The problem is that those cities were made in the past, for the needs of the past (when people circulated on foot or in animal-drawn wagons) for a limited and relatively constant population. Instead, tourism brings huge, erratic, seasonal flows that weigh on infrastructure not designed for that purpose. Not to mention that tourist often arrive for three days not only with suitcases, but also with a baggage of preconceptions, which he is eager to immediately prove as true. So, he moves frantically in search of filled garbage cans or bumpy roads, to insert images in his blog/vlog to catch clicks. Add to this those who arrive from the Third World and do not accept the hospitality offered in special centers, but prefer to set up on the street and sleep anywhere or who enriches us with his pickpocketing culture.
@@skellurip It's a problem because it's not just people walking around, there are still cars and scooters. Also, it is problematic to keep an overcrowded old town clean.
Been there twice and loved it. All opinions are valid. It is an unique place. And close to a lot of great atractions. And if you like roman art, their museum is just fabulous and Pompey is fantastic.
This comment is great especially since I leaved for 7 years in Dubai and moved this year to Naples to start a life here. Totally feel you. Naples is a gem. However enjoying the rough edges and grittyness of Naples does not mean they could not seriously deal with the garbage situation.
Perchè tirare fuori Dubai? basta andare a Barcellona, che è una città vibrante, dinamica, ben servita, eppure pulita e con i graffiti limitati solo in certe zone e solo sulle serrande nei negozi e su edifici abbandonati. Perchè loro ce la fanno?
Thumbs up for the comment. May I use this thread to reply to a comment about seeing a Palestinian flag and saying it was a sign of freedom of speech? The truth is censorship is everywhere. It changes according to the geographic, politics, economics... My comment gets systematically erased in the other thread. The irony is the comment where my comment gets erased goes by the name of "freewanderthinker".
I spent 9 memorable nights staying in Naples and loved every bit of it! Yes, there's filth around in places but it's nothing against the larger picture. Also, several other attractions are nearby, especially the picturesque Amalfi Coast, Capri, and Pompeii, making Naples an idyllic place to have as your base.
I have visited Naples a few times and it's a great lively and vibrant city, a must if you want to immerse yourself in the Italian culture and way of life.
And even of he visited the culturale sites I don't very much of he understood anything about It. Quelli sono i cosiddetti turisti inglesi che vengono da quelle piccole,arretrate cittadine del nord paragonabili a dei buchi, letteralmente e culturalmente.
I’m sorry to say, but the young man is clearly ignorant about the history of this unique place. Naples, culturally wise, is an immensely rich city, it has loads to offer and it has been an unmissable part of the “grand tour” for all gentlemen of Europe for centuries. It has been the cradle of many geniuses in all arts and sciences: music, philosophy, art, architecture. These streets truly have seen the making of history, for the city has seen the passage of the most important people of their time. Naples has played a centerpiece role in western history, from the greek/classical era all the way to the 20th century. While it is true that modern day Naples is possibly too focused on promoting it’s “kitch and over the top pop culture” (to cite the other tourist who seems to get its soul right), this soul is still more than most of Italy (and the old continent for that matter) has to offer, which at times only feels like a window on the past, a real life museum without any element of contemporaneity or innovation to it. Even today Naples leaves its mark with its unique and unmistakable culture, which really can’t be compared to any other city in the world. I invite this young man to return and meet up with some cultured Neapolitans, so that they will provide the insights and tips that tourist guides and instagram often miss or look over. I can assure this young man that Naples will prove to be able to offer more culturally even than cities such as Florence or Venice. And I for one will be glad to buy him a Neapolitan espresso if he’ll be disappointed by it or still have any doubts on this matter! :-)
"Culturally nah" for a city that (apart in middle age when it was brought to the ground by Byzantines) has been one of the 4 biggest capitals In Europe...well i would say "a piacere tuojo o'fra" ("bro whatever you believe")
I am not a city person, so Naples felt too overwhelming and chaotic for me. However, I love the nearby island of Ischia, which is less crowded and touristy than Capri or the Amalfi coast.
