have unlimited access to the country. And you still want to join Schengenzone. You must be mentally ill.

    • @AKM1963
      @AKM1963 6 місяців тому +9

      I second that.

    • @nicola1857
      @nicola1857 6 місяців тому +4

      X3

    • @razvann4659
      @razvann4659 6 місяців тому +3

      X4

  • @tsampson6660
    @tsampson6660 6 місяців тому +518

    I’m an Englishman living in Almaty, and spent time in Odesa, Yerevan, Tbilisi, Bishkek and Moscow…and I can say that’s just how it is. Looks grim and is pretty grim but it’s nothing too ghetto. Just drug addicts and poor people…no proper gang stuff.
    To be honest I feel more intimidated in my home city of Birmingham in England in the wrong area.
    The brutalist architecture is foreboding but inside you just have babushkas watching out for your safety lol

    • @DaviesMartinezBeats
      @DaviesMartinezBeats 6 місяців тому +23

      I'm an Englishman living in Sydney Australia and can confirm (as an ex-Brummie), Washwood Heath, Aston, Handsworth, Nechalls, Castle Vale, Small Heath and Chelmsly Wood in Birmingham England, are suburbs MUCH worse than what I just watched on UA-cam...

    • @BigJProductions
      @BigJProductions 6 місяців тому

      There is some utter depravation in the uk. particularly in the north of england. skanky nasty shitholes. 9 of the 10 most deprived areas in Europe are in the UK.

    • @taianeville4880
      @taianeville4880 6 місяців тому +6

      Yeah it was a bit over the top the trepidation…I went alone to Ozone Park in Brooklyn a long time ago and it way more extreme than this!

    • @DaviesMartinezBeats
      @DaviesMartinezBeats 6 місяців тому

      As mentioned, I live in Sydney Australia and the 'bad' suburbs over here, DO NOT COMPARE AT ALL with some of the shit-hole suburs back in the UK. Ozzies don't know how good they have it... @@taianeville4880

    • @salvaxicancolombia7278
      @salvaxicancolombia7278 6 місяців тому

      England is an absolute shithole

  • @filipcolumbeanu4845
    @filipcolumbeanu4845 6 місяців тому +232

    As a Romanian born and bread in Bucharest :D
    - Ferentari is not a suburb, it is a neighborhood. I think there's some political and economy implications. A suburb would be administrated by a local mayors office. Ferentari is administrated by the Bucharest General City Hall and also the 5th District City Hall. The 5 district also administrates one of the most expensive neighborhoods in the city - Cotroceni.
    - 5:49 we have some even older trams (the Tatras) still woring on different lines :D
    - 7:33 - that long ass tin pipe is either an exterior garbage shoot, or a chimney tower for a restaurant located at the ground floor. If it's a restaurant they are oblidged by law to release the smoke above the building, and not into their windows :)
    - 10:51 - many of the residents in those buildings are drug users and ex-cons, illiterates, people who have turned their back to the system and the system turned its back to them. They live day to day, doing oddjobs to survive (foraging scrap metal, petty crime and so on) . Unfortunately these people exist in many countries and a city as big as Bucharest will naturally attract them.
    I hope you enjoyed your time in Bucharest :)

    • @nicolaeionescu6538
      @nicolaeionescu6538 6 місяців тому +2

      The General City Hall only administrates protected areas (Ferentari is not one of them) and main avenues. I think it lands on District 5 entirely. Everything else is just spot on. Too bad this area got stuck in time, it has been like this since forever.

    • @sweetcountrygirl
      @sweetcountrygirl 6 місяців тому +2

      I love those trams xxx

    • @fcknsmbdy8738
      @fcknsmbdy8738 6 місяців тому

      What you recomend to us when we come to visit bucharest

    • @mickvonbornemann3824
      @mickvonbornemann3824 6 місяців тому +2

      Australians refer to neighborhoods as suburbs.

    • @nimsocasonod5150
      @nimsocasonod5150 6 місяців тому

      @@fcknsmbdy8738nothing 🤷🏻‍♂️ do whatever you want,anyway Bucharest is shit swamp😂

  • @LisaHarpe-jp7wj
    @LisaHarpe-jp7wj 6 місяців тому +296

    52 year old Canadian woman living in Bucharest, landed originally in ferrentari for a couple of months, but did only drive through this specific area - it looked scary!! However I never felt unsafe and ventured out at all hours. I guess if you’re looking for trouble you’ll find it but in my opinion Bucharest is lovely.

    • @cosminacosmina3423
      @cosminacosmina3423 6 місяців тому +23

      what were you doing in ferentari for a couple of months?? coming from canada?

    • @alphadelta7060
      @alphadelta7060 6 місяців тому

      You’re just dumb men say don’t do it it’s dangerous you a weak defenseless woman says no it’s ok I did it.
      Then when shit happens and we say it’s your fault we are the bad guys. Don’t go fulltard

    • @nickquill8132
      @nickquill8132 6 місяців тому +9

      @@cosminacosmina3423right ? 😂😂😂

    • @1999bishop
      @1999bishop 6 місяців тому

      @@cosminacosmina3423 canada is a shethole now, full of immigrants and social walfere leeches, canada is also in danger of terrorist atacks

    • @anarchya505
      @anarchya505 6 місяців тому

      doing heroin most probably@@cosminacosmina3423

  • @isaakmccreath-holmes5680
    @isaakmccreath-holmes5680 6 місяців тому +411

    I love the fact you are starting to explore Europe, particularly eastern Europe. In my opinion there is a lot of good to be found there but western stigmas paint that region as a depressing and unfit place to live.

    • @leonardhpls6
      @leonardhpls6 6 місяців тому +15

      It is that why there all in uk

    • @claudium6769
      @claudium6769 6 місяців тому +1

      @@leonardhpls6 really? E. Europeans are leaving UK in huge numbers. The UK is filled with Asians and Africans nowadays stabbing each others hahaha In the next 10 years there won't be any whites living in the major cities like London, Birmingham etc Britistan very soon hahaha There are more illegals entering the UK each year than EU citizens lol

    • @vladg661
      @vladg661 6 місяців тому +31

      @@leonardhpls6money and living conditions are two different things lad. Why work for 400 euros when you go do the same thing for 4000 euros ? You tell me

    • @LinusIslamTips
      @LinusIslamTips 6 місяців тому +23

      ​@@vladg661so yeah, you did prove his point. These western stigmas do seem to be true when apparently most want to get the fuck off of that depressing shithole and work for 4000 instead for 400.

