Most boring places you've visited

Mister Vain wrote: »

A place can have beauty and history and still be boring, just like a holiday resort can have nice weather and beaches and still be boring. Prague has beauty and history but it also has good nightlife and other things to do to keep you entertained. The novelty of sight seeing can wear off after a while.

As I said , it’s subjective . The novelty never wears off me and no interest in nighlife .

ShatterAlan wrote: »

Have to agree with you on Howth. Yot get off the Dart there and what is there to do and see? There's that pub, the Bloody Stream for a pint, look at a few effing trawlers and then get fish and chips only to have a seagull mug you for them.

Other places that I have found boring were Kansas City. Even the dive bars are sterile. Reston Virginia....stepford wives mecca. Nashua New Hampshire. Luxembourg City. Found Malta to be pretty lame as well. Was recommended to go on holiday with the gf to Ballyvaughn in Clare and how there's great seafood chowder in some place called Monks, I think. Fcuking most boring place I've ever been. Tried the chowder. It was ok, no better than anything I've had anywhere else. Should have stayed in Lisdoonvarna or Galway instead. At least there would have been a bit of craic.

Why would you travel to Howth just to go to a pub? Just stay in the city centre. They only have one of the best coastal walks in the entire country but you wouldn't know that sitting in a generic Irish pub with a pint of Guinness and a fish and chips.

Geneva.

Not a bad city but seems to be geared towards business people and is really expensive

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Prague is class

Probably stuck to the clock and the old town square. I'd love to be back there now. It just has a cool vibe to it, the vibe there just seems less rigid than Dublin

Loving this thread. Only halfway through but thought I'd give my list anyway.


Galway: Slightly prettier version of temple bar. You'll have completed Galway city in about 2 hours then there's nothing to do other than go for a pint.

Cork: what an ugly place. More to do than in Galway but I wasn't impressed at all.
I found Waterford and Limerick to be a lot better to visit.

Bruges: stayed here for a few nights, absolutely nothing to do after our walking tour. Beautiful city but very dull after you did a tour of it. Nightlife was non existent, had to end up eating I'm burger king as there was nothing else to choose from.

Amsterdam: a city full of weed cafe's and half baked women in windows yet it's one of the most boring places I've been to.

Bratislava: went on a "lads trip". Grand place for 1 night but there's nothing to do in the day and the only craic to have was with other Irish and British.

Singapore: I think it's an even more culturless and soulless version of Dubai. Couldn't wait to get out.

Bogota: Everything to see can be done in half a day. The rest of the city is just an extremely ugly dump. Flew to Medellin after that and couldn't get enough of the city.



A lot of people mentioned Vienna. I can get why many mentioned it but I have to disagree. If you're there to get pissed and have no interest in actually experiencing Viennese culture then you're not going to have a very fun experience. I absolutely loved Vienna. We then got a train to Budapest and got best of both worlds... Stunning architecture with countless attractions AND world class nightlife. I have no idea how Budapest was mentioned in this thread. If you find Budapest boring then I think that says a lot more about you than it does Budapest

Jaysis this thread is making me desperate to travel again. I'd nearly prefer to go to some of the places described than still be stuck at home!

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Valencia in Spain is a strange place

It's quite beautiful but the people are not nice at all , hardly any foreigners visit the place, rude staff , tourist offices hidden from site, city of arts and sciences a real let down despite being it's flagship attraction, aquarium filthy, great zoo though

Did majorca the following year and faith was restored in Spain, palma is fantastic

This is such a weird view. How does hardly any foreigners visiting make somewhere boring, or even bad? You must have gone to a different Valencia because the one I went to was fantastic - massive riverbed park through the city you can use to cycle through to get around, gorgeous beaches a short drive outside the city and a reasonable city beach as well, loads of amazing bars and restaurants, the Albufera, home of paella, gorgeous Old Town with cathedral and other stunning buildings...it honestly sounds like you did just did it wrong. And I also saw tons of foreign tourists, all over the place.

McGinniesta wrote: »

It's a horrible place. To make matters worse I couldn't get a flight home from Warsaw and had to drive to Lodz.

That's worse.

If there was a ever a city caught in a time warp then it is Lodz.

Most Polish cities I've visited have been absolutely shocking. Just awful, ugly, bland, unfriendly people. The exception is Krakow.

For me, I'd say the most boring place is any Swiss city. They're beautiful and clean but they all seem to have a soullessness about them, whether you go to Zurich or Lucerne or Geneva or Lausanne. Dull with little real character or charm. Bern was the nicest I went to but even then I'd say you'd get bored after one or two days there. Of course the real attraction of Switzerland is the nature and scenery, not the cities, and that never disappoints, but it's a shame most of the cities are so boring.

Muahahaha wrote: »

what did she hate about Paris? Parisians can be a bit gruff but but you get that in cities with a lot of tourism, the locals just get tired of tourists everywhere walking slowly and getting in their way. Then they try talking english to a local and it doesnt go down well, hence the Parisian reputation for being gruff.