I’ll refrain from commenting on this video, as it seems to reinforce stereotypes even while claiming to debunk them. Instead, I’d like to offer some advice for those planning to visit Naples. Naples is a stunning city filled with every type of wonder -remarkable history, vibrant culture, exceptional art, impressive architecture, and delicious food, not to mention breathtaking views. While it does face challenges, it’s important to recognize that Naples is much more than the negative images often portrayed. For instance, it is actually quite safe for tourists. However, the main point is that Naples is MUCH MORE than just the horrible neighborhood around the central station, and the gritty Spanish Quarters. Naples has many beautiful, tranquil, well-organized, and clean areas worth exploring. Don’t miss out on Santa Lucia, Chiaia, Posillipo, and Vomero. These neighborhoods offer a different perspective of the city that you’re sure to appreciate.
@haiybo I am that Indian tourist who you are referring to you should Visit Napoli as reiterated (at the end of the Video) its a very beautiful and lively city plus there are lots of historic places to explore and many famous nearby places to explore as well like Pompeii, Amalfi coast I highly recommend atleast spending 3 nights 4 days, best of luck and I am not going into the discussion of Italian Cuisine as it is very unique in Napoli (though usually on am average every Italian region has something different to offer).
@@AlOfNorwayI am not able to recall where I mentioned that Napoli is chaotic I stated that Napoli at the beginning was a shock for us as I normally resides north of Italy (I currently lives in Italia as long term resident not as a tourist however during this Interview I was visiting Napoli for the 3rd time) which is bit more calm and peaceful in comparison to South and Central Italian metropolitan cities (due to many reasons which I am not going to discuss in this thread). If you ever visited India then like any other tourist you have been to the metropolitan cities in India as like most of the metropolitan cities across the globe they are crowded so if you really wish to explore India you would need a lifetime that's true even for Indians as it's a vast and beautiful country (diverse language, cuisine, culture, etc.) like all other countries of its size, so I would request you to kindly explore India by not all visiting the well know and metropolitan cities which are always full of People rather visit offbeat Destinations as well.
Napoli is not for everyone, especially for those who think Rome is too much for them already (as Rick Steeves eloquently put). Napoli is surely chaotic, dirty and crowded but it has a fantastic energy you won't find elsewhere in Europe. And let's not talk about the enormous amount of sightseeing you can do, from the best archeological museum in Italy (and one of the best in Europe), one of the oldest historical centers in the World or the only volcano in mainland Europe. Napoli is home to various culinary delicacies which include the one and only pizza napoletana, pizza fritta, the sweet sfogiatella, baba, ristretto napoletano, limoncello, etc. Besides, you have an immense array of day trips to the famous Amalfi Coast, to the (still) pristine Cilento Coast, to Reggio Caserta (home to one of the biggest Baroque Palaces in Europe), to Pompeii and Herculano, to quaint Ischia, to jet set Capri with its renowned Blue Lagoon. By the way, did you even know Virgil's tomb is in Napoli? Go figure, right next to my favorite viewpoint of Napoli bay and the Vesuvius!
Both of my Napoli visit were pleasant, i stayed in the hostel with a small kitchen. Everyone made their own pasta because it cost only $1/box, buy a jar of pesto and peseuto, dinner is ready! It's a great base to visit Pompeii near by and Capri 😊 I think Napoli is compact, so it seems crowded. I love staying in Rome and Florence, Milano is expensive. Torino has old world characters
So people won't post pictures of crowds and garbage on Instagram??? No way!! Who would've thought!! Honestly whats wrong with all these people? If you're only going for the food and ignore all the actual culture churches museums and such just don't go... What a disgrace of a video
Yeah DW, but you didn't show the actual Instagram parts of Naples: Posillipo, Chiaia, Borgo Marinari and Vomero, on the coast and hills where the rich live. I am sure your crew stayed in a hotel in those areas and yet didn’t have the decency of including them in the video. Very, very sneaky.