    • @RaduRadonys
      @RaduRadonys 6 місяців тому +16

      @@LinusIslamTips If most want to get out, most would get out. But most don't get out. So most don't want to get out, but few want. I make more money in Romania than I was offered in France, and so are many more.

  • @funnycompilations3396
    @funnycompilations3396 6 місяців тому +60

    I think the author maybe it looks more scarier than it actually is. Yes, those places look grim and dirty. As you could see no one was yelling or trying to approach him they were just minding their business. Most of the people living in those places are not bad people they are just poor.

  • @Romanian.landscapes
    @Romanian.landscapes 6 місяців тому +145

    Made it actually look like more dangerous than it was. Sure it`s not a very nice neighborhood, you haven`t seen the roughest part of it either, but most people are nice and trying to get by, it isn`t full of gangs and criminals.

    • @silviustoica7966
      @silviustoica7966 6 місяців тому +4

      👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

    • @stefanosavio7399
      @stefanosavio7399 6 місяців тому

      S-a plimbat printre niste blocuri mai paraginite si gata ....danger :)). Da , e mizerie si ce o fi p'acolo da' n-a venit nimeni sa-l intrebe de portofel ....e un trend '' The most the bla bla bla '' s-au luat dupa unii mai '' grei '' ( Bald and bakrupt&Co )si se maimutaresc si ei .....papagali:))

    • @wotajoker4802
      @wotajoker4802 6 місяців тому

      Only romanian person would say that u can see its ghetto n it was rated top 4 most dangerous. Romania known for pickpocket the thieving cowards. Place looks like a dumpster

    • @turceapaulandrei
      @turceapaulandrei 5 місяців тому +9

      Exactly what I was going to say, he hasn’t seen the worst part of it😂 my dad had an aunt who ended up in a studio in ferentari after some bad deals she made, and I went there with my dad a few times to help her out with stuff. That place was way worse when apparently it was still not the roughest part! But the amount of garbage, and the lack of metal.. there was a block with no doors and no railing, everything that could be stolen and scrapped, had been. But in terms of safety, it’s still pretty safe if you mind your business. Probably safer than all cities in America 😂 It’s just not pretty

    • @aspmere189
      @aspmere189 Місяць тому

      90% of ex soviet countries are like this ...

  • @theyluvcherry
    @theyluvcherry 6 місяців тому +488

    You're probably the bravest UA-camr anyone's gonna find on the community, glad you posted today

    • @whakaubro
      @whakaubro 6 місяців тому

    • @juicyqt2357
      @juicyqt2357 6 місяців тому +25

      He's just 1 of many that ate really brave and not scared to explore the world the worst of the worst. He's yet to go to a real ghetto in America

    • @randomstuff797
      @randomstuff797 6 місяців тому +20

      He still yet to be in L.a or Chicago

    • @lukedingley5661
      @lukedingley5661 6 місяців тому +36

      @@juicyqt2357don’t think he’s aloud in America

    • @hatrickyman
      @hatrickyman 6 місяців тому +20

      There's heaps of guys that have gone to way more dangerous places, I'm sure Spanian will get around to em eventually but yeah. Can't discount guys going to Port Moresby, Africa, Venezuela etc

  • @gumleaf9524
    @gumleaf9524 6 місяців тому +461

    Most of us Aussies have no idea what hardship and poverty are thanks Spanian for letting us see a little bit. Bit rougher than mounty county big fella

    • @fukdaesh
      @fukdaesh 6 місяців тому +34

      Makes mounty look like Mosman

    • @williamwallace4924
      @williamwallace4924 6 місяців тому +21

      There is a lot of rough shitty neighbourhoods in australia. Does he not know that.

    • @Pusfilth
      @Pusfilth 6 місяців тому

      @@williamwallace4924dole bludge

    • @hayden6056
      @hayden6056 6 місяців тому +52

      ​@@williamwallace4924they dont compare to some other slums though in all reality.

    • @BreakKaydenBreak
      @BreakKaydenBreak 6 місяців тому +18

      @@williamwallace4924 no comparison

  • @ishootlazerslol
    @ishootlazerslol 6 місяців тому +29

    Heyo, I have lived there for most of my life, to be exact in the big block shown at 05:23, for almost 23 years. My parents still do live there. Now, they have let me live in their studio which was bought back in the 90s, when retail prices weren't that crazy, situated in downtown Bucharest. They have kept it hidden it from me, to not let me think I am too much of a privillage, I guess. This studio was used to rent, and by being situated downtown, now they kinda give me a chance to live in much of a better place after I left home, finished school and started working 🙌
    I know I am lucky lad, because rent prices/apartament prices in Bucharest have even passed central areas in some cities in Western Europe. Btw minimum salary in Romania is like 350 euros and the average rent in Bucharest is roughly 300 euro, where the average salary is around 800-900 euros.
    It was so funny seeing you taking 323 bus, because you know, that was my bus like 😂, been taking it all my life from the block to metro station or wherelse. Seen lots of crazy shit in that bus, like people fighting, opening doors while the car was still running, loots of roadmen and vagabonds using bus as a place to sleep for a few hours, avoiding winter's cold...
    Ferentari is a rough neighbourhood, indeed, but you can also meet interesting and kind people, not only drug addicts, pimps, smugglers, mafia and roadmen 😅 Also, on some streets around the places you walked, you have like crackhouse-crackhouse- 2 miliom euro house- same- crsckhouse. The distribution of wealth is highly unregulated in this neighbourhood and so visible.
    Even if you kinda missed its atmospheric vibe populated by manele playing out loud, I think you guys have an insight now hehe.
    Thanks for taking time to say hi to my neighbourhood 😎

    • @sebp400
      @sebp400 3 місяці тому +1

      I really enjoy reading the comments from people coming from these neighbourhoods. Thanks for taking the time to type this. I think I grew up in poverty but poverty is a state of mind, it's a lack of resources that often the problem but human beings are creative.

