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Most boring places you've visited

snowstorm445

While we're all reminiscing about places we'd like to go back to after COVID subsides, is there anywhere you've been to that you found totally forgettable?

My own contender is Hannover in Germany - stopped there once out of curiosity on the way from Amsterdam to Berlin and I was pretty familiar with the name from history etc. Apart from an impressive city hall, and some nice palace gardens outside the city (pretty modest by German standards though), it was basically just filled with shopping streets. A few Germans I've talked to since told me it's a big hub for people travelling around Germany by train, but there's pretty much nothing there. And like a lot of German cities, it's historic parts were gutted by bombing in the war, and only some reconstructed facades remain.

Closer to home, I was in Sligo for the first time about two years ago. The county is lovely (Ben Bulben, Strandhill etc.) but Sligo town is pretty unremarkable tbh. Not shockingly boring, but not very memorable either. Plenty of Midland towns have a reputation for being fairly forgettable as well, but then that's fairly well known. :pac:

Any other nominations?

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Montage of Feck

road_high wrote: »

Tralee Co Kerry is one town I absolutely hate and felt slightly menacing. Shame, because the rest of Kerry all around are of course beautiful

It has a strangely Limerick vibe about the place.

gmisk

GT89 wrote: »

Went on holidays to Brittany a number of years ago on the ferry stayed in a small town. Was a very boring trip Brittany is very like rural Ireland but even more boring everything closed at 6pm even the few bars and restaurants closed around 9 or 10 most businesses seemed to be closed more than they were open actually and the town was very dead in general.

Came back to the town one evening after a day trip at 10.30 at night starving had to beg the only takeaway open to serve us up some miserable chips.

So what your saying...is....leave Brittany alone....?

gmisk

Mad_maxx wrote: »

pity Hungarians are so rude and unfriendly

True.
I went to this one place in Budapest that brewed it's own beer and had homemade goulash....the waitress was comically rude....but it was so nice and so cheap I went back 3 times, by the third visit she was almost vaguely nice to me lol

Still a cracking city, loved the thermal spas, some gorgeous parts to it, the Danube, good museums, I would go back tbh.

GT89

Went on holidays to Brittany a number of years ago on the ferry stayed in a small town. Was a very boring trip Brittany is very like rural Ireland but even more boring everything closed at 6pm even the few bars and restaurants closed around 9 or 10 most businesses seemed to be closed more than they were open actually and the town was very dead in general.

Came back to the town one evening after a day trip at 10.30 at night starving had to beg the only takeaway open to serve us up some miserable chips as they were closing up. I was thinking recently that people who live in this place must think with lockdown whats changed nothing happening in it anyway.

Brian?

Aurelian wrote: »

This is very subjective! I thought Toronto was a great buzz plenty to see during the day and lots of different neighbourhoods, restaurants etc to visit at night.

Thought just walking around downtown in the evening was a good buzz and no menace!

It is indeed subjective

humberklog

DeanAustin wrote: »

I liked Athens and love places with a bit of history. But lots of people I know have no interest in it so I could understand how some people find Athens boring.

Different strokes and all that...

I was very surprised to see Athens mentioned as boring in quite a few posts. I really like Athens but the economic kick in the balls it got was brutal and visually evident even 12 years on. It's still not recovering in any meaningful way which leads to a lot of begging and it is a bit grubby in the central areas but I don't mind that.

I know great bars and restaurants, I like the food and find the people great fun. I always like to stay an extra few days there before moving on when I'm in Greece.

Another vote for Copenhagen. I simply find the Copenhageners (?) stuffy, aloof and joyless.

road_high

bubblypop wrote: »

Leeds is the best city in the North of England
I may be a tiny bit biased!

Was disappointed with Manchester- even did the bus tour. If you’re not interested in shopping or football not a lot going on. No big sense of history or very interesting buildings

ClydeTallyBump

Another vote for Brussels. Have been 3 times alas and despise it.

Tony EH

Adhamh wrote: »

There was a time in the 1970's when Houston couldn't even have been called a city:

Honestly the population density was probably on par with Castlepollard

You shouldn't be able to walk several hundred meters through the center of a city without passing a single building ffs

That looks like an unfinished Simcity game. :pac:

boombang

bosco12345 wrote: »

Brussels. I'd rather have a bath with me parents than visit that spot again.

Surprised by the hate for Brussels. It's one of those cities with an unpleasant centre, but lots of interesting parts aside from the centre. It's grimy, but that's part of it's charm I think.

[Deleted User]

road_high wrote: »

Ah I really like Leeds- the city centre is really nice, great shopping and generally good vibe. Nice hotels too

Leeds is the best city in the North of England

I may be a tiny bit biased!

ArnoldJRimmer

Castellon de la Plana in Spain. Was going to the Benicassim music festival around 7 miles down the road, so myself and my friend booked ourselves in to a cheap hotel there. First night of the holidays so we were mad to go on the beer. Only to find out that pretty much everywhere closes at 9:30 (in a city of 170,000 people). Couldn't believe this, so wandered round for hours looking for a bar. Eventually stumbled upon a place, but realised after we'd ordered a beer that it was a brothel, and we were told in no uncertain terms that we either pay up for one of the ladies or leave. Not really into that kind of thing, so we went back on our travels. Found a bingo hall that served booze as long as you were playing. So we ended our night playing bingo (in Spanish). Even wandering round the next day, there was very little to the city, even places to eat. Lovely train station though

whisky_galore

Just about every inland West Cork town.

DeanAustin

MrMusician18 wrote: »

Strange thread. No place is boring really, it's about what you the traveller make of it. You could have the best holiday of your life at the bottom of an abandoned quarry with good people and the right attitude.