But Paris itself is a stunning city, it really has to rank as the most beautiful city in the world. If you sat down to create a new city with an unlimited budget it still wouldnt turn out as beautiful as Paris.

I think she was just a bit lonely, she didn’t take to the food, the people, not a fan of the job, job she was promised too didn’t match the job description on applying...she was shafted a bit there... missed her family and friends..didn’t like being outside her comfort zone..

I love Paris, an absolute goldmine of a city, can’t figure how anybody could be bored... pretty much 100% of museums and attractions are free on Mondays, brilliant nightlife, food, and just to stroll around it’s fantastic.

I wouldn't say Budapest is boring but I'd agree with other posters that the people there are not the friendliest. A lot of it is really run down. All the stunning architecture is on one side of the river.

I was about 8, my ma brought me to Pennies to do shopping and she stopped to talk to a friend.

Most boring place Ive ever been.

Strumms wrote: »

I love Paris, an absolute goldmine of a city, can’t figure how anybody could be bored... pretty much 100% of museums and attractions are free on Mondays, brilliant nightlife, food, and just to stroll around it’s fantastic.

100% and Paris is the last of the mega-cities you can still find decent and inexpensive places to eat even right in the centre.

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

Jaysis this thread is making me desperate to travel again. I'd nearly prefer to go to some of the places described than still be stuck at home!



This is such a weird view. How does hardly any foreigners visiting make somewhere boring, or even bad? You must have gone to a different Valencia because the one I went to was fantastic - massive riverbed park through the city you can use to cycle through to get around, gorgeous beaches a short drive outside the city and a reasonable city beach as well, loads of amazing bars and restaurants, the Albufera, home of paella, gorgeous Old Town with cathedral and other stunning buildings...it honestly sounds like you did just did it wrong. And I also saw tons of foreign tourists, all over the place.



Most Polish cities I've visited have been absolutely shocking. Just awful, ugly, bland, unfriendly people. The exception is Krakow.

For me, I'd say the most boring place is any Swiss city. They're beautiful and clean but they all seem to have a soullessness about them, whether you go to Zurich or Lucerne or Geneva or Lausanne. Dull with little real character or charm. Bern was the nicest I went to but even then I'd say you'd get bored after one or two days there. Of course the real attraction of Switzerland is the nature and scenery, not the cities, and that never disappoints, but it's a shame most of the cities are so boring.

Would definitely agree on Switzerland. Zurich was somewhat of a laugh but other cities, forget it, get a train into Germany and do 2 or 3 nights in Munich instead, much more interesting.

MarkY91 wrote: »

Loving this thread. Only halfway through but thought I'd give my list anyway.


Galway: Slightly prettier version of temple bar. You'll have completed Galway city in about 2 hours then there's nothing to do other than go for a pint.

Cork: what an ugly place. More to do than in Galway but I wasn't impressed at all.
I found Waterford and Limerick to be a lot better to visit.

Bruges: stayed here for a few nights, absolutely nothing to do after our walking tour. Beautiful city but very dull after you did a tour of it. Nightlife was non existent, had to end up eating I'm burger king as there was nothing else to choose from.

Amsterdam: a city full of weed cafe's and half baked women in windows yet it's one of the most boring places I've been to.

Bratislava: went on a "lads trip". Grand place for 1 night but there's nothing to do in the day and the only craic to have was with other Irish and British.

Singapore: I think it's an even more culturless and soulless version of Dubai. Couldn't wait to get out.

Bogota: Everything to see can be done in half a day. The rest of the city is just an extremely ugly dump. Flew to Medellin after that and couldn't get enough of the city.



A lot of people mentioned Vienna. I can get why many mentioned it but I have to disagree. If you're there to get pissed and have no interest in actually experiencing Viennese culture then you're not going to have a very fun experience. I absolutely loved Vienna. We then got a train to Budapest and got best of both worlds... Stunning architecture with countless attractions AND world class nightlife. I have no idea how Budapest was mentioned in this thread. If you find Budapest boring then I think that says a lot more about you than it does Budapest

I think they must be confusing it with Bucharest. As for Bruges, best to stay in Ghent and do a day trip to Bruges. Ghent is more lively.

Don't know if anyones mentioned it but ....Drogheda.

We were sent there on a school tour when i was about 8 or 9 years old. We saw Oliver Plunketts head. That was it. Who brings kids to see a head?

I realise most people here are thinking of a more far flung location when they reply in this thread but I'm including Drogheda because i was forced to go there.

What age were you there? IMO it has everything you need to have a fun life. I'm trying to think of something it lacks and nothing I can think of stands out. Maybe it's overly reliant on immigrants, tourists and students for its nightlife; Czechs love drinking but in a more casual way. Of all the Czech girls I knew, they all seemed to be done with clubbing and drinking. They were only 21 and they were already past it. Completely different from Ireland where people tend to keep going out into their 30's.