@DWTravel first of all thank you for the video as it depicts various aspects of Napoli @vkdrk I agree somewhat that Napoli isn't everyones cup of tea, however I would strongly suggest to visit Napoli atleast once and I am that Indian tourist who you are referring to you should as reiterated (at the end of the Video) its a very beautiful and lively city plus there are lots of historic places to explore and many famous nearby places to explore as well like Pompeii, Amalfi coast I highly recommend atleast spending 3 nights 4 days, best of luck and I am not going into the discussion of Italian Cuisine as it is very unique in Napoli (though usually on an average every Italian region has something different to offer).
As an American, Naples is cleaner and safer than New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, any US city that’s blue (code color). I’ve walked around Naples 12 midnight and was fine. The napolitans are kind and helpful when I got lost despite language barrier. You’ll see garbage men working hard in morning to eliminate trash. And there’s military in some spots. Beautiful and underrated city when you overlook the graffiti and crowds.
Is this part of an operation to prevent tourists from going to Italy? Because lately the same picture is repeated in too many media. If it were otherwise, you would advise them not to all swarm to the same places in August.
Not a single mention of the calcio culture in Napoli, truly unbelievable! The roar of the crowd is unmatched. Most passionate football fans in all of Italy. Forza Napoli Sempre.
for years naples was left off the tourist route for safety concerns among foreigners, sicily wasnt yet popular either with tourists all until in the 21st century and more so in the past 15 years. naples and sicily are finally getting some of that tourist money and hopefully we figure out the filth and trash situation. but.. judging by rome.. its not gonna be easy... italy on a whole seriously need to put their heads together and crack this garbage and graffiti problem!
Its like they dont know those cities are works of art.. , those are not vulgar buildings.. , I dont understand how graffiti in historical cities can be tolerated..
@@miguelmelchior986 Correct -graffiti everywhere puts me off Italy -even on historic buildings - recently followed the route along the Tiber (On RU-vid) and there were horrible graffiti everywhere along the route -underneath the bridges, on the retaining walls and everywhere. What can be done?
@@miguelmelchior986You have to understand that most of the people who live there do not care about their history, keeping the place clean or having an honest life. I live close to Naples, and i hear all sorts of stuff that happens there, and i know more of less what the people's mentality is. Many of them are poor and they don't have much opportunities. The Camorra also rules Naples, you have to pay "taxes" to them if you have a successful business. Many Camorra clans also go at war against each other, so the city has shootings inside it. To destroy the Camorra, the whole city would need to be destroyed.
@@TheAtomoh i know a little about that, but cmon, its still Italy.., its still the country with the largest number of UNESCO sites in the world, Naples is not poorer than us here in Portugal, there has to be a better way.
Naples is the most densely populated city in all of Europe. Sure, there are plenty of cities with more people, but the available land mass allows everyone to spread out a bit more. Locals + tourists = lots of trash. Trash shown in the video was picked up and in garbage cans waiting on city services to pick it up and haul away. Graffiti to some is street art to others.
@@axo_lolt4083 My bad. I meant to say that Naples is the most densely populated city in Italy. Also, these calculations do not take into consideration visitors.
@@duartesilva7907 Istanbul is half in Europe, half in Asia, more space/ land. I like both because of the history. Napoli is cheap to visit when I stayed in hostel, pasta was $1/box😊 just buy a bottle of pesto + persueto, dinner is ready. I cannot find hostel in Istanbul with kitchen. I ate lots of street food, the fish sandwich from the harbor boat 😊
@@axo_lolt4083 If they had done in Naples what Haussmann did in Paris, it would certainly be cleaner (and cleanable), but it would be less true. Certain parts of Paris are much more kitschy than Naples. Certain churches, like the Sacre Coeur, look like wedding cakes. The impact of tourism should not be seen on the complete agglomeration, but on the places mainly visited.