    • @jensr4221
      @jensr4221 2 місяці тому

      I was there today iam from.germany i was in the midnight trattoria

    • @sticlavoda5632
      @sticlavoda5632 Місяць тому

      Wasn't the minimum salary raised?

    • @ishootlazerslol
      @ishootlazerslol Місяць тому

      @@sticlavoda5632 not with much, but the NET amount is below 500 euros anyway

  • @olkasbrix
    @olkasbrix 6 місяців тому +13

    looked like a slightly rundown retirement village. the rubbish on the ground looked kinda "rough", but, unless ur scared of granmas cooking, this place looked tame af

  • @TashaHarris2-zv2zp
    @TashaHarris2-zv2zp 6 місяців тому +29

    As a black British based in the UK with 3 Romanian best friends who speaks the language and eats salmali.......I love 💗 Romania!!! I'm not 🚫 scared to go to ferantari Bucharest!!!!

    • @qvasar89g73
      @qvasar89g73 6 місяців тому +5

      👏🏻💪🏼 he’s just doing this superficial type of content, not interacting with the locals or delving into the culture. Just some scardy cat going when no one s around filmibg in neighbourhoods where old ladies aren t scared to walk at night

    • @TonyQuaif
      @TonyQuaif 6 місяців тому +6

      When you befriend Romanians, you've got friends for life. Refreshing to see your comment opposed to the white brits spouting their derogatory drivel in the comment section. I'm Romanian who's been living in London for the last 12 years. I've got quite a few black brits as friends here myself, if we click and get on that's all that matters.

    • @TashaHarris2-zv2zp
      @TashaHarris2-zv2zp 6 місяців тому +3

      @@TonyQuaif exactly 💯💯💯

    • @corinarafael4814
      @corinarafael4814 6 місяців тому +1

      SARMALE*

  • @undergroundresistance732
    @undergroundresistance732 6 місяців тому +55

    According to the Global Peace Index, Romania is a peaceful nation, even making it one of the safest countries in Europe. Soo is not that bad in Ferentari as it seems. All the thives are gone in Vest Europe 🤣🤣🤣

    • @NuSuntSerb
      @NuSuntSerb 6 місяців тому

      Gypsies Will continue to be the fault of thievery in europe forever, us romanians get a bad name because of them

    • @Micha_mg
      @Micha_mg 6 місяців тому

      There, Gipsy clans fight each other. Drugs, prostitution and ATM. Now you know

    • @AquaTofana.
      @AquaTofana. 6 місяців тому +2

      What you just said was so obvious at the start of the pandemic, when they returned home. It was a circus, i felt so bad for the western coutries that had to deal with them. 😂

  • @airineibogdan9798
    @airineibogdan9798 6 місяців тому +168

    I am from Romania and discovered you not long ago. I only watch the episodes about bad areas you go in. When we were watching the Spain episode with bad neighborhood, my wife said: "He should come and visit Ferentari if he has courage". Man, you are something special. To go there alone as a foreigner. Hope all the best to you and a lot of good future episodes. All the luck in the world. Hugs

    • @andreimihail-ib3jw
      @andreimihail-ib3jw 6 місяців тому +10

      dute ma , nu e curajos , e destept ca omu viziteaza ziua , sa vina noaptea ca atunci se intampla actiunea

    • @jablonecworcklaw4669
      @jablonecworcklaw4669 6 місяців тому +7

      Unde frate ca se incadreaza perfect, uita te la el, parnaie alea alea , daca baga sibla vena poate sa se mute

    • @RaduRadonys
      @RaduRadonys 6 місяців тому +2

      LOL, this video is shit, ooo, so dangerous, a homeless gypsy searching for bottles, what a shocking and dangerous place!!!

    • @qvasar89g73
      @qvasar89g73 6 місяців тому +8

      This scardycat baby is only going to places he knows are safe. Grandmas aren’t scared to go to Ferentari

    • @evoids
      @evoids 6 місяців тому +1

      Europe don’t got slums

  • @pisiata3651
    @pisiata3651 4 місяці тому +7

    13.29 min. All my respect for the person or persons who put the shelter for stray animals there! Wow i did not expect that! ❤❤❤

  • @Rucky888
    @Rucky888 6 місяців тому +13

    I enjoyed watching this. Ive never Been to this area so I cannot comment, however I have been to Bucharest a few times and around Romania and it is an incredibly safe and beautiful country. Keep it up

  • @Vadim-he8uc
    @Vadim-he8uc 6 місяців тому +150

    As a Romanian Australian this is quite funny, my family lives not far from there and i go there often to stay with them, and although this is a dangerous place especially if you don't speak the language, for me this isn't anything too crazy as it just looks like another typical poor neighbourhood, but for an Australian or Westerner that has never been in Eastern Europe/Romania or seen something like this, i can understand the reaction.

    • @supermario8416
      @supermario8416 6 місяців тому +20

      No it does not look like a poor neighbourhood, only the gypsys live like that and such povery is extremly rare in Romania nowadays. Today's Romania has the same standard of living as Portugal, just slightly lower than Spain.

    • @versguversgu8
      @versguversgu8 6 місяців тому +6

      @@supermario8416 brother not all Romania is like Bucharest stop this, there's still a lot of crime and poverty in the South West and Eastern part of the country like in Braila where I live

    • @supermario8416
      @supermario8416 6 місяців тому +11

      @@versguversgu8 do you know how much poverty, homeless people and ghettos there are in France, USA, Spain, UK and so on ?

    • @versguversgu8
      @versguversgu8 6 місяців тому +5

      @@supermario8416 yes I do, doesn't mean there's no crime and extreme poverty in Romania

    • @supermario8416
      @supermario8416 6 місяців тому +18

      @@versguversgu8 the murder rate in Romania is 6x lower than in the USA and 2x lower than in Canada. Romania is one of the safest countries in Europe.

