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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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I see sheep

PHG wrote: »

Pisa: Was based there for a trip, boring as.... Even the tower is underwhelming
Bratislava: Spent 2 days there then boat to Vienna as close together, ok but no more than 1 night and 2 days there. You can walk the city in under a day
Northern Sardinia: Bar the really rich town the other ones look like they have been to war
Rejkavik: Iceland is class but the capital is so boring and expensive.
Malmö: Explained on here a few times
Cancun: Very overrated
Roscommon: Not a thing to see or do

I've never fancied going to any of these places (apart from the replay in the Hyde in 1998 we'd a great day there

)

Why did you go to these places when there's hundreds of great places to go?

italodisco

Galway.
Nothing good about it, the lads were constantly giddy about weekends in Galway.

I found it absolutely rubbish.

Wouldn't go back unless it were life or death scenario stuff

I see sheep

Pauliedragon wrote: »

LA. Complete kip I thought. Hollywood is filthy and full of wannabe actors dressed up as movie characters harassing tourists for money just to get a picture taken with them.

That doesn't sound boring though

hahashake

I've never been to India but the general filth I have heard about and seen in pictures/video has really put me off, even though a lot of the country really appeals to me.

I see sheep

MyLove4Satan wrote: »

Galway (the city). Not only the most over rated tourist destination in the world, but a place you can see and do everything there is to do there in about 15 to 25 mins.

IT IS CRAP. To the point whereby if someone tells me 'Galway is amazing' I assume that they have either never been anywhere else, or think that the totality of human experience revolves around a few pubs and not much else.

Galway is actually a national embarrassment and no one wants to admit it. Like a family member we all know is a loser but service their self-delusions out of kindness.

Another person not cool enough to get Galway :cool: good luck :pac:

Witchie

Hamachi wrote: »

Hyderabad in India, a place I’ve had the misfortune to visit on several occasions.

The filth and the grinding poverty is horrific. My mood on my first trip there wasn’t helped by the fact that I expended a lot of energy ensuring that I was close to a bathroom at all times. Happy memories!

Deleted User wrote: »

Seems to be in northern India. Somebody told me before to avoid northern India

Zaney wrote: »

India is a challenge and the only time I went there it was 5 star all the way but it was amazing. We travelled the golden triangle and then the far north. One of the best travelling experiences of my life.

Agreed. India is a horrible place. The people are mostly lovely but the chaos, filth and noise drove me mad.

I did like Goa and some other places were interesting but Bangalore was dull, boring and all the other things I hate about India all in one hell hole.

Was working there for a few months and outside of work colleagues and one flirty barman, no one made an attempt to chat or engage. Nightlife was crap too.

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Signore Fancy Pants wrote: »

Stuttgart.

Should be called "Stupidgart".

Not sure about stupid, but it is quite a stuffy city. Locals are also known to be tight with their money.

Signore Fancy Pants

Stuttgart.

Should be called "Stupidgart".

hahashake

Qiaonasen wrote: »

Southern Germany in summer is beautiful.

I've no doubt.

Qiaonasen

hahashake wrote: »

Another bias is the time of year you visit/weather. I find Germany relatively lifeless (for a big country) and Spain is my favourite European country but I've only ever been to Spain in summer and Germany in the winter. Switch that around and my perception would be quite different. Even the Greek islands are different beasts in the off seasons.

Southern Germany in summer is beautiful.

hahashake

Another bias is the time of year you visit/weather. I find Germany relatively lifeless (for a big country) and Spain is my favourite European country but I've only ever been to Spain in summer and Germany in the winter. Switch that around and my perception would be quite different. Even the Greek islands are different beasts in the off seasons.

99nsr125

New Zealand

Very unpleasant people too

Wompa1

Gavlor wrote: »

Cologne and Düsseldorf are both great cities, socially speaking.

I'm not much of a drinker. The city itself, the shops, the restaurants, the Rhine, the tower, the zoo...all really underwhelming in Düsseldorf . The Cathedral in Cologne is worth a look.

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Gavlor wrote: »

Cologne and Düsseldorf are both great cities, socially speaking.

Indeed. People in Cologne (Koeln) are remarkably easy going and open. They’re really quite an outlier in Germany, where folks tend to be reserved initially.

liam7831

Bali

Haunis

Gavlor

Wompa1 wrote: »

Either Essen or Düsseldorf. I liked Cologne for the architecture but even that was pretty boring. Oslo was a bit meh, as well.

Cologne and Düsseldorf are both great cities, socially speaking.

Wompa1

Either Essen or Düsseldorf. I liked Cologne for the architecture but even that was pretty boring. Oslo was a bit meh, as well.

[Deleted User]

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

A lot of people have said Bratislava which I can understand if you don't know the place and stick to the usual tourist traps around the old town, but if you know the place its actually a good spot for nightlife and plenty to do.

I also like Vienna and Stockholm, plenty to do in both places if you spend some time there.

Brussels, my better half lived there for 2 years with work , I once spent 6 weeks there, I nearly died of boredom, only decent thing are the Xmas markets and the beer, after that, nothing.

Frankfurt, describing it as boring is actually a compliment to the city. I have spent waaaaaay too much time there with work and nearly ended up having to move there for a year, thankfully that didn't happen (thank you COVID pandemic )

have to agree, I was in Bratislava with locals and had a super time!
Frankfurt seems to be the most boring place in europe.

I spent a week in Brussels trying to escape from a northernn irish (MEP) dirty fecker, was mad after me all week, telling me that southern catholic girls were dirty as!!