Good to warn against the image on Insta but Napoli is even much more of what we see in this video. It's definitively much more than cheap street food. There are hundreds of old palaces to spot and interesting museums. Many places seems rundown, however, there is always life around and the unique opportunity to walk in a kind of open air theater. Odds, beauty, and drama live so close together and that's what you may experience and perhaps keep in your heart.
I’m sure in other cities tourists take selfies with the garbage bins. Either way this video might do something good by scaring away the more snobbish tourists who get shocked by seeing a garbage truck.
Not a bad idea 💡 during my visit to Napoli in 2017, it was not as crowded, even the group is tour into the underground city. Now DW please show the trash and crowds at Santorini and Athens, so tourists won't visit 😊 it's nice when these places are less crowded.
Tourists everywhere, in the old city, below the city, overlooking the city. Seems everyone wants to take a selfie! Then it's off to Rome....and doing the whole thing again. This video gives a good view of the city. Thank you, I have seen enough
I dont know why these tourist are upset that Naples is Naples. The city has always been like that and this is one of the reasons it has this wonderful charm.
The reality often differs from what we see online I agree as everyone has their own lens through which they perceive things, making the tourist experience highly subjective. Personally, I prioritize cleanliness and less chaotic environments, so I'm not easily convinced to appreciate big cities. I don’t travel for food only also not a fan of the GTA which people rave about it's unlikely that I would enjoy other large cities either.
One thing is the tourist destination, either you like it or not, with everything it involves, culture, contradictions, stereotypes etc Another thing is whether the city/area is an acceptable place to live, study, work with dirt, decay, disorganization, crime etc.
Guys complaining about garbage, never went to New York probably... Anyway, you can't complain about finding people in one of the densest populated and visited area of Italy. You didn't do the homework before buying the tickets!!!
"It's not what we expected, it's very densely populated" wait...what? A simple internet search would have highlited that some of Naples neighborhoods (such as San Lorenzo, in the historic centre) have a higher population density than Manhattan. And that's without accounting all the tourists
@@lukefeeney4722I love these lovely comments: Bucarest is a dump, Naples is sh@&&hole, Rome is awful… Respect people, even if you don’t like it. Can you say I don’t like it without offending a city and its inhabitants?
Yes Naples is everything…it‘s paradise and hell, beautiful, poetic, inspiring, Full of life and joy, and ugly, dirty, chaotic…I think you see most what you really are.
I was there for four days and I gotta say it was nothing what I expected. I loved it, yet it was definitely chaotic, dirty and somewhat dangerous (especially at night or in certain areas). I remember driving with my wife around to see the entire place and ended up in what was probably Naples biggest slum. I have never seen such poverty in Europe before, and I come originally from Albania. Even Albania doesn’t have those slums I saw in Naples. But Naples had it all. The rich, the poor, the crazy, and the kind. We also ended up attending a beautiful wedding the locals were having, and it was magnificent. You will be surprised by Naples independent of who you are.
@@nicolettastrada5976 I am originally from Kosovo, but have visited Albania since I was a toddler. My opinion is just one of thousands, insignificant at best and significant at worst (or vice versa). Take it as you may.
@@ruisgallego3239 oh I don’t know the names, we were just driving around… but it was probably where refugees were or something, as there didn’t seem to be any Italians there. My wife was afraid to stop the car so we didn’t. Someone tried to break our mirrors to get money, but I told him to go for it so he didn’t. He thought he’d scare me off or something, but I’m used to everything so we didn’t pay anything nor had anything broken.
I would stop in Naples for some food but go on to stay in Sorrento which is clean and friendly. Was warned in my first few minutes of arriving in the Naples train station to watch out for gypsies ( not my term) and pickpockets. Not a great feeling. Would not go back.