  • @razvanpetrescu2871
    @razvanpetrescu2871 6 місяців тому +33

    Cheers from Romania, Bucharest :) if you are still here and need any info, i m here for you ;) ps: you should have seen Ferentari 15-20 years ago, that should have been an exerience, now that part only lives with the past vibe :)

    • @xXJellyShotsXx
      @xXJellyShotsXx 6 місяців тому

      This was on the 17th I’m guessing he’s already in Greece or on his way somewhere else

  • @howtocyberwar
    @howtocyberwar 6 місяців тому +13

    This is one of the poorest places in Bucharest but definitely not that dangerous. I would walk there at any time of day or night unlike in some other more civilized parts of the world.

  • @HuseyinAtaiEsengol
    @HuseyinAtaiEsengol 5 місяців тому +1

    In my opinion this is UA-cam at its best! A simple camera, good content/story and a nice interesting video!

  • @kenmesic7143
    @kenmesic7143 6 місяців тому +96

    Just came back from Romania one of the best places I have visited good people felt very safe there ...way better than bloody Australia this place has gone down the drain...

    • @CTI649
      @CTI649 6 місяців тому +5

      Thank you, good country but we have a lot of work to do to even be at 50% of Australia s level...

    • @Ben_leonard750
      @Ben_leonard750 6 місяців тому +10

      Ungrateful mate

    • @danielrichardson6577
      @danielrichardson6577 6 місяців тому +4

      I was there 2 months ago.. was a boring country and like stepping back in the 90s. Don't know how u rate it
      Yes aus is terrible these days lol

    • @cosmindvd
      @cosmindvd 6 місяців тому +22

      Romania is one of the safest coutnries in the world actually, the first 5 biggest Romanian cities are in top 100 safest cities on earth, Cluj-Napoca is around 14, Romania is even 2 times safer than Germany, let alone USA.

    • @cincoblankko
      @cincoblankko 6 місяців тому +5

      @@danielrichardson6577 how's AU terrible? Haven't visited AU, but from the internet and media, I'd say it's far more civilised and with better public infrastructure than Romania. As a romanian, from a government POV, I can say we have politicians that could set world records for corruption, and education and healthcare are Ferentari like compared to AU.

  • @frits8986
    @frits8986 6 місяців тому +189

    You have this in a lot Eastern European countries. Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia. Go to the old parts of Eastern Berlin and you’ll be amazed by how shitty it looks. In all honesty, these neighborhoods are usually way better than you might think. Never felt unsafe when visiting these areas. Looks horrible, but it was a way of constructing homes back in the days of Communism.
    Edit: sorry guys I meant Eastern Bloc. Living in The Netherlands, we are also used to calling countries east of Germany ‘Eastern Europe’.

    • @Milosz5013
      @Milosz5013 6 місяців тому +17

      I’ve felt the safest I’ve ever been in those countries

    • @andrewtory1286
      @andrewtory1286 6 місяців тому +7

      Slovenia aint bad! nicest people and scenrey in the world!

    • @32ent70
      @32ent70 6 місяців тому

      europe has very low standars thats why they all migrate-s

    • @shadowsxd1452
      @shadowsxd1452 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Milosz5013 there's a big difference from the safety of a country and a neighborhood. Romania and Eastern Europe are generally safer , no immigrants what-so-ever. Even the gipsies are ok , they wont bother you if you don't look fancy. just a low % are making trouble .Ferentari is a dark place , even Taxis don't take you there through the night. There is a story i know , that a taxi went on "Liverzilor Street" and basically people stole the car.
      It's great to hear that you haven't got any trouble , but obviously is dangerous . Don't induce the idea that is safe to go on sketchy streets in any country.

    • @anguswheaton20
      @anguswheaton20 6 місяців тому

      When I travelled through Hungary and Czechoslovakia back in the early nineties it was the first time I could afford to sit down and eat real meals in months. I loved those countries.
      @@Milosz5013

  • @AngieLea
    @AngieLea 6 місяців тому +1

    This is the best channel I've subbed to in a long time. You're doing such a service telling people where to go and not go. I grew up in East London on a rough estate. Not the worst but not the best. If you're from these areas you're ok but not good if you ate wandering through looking lost.

  • @unknownentity8256
    @unknownentity8256 6 місяців тому

    I ran through these Into The Hood episodes in under a day, please keep uploading these are so f*cking good man, real shit.

  • @Jessica-hx6kd
    @Jessica-hx6kd 6 місяців тому +24

    Mondays are better when Spanian uploads

  • @salsahunger
    @salsahunger 6 місяців тому +27

    This is heaven compareing to hoods that u can find in Ukraine!

  • @masongeorge9630
    @masongeorge9630 6 місяців тому +2

    Love this series, can’t get enough!

  • @smthnew861
    @smthnew861 Місяць тому +1

    came from Romania a week ago. and i got to say, it's such an incredible country! loved Transilvania especially! even thinking about moving to Brasov!

  • @Xistfilm
    @Xistfilm 6 місяців тому +53

    Gotta be the best series on yt right now, keep it up

    • @almost.sweettalk.caffeine
      @almost.sweettalk.caffeine 6 місяців тому +6

      💯 he needs more views his content is great

    • @modifiedmafia
      @modifiedmafia 6 місяців тому

      he needs to friend some of the locals and get some interviews and maybe some insights on what the popular drugs are in each area and also locals opinions on local crime etc

  • @gabriel__2640
    @gabriel__2640 6 місяців тому +68

    Funny thing, Romania is safer than western europe tbh, even in the Bucharest area, compared to other big western capitals or cities, people are actually friendly and mind their own business. Ferantari and Rahova was dangerous in the past. Now it tends to be a lot chill.

    • @silviustoica7966
      @silviustoica7966 6 місяців тому

      👏👏👏👏👏

    • @Nyu.Rosseanne
      @Nyu.Rosseanne 4 місяці тому

      True

    • @robertl4551
      @robertl4551 4 місяці тому +1

      oh do you know why? because all the Roma folks are in Italy busy making money there

    • @loneycornel778
      @loneycornel778 Місяць тому

      I-a luat pe toți fratii noștri de culoare în Europa. Îi spală, le da sa mănânce, le da drepturi, ca noi eram rasiști și discriminatorii ca nu le-am dat condiții 😂😂😂🤦‍♂️. Acum sa se spele cu ei pe cap, la câte probleme le fac. Occidentalii credeau ca ei sunt cei care o sa rezolve problemele de integrare. Traiesc în UK. Sa vina toți sa rămână toți. Oricum jumătate din UK a devenit un ghetou.