I see some places here described as boring, it makes me wonder what people were expecting on arrival. Athens was mentioned - a city dripping in history ffs.

I liked Athens and love places with a bit of history. But lots of people I know have no interest in it so I could understand how some people find Athens boring.

Different strokes and all that...

JustAThought

Lesalare wrote: »

You don't get Funnel webs in the outback

!!! Well their poisonous country cousins!

DeanAustin

Andrewf20 wrote: »

The state of Texas. Considering its size, there is almost nothing in it. Some of the cities are nice like San Antonio but its a fews hours drive through totally flat plains between cities.

Dallas was a particularly banal place. I drove up on a Sunday and it was like a ghost town. Like alot of american cities, there no shops downtown. Its more a business district. At one point, I was standing on the block corner & took a photo up a few blocks without a single person in view in the heart of the city.

Heres what it was like, almost no cars or people out walking:

Was staying just outside Dallas for work a few years back and had a weekend off so thought I'd go and do some sightseeing and touristy stuff in the city. Got off at the Texas School Book Depository for the Kennedy thing. It was fantastic but Americans do that sort of thing better than anyone. Was done with that and thought "I'll go up the city centre for a bit of craic". A ghost town. Literally nothing going on and no one around.

My sense of direction is usually embarrassing so I went back on the train to my hotel and thought "bet I was in the wrong place again." Turned on the news and they were broadcasting from "Downtown Dallas". Exactly where I'd been.

A kip.

MissShihTzu

Brilliant thread. I'll add in:

Bonn - horrible place. Boring does not cover it. The only good thing was the beer!

Pembroke - Like several others on here, I was unlucky enough to miss my ferry when moving here due to accidents on the M25. Had to wait 12 hours for the next one so decided to go into a pub for something to eat and drink. There was a darts game going on, so I asked to put my name down I have my own darts) and offered to chalk/call. From the looks I got, you'd think I asked each of them for their first-born. Very strange people...

Limerick - Didn't like it at all. I don't know why.

Middlesbrough -Horrible town, dominated by the old ICI plant which is long gone. Brilliant people and amazing countryside once you leave the town. It's like a giant boil on the arse of North Yorkshire.

Sheffield - the same, except the countryside in South Yorkshire is equally amazing.

Birmingham and Leeds not too keen on, but great nightlife, even better curry houses and nice people.

That's all I can think of for now

Jimbob1977

I took a bus tour of Riga (open top bus).

We just drove around some residential areas for 45 minutes.

Not much to see.

Reasonably pretty city though.

Joe_ Public

Never usually bored when i go anywhere as everywhere is different and there's always something to learn. But had to spend a week in Sarasota one time and was never so relieved to get out of the place. Stayed in a private gated community which was boring enough, but there was nowhere to walk as there were no footpaths, or sidewalks as they call em, and even after a week, i never quite fully established a defined town centre, just roads and roads of big houses punctuated by the odd strip of diners, churches (a lot), Wal-Mart etc. One place i would not be in a hurry to ever go back.

[Deleted User]

road_high wrote: »

Tralee Co Kerry is one town I absolutely hate and felt slightly menacing. Shame, because the rest of Kerry all around are of course beautiful

It’s not boring. It’s just a fücking kip.

Lesalare

JustAThought wrote: »

Yes - and for good reason. There you are the novelty entertainment for the snakes, funnel web spiders, salt and river water crocodiles - and that’s before you walk for 18 hours ( or is that days?) and only see rock, insects and orange dust. No thanks. Empty for a reason. And + 45’C
Did you pack the suntanloition?
Pretty - and distinctive - but no. A half day and a David Attenborough special in an air-conditioned balcony with a sea view please.

You don't get Funnel webs in the outback

road_high

Tralee Co Kerry is one town I absolutely hate and felt slightly menacing. Shame, because the rest of Kerry all around are of course beautiful

JustAThought

Lesalare wrote: »

(Link not working but I can see it when I reply)

I am bias towards the outback and Uluru personally. I think it's one of the most magical places on earth. Even most Aussies don't bother going into other parts of the outback than a few certain towns and such.

Yes - and for good reason. There you are the novelty entertainment for the snakes, funnel web spiders, salt and river water crocodiles - and that’s before you walk for 18 hours ( or is that days?) and only see rock, insects and orange dust. No thanks. Empty for a reason. And + 45’C
Did you pack the suntanloition?
Pretty - and distinctive - but no. A half day and a David Attenborough special in an air-conditioned balcony with a sea view please.

Lesalare

JustAThought wrote: »

Ischi - talian Island off the coast of Napels. Napels is the Ritz by comparison (& it’s not)

Did you go there because of The Talented Mr. Ripley'?

JustAThought

And a special mention for snoozefest concrete & brick rebuilt bore - Tallaght.

Lesalare

pavb2 wrote: »

Reminds me of this

(Link not working but I can see it when I reply)

I am bias towards the outback and Uluru personally. I think it's one of the most magical places on earth. Even most Aussies don't bother going into other parts of the outback than a few certain towns and such.

JustAThought

Limerick.

Monaghan.

Sligo ‘town’

Ischi - talian Island off the coast of Napels. Napels is the Ritz by comparison (& it’s not)

Everywhere else so far has compromising parts that make up for its downsides.

pavb2

Lesalare wrote: »

What were you expecting to find in the middle of the outback in Aus? Nightclubs and casinos?

Reminds me of this

https://youtu.be/tcliR8kAbzc

road_high

Gavlor wrote: »

Great thread!

Rotterdam in the winter is the answer. Misery.

Leeds on a Sunday evening is up there too.

Ah I really like Leeds- the city centre is really nice, great shopping and generally good vibe. Nice hotels too