You should not use Instagram as a measure for things. Who cares if a city looks good on photos for tourists who come for more photos? It’s about the people who live there, their spirit and enjoyment of their city, the local community, how people support each other, being able to live and work, etc. If these things are right, everything else will take care of itself.
@@TinoMartinelli bro it's sarcasm! Of course we want a better city for living a better life....but nobody says that the amount of filth has grown exponentially from when Napoli has been targeted by mass tourism Imho Napoli is dying of overtourism, i am happy to have been raised learning its true soul and having grown up with the language, the culture, the tradition, the people and the places...but all these things will no longer exists if we don't find a better model
I happened to be in Napoli for a few days during a garbage strike that had already gone on for weeks over the hot summer (~2008). So you had huge piles of garbage on virtually every street corner in the city - but to make it altogether worse, the exasperated citizenry took to setting the piles on fire in protest 🙉
Interesting this video: showed that if you go to very crowded areas of an ancient city, probably you will find noise and more dirtiness on the streets 😂 seriously, what did you expect? Of course Castel Sant'Elmo is more well preserved, it's in Vomero neighborhood, one of the richest part of the city!
Yes, it is chaotic, unsafe, full of graffiti, smelly and overflowing with IMMIGRANTS. I know this because I had to spent 120 days in Naples due to work and I couldn't stand it. I ended up moving to a hotel in Vulcano Buono in a town called NOLA and drive one hour back and forth because I was fed up with the chaos.
Like every other Instangrammable spot in the world! When I travelled to New York, I was expecting a futuristic city, instead of long waiting to commute, garbage everywhere, homeless here and there, sense of safety? very low.. So, everywhere is the same
The LEGITIMATE flag of Israel is much prettier anyway🇮🇱 no country exist named Palestine. The only palestinian state is Jordan and even they don t want them in after the coup the palestinian refugees pulledoff in Lebanon...
@@90taetaeya Yes, this is what I mean. We do have garbage in the streets, but you can still express your opinion, and people will respect that. In Germany, it is getting so bad, that even in the Einbürgerungstest there is a question about Israel. Substantially, a foreigner applying for the German citizenship must know that Germany unconditionally supports Israel and any different opinions are not welcome. In my opinion, this causes the opposite effect. Just see what is happening now with the previously mostly unknown newspaper Compact.
Stay home, save the planet, stop spreading disease and watch travelogues. I stopped travelling since travelogues can take me anywhere I want with a press of a button.
Napoli can t be stood for the small brain of some "tourists " , better eat pizza and stay home then seen a Caravaggio painting ,the museo archeologico, or the other hidden treasures ,in any case less pizza tourists sounds better for Napoli and his traffic and litter. L italia è cultura è civiltà millenaria è il sale del mondo ,ma non tutti hanno gli strumenti per capire.
I'm shocked a DW reporter does a report based on criticizing a historical city like Naples... What sort of punk is that?... Even if it were an insignificant city, you don't outright criticize cities like that... Sorry Naples is not Hamburg, also sorry you can't appreciate southern cultures, other than your own.. Naples is very poor, what's that guy's point?...
It's not a general criticism of Naples. The report does what journalism normally does: look behind the facade. In this case, behind the façade of the mostly beautiful photos on Instagram.
Literally landed at Naples airport and immediately transferred by car to Sorrento where we stayed for a week, doing day trips to Capri, Amalfi, Positano, Ravello, Pompei. Zero interested in seeing or being in Naples and this video confirms that we made the right choice.
Probably you don't know that Naples has many of the best Museums in Italy. I'm not neapolitan but I was very impressed. Not to mention the churches and monasteries and forts and castles. Whether you would have liked them or not depends completely on your level of education. Certainly to be impressed by a video like this is improvident. There are so many places to see in a city like this, even elegant, it would take a month. I had a week, many years ago, and I would never leave.
@@gonzoducks8 the history of pineapple on pizza isn't that old, but everything has to start somewhere. Regular pizza didn't have any ''history'' when it started either