  • @amj6644
    @amj6644 6 місяців тому

    my favourite channel on youtube. love you mate

  • @danielleLaw007
    @danielleLaw007 6 місяців тому +1

    You're so brave! ❤ but you bring awareness to these places none of us would dare to go 🤗

  • @paulturner9542
    @paulturner9542 6 місяців тому +131

    To be fair, if you've been or are from Eastern Europe, this looks like just another normal neighbourhood.

    • @alimay967
      @alimay967 6 місяців тому +1

      Agree! And definitely not dangerous. Spanian just doesn't know what he's talking about and projects his criminal history on ugly looking neighbourhoods in other countries!

    • @sibwer8485
      @sibwer8485 6 місяців тому +9

      no😂

    • @user-hk6vi4fg3i
      @user-hk6vi4fg3i 6 місяців тому +17

      no it doesnt

    • @kidcaramba2392
      @kidcaramba2392 6 місяців тому +14

      ​@@user-hk6vi4fg3iyes it does, there are many places that look like this and worse the further you go into eastern europe.

    • @_vindicator_
      @_vindicator_ 6 місяців тому +10

      it's sub average but not the worst slum i seen in hungary, people live in fking tents in forests like tribes

  • @GuessMonster-SP
    @GuessMonster-SP 6 місяців тому +11

    You are improving this series with every video. It is absolutely amazing to see your progress. Thank you for all the hard work you have put into raising the quality of this series and I hope you arent stressing yourself out too much. We want you to enjoy your time doing this as well. I hope one day you could do a trip around asia or perhaps one of the old ghost cities in Russia once everything out there cools down.

  • @sweetcountrygirl
    @sweetcountrygirl 6 місяців тому +29

    I have been many times in Bucharest always felt safe watching this felt so familiar to me, next time I go will check this area out with my Romanian friends x Trust me I always feel safe in Romania 🇷🇴 and I speak their language x And those trams I love them x❤ Romanian people are great x

    • @StefanAndrei-fo2vx
      @StefanAndrei-fo2vx 6 місяців тому +2

      I love you kind words, bless you.

    • @sweetcountrygirl
      @sweetcountrygirl 6 місяців тому +3

      @@StefanAndrei-fo2vx I really mean what I say, For some strange reason Romania is in my heart xxx

    • @silviustoica7966
      @silviustoica7966 6 місяців тому

      👏👏👏👏👏

    • @StefanAndrei-fo2vx
      @StefanAndrei-fo2vx 6 місяців тому

      @@sweetcountrygirl I can see and I’m glad it is indeed a lovely country, thank you, if you don’t mind, may I know where are you from?

    • @sweetcountrygirl
      @sweetcountrygirl 6 місяців тому

      I am from UK but often come to Bucharest ❤

  • @WFH910
    @WFH910 6 місяців тому +11

    Poverty and decay in that particular neighbourhood? For sure
    Very dangerous? Not really and you can take this from someone born, raised and who lived in Bucharest for 35 years.
    For 5 years I've been living in Berlin and I can tell you that everytime I'm going to certain areas of the city I have to look over my shoulder and keep a suficient amount of room between myself and other dodgy looking people on the street so that I can avoid any potential stabbing.
    Also being extra careful not staying too close to the ledge of the subway stations lol. Overall, it's 10x more dangerous here than in any area you can find in Bucharest, Romania or in most of eastern Europe for that matter, where the worst that can happen to you is to get robbed and maybe receive a couple of slaps and even that can be avoided with a bit of street smarts and common sense. Here, in Berlin, you can actually get killed. Don't even get me started on the possibility of a terrorist attack which is 100x higher in any large city in western europe than in eastern europe.

    • @dorotak-k8211
      @dorotak-k8211 6 місяців тому +6

      Exactly my thoughts. I'm from Poland living in UK and I only found out that actually Poland is much safer, after I moved out. I never realized that before as the narration of the western media is the oposite. E.g. you don't get to see much poverty or dangerous stuff in the town centres in easter parts of Europe - it's more in the neighbourhoods (with mostly locals living there, bit poor, alkohol, theft etc.) It's the oposite in UK (plus some rough neighbourhoods or streets too).

    • @silviustoica7966
      @silviustoica7966 6 місяців тому +1

      👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @YaeOne2515
    @YaeOne2515 6 місяців тому +28

    Always pumped for these vids 🔥

    • @valenpereze
      @valenpereze 6 місяців тому +3

      love ur vids brotha keep the grind up

    • @YaeOne2515
      @YaeOne2515 6 місяців тому +1

      @valsk8s69 cheers man 🤙

  • @BreakKaydenBreak
    @BreakKaydenBreak 6 місяців тому +17

    The quality of these videos is Crazy. Love watching a real one.

    • @clubfillerspinkknickers9791
      @clubfillerspinkknickers9791 6 місяців тому

      He's not real

    • @BreakKaydenBreak
      @BreakKaydenBreak 6 місяців тому +2

      @@clubfillerspinkknickers9791 ?

    • @lochie777
      @lochie777 6 місяців тому

      @@clubfillerspinkknickers9791mate look at all your recent comments your a fan commenting hate comments on all his videos get a life cuz

    • @Sniperlens4275
      @Sniperlens4275 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@clubfillerspinkknickers9791what do you mean he's not real?

    • @RaduRadonys
      @RaduRadonys 6 місяців тому +3

      @@Sniperlens4275 He's faking terror, that neighborhood was not scary at all. I bet nobody even spoke to him or noticed him lol.