ToxicPaddy

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

Forgot about Tralee, been there twice for sports events, won't be going back. Absolutely nothing going on.

The rest of Kerry is beautiful, dunno what happened to Tralee.

A friend if mine went to Tralee IT years ago, lasted about 4 months and has to leave as the town was so boring, even the student nights out were boring apparently

Qiaonasen

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

A lot of people have said Bratislava which I can understand if you don't know the place and stick to the usual tourist traps around the old town, but if you know the place its actually a good spot for nightlife and plenty to do.

I also like Vienna and Stockholm, plenty to do in both places if you spend some time there.

Brussels, my better half lived there for 2 years with work , I once spent 6 weeks there, I nearly died of boredom, only decent thing are the Xmas markets and the beer, after that, nothing.

Frankfurt, describing it as boring is actually a compliment to the city. I have spent waaaaaay too much time there with work and nearly ended up having to move there for a year, thankfully that didn't happen (thank you COVID pandemic )

I enjoyed Stockholm also. Don't get why it is boring. I found it quite beautiful. Frankfurt I really don't like. It is the worst city in Germany I reckon. Munich has a reputation for being boring but I think it is undeserved personally.

hahashake

Qiaonasen wrote: »

Ehhh No. Vienna is great. Have been many times. Beautiful at the height of summer. In Winter you have the mountains on your doorstep. Skiing sleding. Hiking in Summer. Mountain biking. Great food. Tonnes of Museums. People can be a bit difficult but they are ok.

If this thread has taught me anything it's that plenty of people don't care about nature or culture/history. If they can't have their idea of a night on the town then it's boring. In that case everywhere can be dull.

ToxicPaddy

A lot of people have said Bratislava which I can understand if you don't know the place and stick to the usual tourist traps around the old town, but if you know the place its actually a good spot for nightlife and plenty to do.

I also like Vienna and Stockholm, plenty to do in both places if you spend some time there.

Brussels, my better half lived there for 2 years with work , I once spent 6 weeks there, I nearly died of boredom, only decent thing are the Xmas markets and the beer, after that, nothing.

Frankfurt, describing it as boring is actually a compliment to the city. I have spent waaaaaay too much time there with work and nearly ended up having to move there for a year, thankfully that didn't happen (thank you COVID pandemic

)

Qiaonasen

Deleted User wrote: »

Vienna, next level boredom

Ehhh No. Vienna is great. Have been many times. Beautiful at the height of summer. In Winter you have the mountains on your doorstep. Skiing sleding. Hiking in Summer. Mountain biking. Great food. Tonnes of Museums. People can be a bit difficult but they are ok.

saabsaab

bubblypop wrote: »

from this thread it appears that most irish people are bored if the pubs are not open till 6am and the staff are not falling all over them!!

A good start? Maybe the thread is self defeating in that a really boring place isn't remembered at all you just pass through and forget it. The ones you remember make some kind of impression even if it's a bad one.

NSAman

MrMusician18 wrote: »

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.

Dripping in filth, crime, rudeness and lack of food choices also.

While some areas are ok, there are reasons the vast majority of people do not spend two weeks in Athens!

Surreptitious

bubblypop wrote: »

from this thread it appears that most irish people are bored if the pubs are not open till 6am and the staff are not falling all over them!!

I didn't bother reading it. You couldn't please some people anyway

whisky_galore

Strumms wrote: »

For a capital it is quite a sedate place...but a beautiful place..nice people too..I love the Danes... I dated one, good person.

Mega expensive which is the worst part and really took a lot of the appeal away... I was on a work trip the first time and was struggling keeping within my expense limit for food and transport, never mind entertainment...in fact I didn’t, but they cleared it anyway.....the night out on the Thursday nearly sent me bankrupt, the equivalent of 11.50 euros a pint in one place...6 pints of beer.. 70 EUROS PLEASE ! ! ! Clothes too are absolutely extortionate.. I’m researching and they are according to what I’m reading...144% the EU average... if you live there wages are good, a lot better then here, just as fûckin well but as a tourist... you’d get a long weekend in Copenhagen what you get a week for in Spain or a lot of other European countries..l

Most if not all of the Scandi countries are cold and eye wateringly expensive.

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from this thread it appears that most irish people are bored if the pubs are not open till 6am and the staff are not falling all over them!!

[Deleted User]

A few vaguely run-down towns in the north of England not quite kipsvill but nothing going for them.

Also strangely enough some towns and cities in the UK that are both rough and scenic i.e have lovey Anglo Saxon churches or quaint Georgian building combined with cheap chain shops and bingo places

Strumms

Deleted User wrote: »

Copenhagen. A snorefest of a city and extremely expensive.

I always roll my eyes when people compare it as some kind of utopia, compared to Dublin. Way more craic to he had here, for less.

For a capital it is quite a sedate place...but a beautiful place..nice people too..I love the Danes... I dated one, good person.

Mega expensive which is the worst part and really took a lot of the appeal away... I was on a work trip the first time and was struggling keeping within my expense limit for food and transport, never mind entertainment...in fact I didn’t, but they cleared it anyway.....the night out on the Thursday nearly sent me bankrupt, the equivalent of 11.50 euros a pint in one place...6 pints of beer.. 70 EUROS PLEASE ! ! ! Clothes too are absolutely extortionate.. I’m researching and they are according to what I’m reading...144% the EU average... if you live there wages are good, a lot better then here, just as fûckin well but as a tourist... you’d get a long weekend in Copenhagen what you get a week for in Spain or a lot of other European countries..l