  • @krislaing7299
    @krislaing7299 6 місяців тому

    Love all your vids mate watched then a few times each . Love how you came up bro and love to see you just flourish . Respect 🤙

  • @r.kiarni
    @r.kiarni 2 місяці тому

    honestly, thank you for going into these places bro. i know its your job and all, but its still crazy

  • @Grish_au_lait
    @Grish_au_lait 6 місяців тому +38

    Poor area, dirty area, but Bucharest is very safe. Even Ferentari is. That does not mean it ain’t brave and nice of you to share these places. Great job!

  • @rubenpanou
    @rubenpanou 6 місяців тому +154

    This series is really good, can't wait to see an episode in US Neighbourhoods.

    • @Portez77
      @Portez77 6 місяців тому +78

      He probably won't be allowed in to the US with his record

    • @randomstuff797
      @randomstuff797 6 місяців тому +30

      Can't go the U.s because of his record

    • @pats3071
      @pats3071 6 місяців тому +18

      Don’t think he can to the US with his criminal record unfortunately

    • @Gazzz010
      @Gazzz010 6 місяців тому +14

      Would love this too but would need an amazing lawyer to get his Visa approved

    • @roganmorrow
      @roganmorrow 6 місяців тому +39

      He just needs to go to Mexico and walk across the border

  • @kgfil2296
    @kgfil2296 6 місяців тому +5

    Done Ferentari, solo, back around 2013. Still looks exactly the same (apart from the fact that packs of stray dogs no longer exist). I've felt more threatened walking the streets of Newham, London to be honest, however I wouldn't recommend people doing Ferentari solo, especially non-streetwise.

  • @puakeriwinterburn
    @puakeriwinterburn 6 місяців тому +1

    Ur the man bro , mean vids love from New Zealand 🇳🇿, been watching since the knife fight tutorial mad love

  • @Bazza98
    @Bazza98 6 місяців тому +36

    Spanian you are by far the best Australian content creator. My family love your videos. Keep it up mate.

  • @christianb.3293
    @christianb.3293 6 місяців тому +15

    I live in Bucharest and I know Ferentari s reputation but I never been there. Judging just by the news on tv (not an accurate metric, agree) the place is left just with the reputation as I saw on tv no major crimes committed in there (such as shootings and stuff which are anyway extremely rare in Romania so if it happens will make Breaking News) and as we all noticed, with junkies and poverty.

  • @boyanbogoev1637
    @boyanbogoev1637 6 місяців тому +9

    Huge respect for what you are doing!If you wish to experience something much more extreme and poor,you should visit Sofia/Hristo Botev,Fakulteta and Stilipinovo in Plovdiv.

  • @lepi4san
    @lepi4san 6 місяців тому +8

    I live pretty close to that neighborhood. I've been volunteering there for a couple of years, at one of the schools in the area. I mean, yes, there's a high criminality rate. But children living there are amazing and deserve a chance. And they will have a better future :)

  • @AtotheA93
    @AtotheA93 6 місяців тому +9

    Bro , this isn't even half bad. Ferentari used to be a rlly dangerous neighbourhood 15-20years ago but nowadays you can walk throu it without much worries. I used to live there from 2000 until 2008 and trust me it was dangerous.

  • @DoesHeroEdit
    @DoesHeroEdit 6 місяців тому +4

    Just brilliant Spanian, absolutely brilliant. Love these walkthroughs, seen them all. I hope this series gets the eyes in deserves.

  • @dariowyss8708
    @dariowyss8708 6 місяців тому +1

    That was great. Love the series. Pls consider taking local people along as i believe they would maybe wrap the whole thing in more context. Keep it up lad.

  • @therealm8749
    @therealm8749 5 місяців тому

    Honestly, without mocking you, this brings back good memories from childhood. In the 90s, that's how all the cities in Romania looked like.

  • @aztecxx5269
    @aztecxx5269 6 місяців тому +87

    You’ll find this type of brutalist architecture all over the eastern block of Europe. Some of these places might even not be too bad but they just look gloomy and unsafe. I think you’ll be fine as a tourist, the mafia usually just leaves tourists alone because their business model isn’t robbing tourists but racketeering and all the other traditional criminal forms of generating income.
    The only place I’ve ever felt unsafe was in Casablanca, Morocco. When you have groups of 10 men following you asking for money, then getting on a bus full of football hooligans, it’s definitely a bit intimidating.

    • @JuiceMonger999
      @JuiceMonger999 6 місяців тому +3

      👏 yes. I am from Bulgaria and it looks sketch but u will be fine

    • @grenzhochspannungshindernis
      @grenzhochspannungshindernis 6 місяців тому +2

      Those 'brutalist' architecture looks gloomy because nobody looks after, repairs and paint it... according to the 'unsafe', believe it or not but those buildings will outlive you and the rest of your family. Romania is 'free' country since 1991 and its in EU since 2007? and they STILL live in dirt and poverty up until now...

    • @shadowsxd1452
      @shadowsxd1452 6 місяців тому +7

      @@grenzhochspannungshindernis Romania is free since 89' and still in poverty because of the corrupt gouvernement. Gouvernement members could retire at 40 and get pension of 3-4k euro for the rest of their lives , meanwhile people who work for 1k euro for 35 years , retire at 63-65 and get like 800 euro or less as pension ;)

    • @RaduRadonys
      @RaduRadonys 6 місяців тому

      @@grenzhochspannungshindernis Are you joking, or are you serious? You know those buildings are occupied by gypsies. right? You know what that means?

    • @RaduRadonys
      @RaduRadonys 6 місяців тому +4

      @@shadowsxd1452 Everywhere in the world the government members have high wages and pensions, not only in Romania. You think US government members ride a scooter to work??

  • @andykkkk5132
    @andykkkk5132 6 місяців тому +10

    Good to see you living life to its fullest bro. Respect.

  • @fitnessandmotivation5722
    @fitnessandmotivation5722 6 місяців тому

    Best one yet brother!!
    From Nottingham UK .
    Xx

  • @cristicrs5373
    @cristicrs5373 6 місяців тому +7

    Sorry to disappoint you, but you can actually find really friendly people there. Though they might be poor, it's a safe place, and nobody's going to bother you. I live in Bucharest, and know this place quite well.

  • @camerasanti4652
    @camerasanti4652 6 місяців тому +85

    Love your videos man. It would be really interesting to see you go to Southamerican hoods, they're very different from those in Europe or Australia.

    • @justins8304
      @justins8304 6 місяців тому +30

      He won’t come back out alive if enters any South American Barrio or Favela

    • @rohandrysdale1139
      @rohandrysdale1139 6 місяців тому

      You tryna get him killed lol? If they mistake him for a gang member he's dead. Maybe if he asked the right people for permission....

    • @skilledindividual
      @skilledindividual 6 місяців тому +15

      @@justins8304it’s Spanian bra he be eatswar

    • @jamespopovic9750
      @jamespopovic9750 6 місяців тому +1

      El Salvador 🤔

    • @camerasanti4652
      @camerasanti4652 6 місяців тому +3

      @justins8304 I mean, it is possible to contact someone inside these barrios and be able to enter with them. It wouldn't be that easy, but I don't think it's impossible.

  • @redishman
    @redishman 6 місяців тому +24

    this is not the usual look of Romanian neighborhoods. I live in Romania, one of the safest places you can live in Europe. A few years ago Bucharest was the safest European capital, I think it's around there now. I can walk those streets, no sweat and is not that big of a deal, simply because is not that dangerous. Granted, you're a foreigner, and you don't really know the place, language etc. But not that bad mate. That slum in Barcelona you showed us, was way worse.

  • @stevenlewtonjorari1815
    @stevenlewtonjorari1815 6 місяців тому

    Spanian. Brother. You legend. Keep making original content like this mate!

  • @andrewcheshire244
    @andrewcheshire244 6 місяців тому +62

    Having lived in Russia for 9 years- that 'scary' place didn't look bad at all.

    • @alimay967
      @alimay967 6 місяців тому +9

      Places in Russia aren't scary either. Poor doesn't equal scary in Russia. What did you do there for 9 years

    • @Ben_leonard750
      @Ben_leonard750 6 місяців тому +4

      Your so stunning and brave! Want a statue Malaka ?

    • @alexgab4012
      @alexgab4012 6 місяців тому +7

      My friend he went there in the very morning when everyone is sleeping, if he was there after 5,6 pm believe me it wouldn’t be the same and he wouldn’t have that camera anymore.

    • @MDAZCable
      @MDAZCable 6 місяців тому

      indeed

  • @84jsavage
    @84jsavage 6 місяців тому +6

    Brah as soon as I see your hood episodes come up, everything else got to wait! Letsss OGGGGG

  • @delxdune
    @delxdune 6 місяців тому +3

    Honestly, I would be more scared on London's streets. By a lot. It looks very bad, but it's not that dangerous

  • @r.kiarni
    @r.kiarni 2 місяці тому

    i love this series bro. ive always had a bit of curiosity about different “hoods” around the world as someone from one, but i’m still a woman and a 5’2 shy one at that so this is a good way for me to see them and be safe 😂 love it

  • @homegrowngnome
    @homegrowngnome 6 місяців тому +10

    spanny really carving out his own legacy. well done brutha

  • @wendyhardy8304
    @wendyhardy8304 6 місяців тому +8

    This is the most people I’ve seen moving around these projects. The others you’ve visited are ghost towns. And the cars aren’t all burnt and stripped.

  • @Lucia67777
    @Lucia67777 6 місяців тому +11

    Hey,go in famous L.A,worse than Ferentari which is just one neighbourhood.The rest of the Bucharest is so beautiful.And all the Romania country is such a beautiful place with nice people.I live in Canada and i can't wait to move back in my Bucharest which is a gorgeous city.I lived in Bucharest many years ago and never went in Ferentari.Many big cities in this world are way worse and more dangerous than my country.

  • @lindagreenbank6867
    @lindagreenbank6867 6 місяців тому +1

    OMG! That's just scary you must have got out because you posted. One brave lad 😅

  • @GarretBeen
    @GarretBeen 6 місяців тому +31

    You should do a walkthrough in a South African township, such as Alexandra in Johannesburg or Hillbrow in Johannesburg.

    • @pogcrazy5398
      @pogcrazy5398 6 місяців тому +1

      I commented about coming to SA, I dont think walking around with the gear he has will go without the unwanted attention.

    • @declanmckenzie873
      @declanmckenzie873 6 місяців тому +4

      No chance he comes out with this equipment, he would go broke to with the amount of bribing he'll have to do with locals and police😂

    • @woahitssiahh
      @woahitssiahh 6 місяців тому

      I had a teacher in primary school that was from SA and she said told us crazy stories from Johannesburg. Even had a friend from SA and he had crazy stories as well.

    • @declanmckenzie873
      @declanmckenzie873 6 місяців тому

      @woahitssiahh i have heaps but 1 of them is someone got stabbed at our school, they called police and we all waited outside the school for 20 minutes and then they sent us back to class and they didn't even find who it was

    • @george1449
      @george1449 6 місяців тому

      Not sure what to say about S Africa tough. I have only been to Cape town and it seemed safer than Rio de Janeiro in Brazil or even Paris lol

  • @roxader4299
    @roxader4299 6 місяців тому +76

    This doesn't even look that bad, LOL 😅 I mean for a Roma neighborhood, this actually looks quite decent, for the most part. Come to Stolipinovo, Plovdiv in Bulgaria next time, if you want to see a real Roma ghetto.

    • @shimysekemp9685
      @shimysekemp9685 6 місяців тому +7

      Literally just googled it after reading your comment. Woweee 😳😳😳

    • @Salammaleicu
      @Salammaleicu 6 місяців тому +5

      yea and this is said to be the worst here, Romania is a decent place. I love it here

    • @nicolaramoso3286
      @nicolaramoso3286 6 місяців тому +2

      Ahaha exactly it kinda looks like every other urban Romanian neighborhood up until the 10th minute mark, and he was already shocked ahah
      The rest was rough though

    • @Joe-jq6dk
      @Joe-jq6dk 6 місяців тому +4

      Lunik 9 in Kosice is way worse than this

    • @Crumliner
      @Crumliner 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Joe-jq6dk100% dude. I wouldn't venture into Lunik 9 without a local gypsy guide.

  • @bcab7955
    @bcab7955 6 місяців тому +16

    This is pretty funny, I recently spent a month in District 5, Bucharest looking very similar. It was lovely, a short walk to beautiful parks, a Lidl grocery store nearby, and great walking paths. I've got nothing but positive experiences from that region, cheers.

  • @dionmcmurrick7997
    @dionmcmurrick7997 6 місяців тому +5

    Another into the hood hell yes love these vlogs so well done Spaniard

  • @lucuchen
    @lucuchen 6 місяців тому +10

    bucharest is made of 6 sectors. every sector has a mayor + the general mayor for the entire city. every election since the revolution of '89 for that sector's mayor job was a money laundry. they where never looked after & ot became what you can see now: poverty, filth, abuse. some organizations create programs (with the help of usual ppl donating money) about health, they screen movies, music.. for the kids especially. it's a sad situation😢

  • @alistair_rhodes7
    @alistair_rhodes7 6 місяців тому

    Great work on the stealth filming bro!

  • @ionutlazar1529
    @ionutlazar1529 6 місяців тому +7

    Spanian! Welcome to Romania my brother! I hope you will get to see what a beautiful country it is…Ferentari is not quite how it used to be…just chilling nowadays! 😅 much love ❤

  • @Dan-ck5oq
    @Dan-ck5oq 6 місяців тому +5

    The buildings are shitty, but the streets are pretty clean except for a few spots.

  • @rubiskelter
    @rubiskelter 5 місяців тому +1

    Don't take me wrong Spanian, but they probably thought you were a local :P
    Awesome content bro, you're hitting 1 million of subs in no time. Keep it up

  • @edneyhelenedossantos1875
    @edneyhelenedossantos1875 6 місяців тому

    Another great video :)

  • @WillisMacrilis
    @WillisMacrilis 6 місяців тому +3

    Keep up the great vids,great choice of slums/ghettos and all eats,always looking forward to your new material brother, let's Ogg!!

  • @Milosz5013
    @Milosz5013 6 місяців тому +5

    As someone who has an interest and been to number of Eastern European countries.. this is great to see thanks mate

  • @marcfisher323
    @marcfisher323 6 місяців тому

    Love your content bro from all the way back in the UK 🇬🇧

  • @mickandtraceycope7826
    @mickandtraceycope7826 6 місяців тому +1

    Excited you are going back to Greece 🇬🇷

  • @HERTZINDAKOK
    @HERTZINDAKOK 6 місяців тому +6

    Love the content , how this content isnt blowing you up across the world has me fucked

  • @b0kch0w93
    @b0kch0w93 6 місяців тому +6

    Spanian should have his own Netflix show

  • @elsat3568
    @elsat3568 6 місяців тому

    Just suscribed to your channel Yesterday. I love it!! So interesting to discover these places. I'm hooked.

  • @KnowingTruth
    @KnowingTruth 6 місяців тому

    Wow what a guetto!
    Have fun and a better time in Greece!

  • @DBASSDAN
    @DBASSDAN 6 місяців тому +5

    Love your work brother, keep it going. Take care

  • @aarondavidson6409
    @aarondavidson6409 6 місяців тому +3

    Just got out of surgery.... needed a solid video... aww hell yeah new spanian!!!

  • @DiyanosusThracianSanctuary
    @DiyanosusThracianSanctuary 4 місяці тому

    i recently found your channel and talk about turning your life around! good for you!

  • @BigBenny88
    @BigBenny88 6 місяців тому +4

    Hey spainian, much love from Vancouver Canada. I've been watching your stuff since the beginning. If you want a crazy hood walk through video, check out East Hastings In the city of Vancouver. There's no place in the world that has more of a contrast from ritch to poor blocks away.

  • @jhonsmith8544
    @jhonsmith8544 6 місяців тому +3

    mad episode keep them coming best travel channel

  • @davidmarsalis1522
    @davidmarsalis1522 6 місяців тому +3

    Spanian . On fire 🔥mate . We are all here watching. You’ll be sweet . They be like wtfs this guy doing cruising around on his own 😂. Big respect. Awesome footage. 👍. That’s a hood .Man you did well .

  • @jasonbudden8448
    @jasonbudden8448 6 місяців тому

    Gday lad !
    A old fella following you from Sweden!
    You’re a self made man !
    Full credit to ya !
    Thumbs up From Sweden !

  • @kiwi_in_melbourne
    @kiwi_in_melbourne 6 місяців тому +2

    Loving your videos Spanian! Can you go and film in the Brazilian Favelas? That would be mad.

  • @user-ot7xf6vz6h
    @user-ot7xf6vz6h 6 місяців тому +4

    Living life on the edge bruh salute u my homie thanks for the amazing insights 💯👌🏽

  • @the-whte-devil8986
    @the-whte-devil8986 6 місяців тому +3

    Thanks for your time and views of places I never knew where so poor Stay safe brother much love 🇦🇺💯

  • @cocolawrie5012
    @cocolawrie5012 6 місяців тому

    Love what you doing Brother...awesome

  • @vallone01
    @vallone01 6 місяців тому

    Epic bruvz!

  • @warrenscarlett9302
    @warrenscarlett9302 6 місяців тому +4

    Keep up the good work mate 👍👍👍

  • @jimandcoke
    @jimandcoke 6 місяців тому +6

    Spanian, commercial television in Australia is missing out on a ratings winner, your interaction with the camera and audience would be ratings gold for a real travel show on Tv. Congratulations on the amazing turn around in your life. You may have caused me to shed a tear when you were reminiscing on the river bank in Switzerland

    • @onytay-
      @onytay- 6 місяців тому

      Brooo same. Underrated moment. I often have it in the back of my mind while watching his videos, how he must feel after making such a crazy turn around in life

  • @alexolteanu1369
    @alexolteanu1369 6 місяців тому

    Glad you enjoyed it but as most youtubers you chose to visit Ferentari midl of day. The fun part starts in the hot summer evenings when all the boys are out in the street as you cannot stay inside. Anyway good luck and keep up the good work