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Scariest Market in Europe? 🇬🇷
Nestled in the outskirts of Athens, Eleonas Flea Market has earned a reputation as one of Europe’s most unsettling marketplaces. In contrast to the lively, tourist-friendly Monastiraki Market, Eleonas feels shadowy and raw, mirroring the hardships of the impoverished community it serves. A TH-cam video titled "The Scariest Market in Europe" explores this market, shedding light on its challenges, products, and the unique atmosphere of the area.
Eleonas Flea Market is closely tied to the nearby Eleonas refugee camp, home to refugees from war-torn countries such as Syria and Afghanistan. The camp's overcrowded and unsanitary conditions reflect the struggles of its residents, many of whom turn to the market to sell goods, often sourced through questionable means. Electronics, clothing, household items, and food are available at rock-bottom prices, but the origins of these products often remain murky, leading to suspicions of smuggling or theft. The market exists in the shadows, a space where survival takes precedence over legality.
The video contrasts Eleonas with the vibrant Monastiraki Market, where tourists flock for antiques, handmade crafts, and cultural souvenirs. While Monastiraki symbolizes Athens’ rich history and thriving tourism industry, Eleonas represents a harsher side of the city, a place of economic hardship and social struggle. Yet, amid the grit, there are signs of resilience-jolly vendors who manage to smile, communities who find support, and moments of human connection that defy the dire circumstances.
Despite its reputation, Eleonas Flea Market is not just a place of fear-it is a place where people fight to make a living and hold onto their dignity. It reflects Greece’s larger struggles with poverty, migration, and inequality. The market may feel intimidating to outsiders, but for many, it’s a lifeline, a testament to the resilience found in even the darkest corners.
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00:00 Introduction
00:10 Eleonas Market
01:38 The Tin Building
10:14 The Outdoors
11:41 Not Everyone is Born Equal
12:50 The Holy Grail
19:08 Monastiraki
24:46 Hansel and Gretel
28:10 The Library
30:04 The Souvenir Anecdote
36:12 Did You Miss Me
38:29 The Reveal
40:22 Detective Work
42:11 In Conclusion
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  • @ifigeniagakoudi6465
    @ifigeniagakoudi6465 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Yes it is very dangerous and bad.. please stay away, you idiotic gentrifiers

  • @YeshuaIsTheTruth
    @YeshuaIsTheTruth วันที่ผ่านมา

    Is snagging actually easier than regular fishing? It seems like it would be way harder

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's easier for fish that face the stream

  • @lt8558
    @lt8558 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The scammers are Arab refugees who need to go back home.

  • @Dlw-ez9of
    @Dlw-ez9of 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I lived in Istanbul for 5 months. It was the best time of my life and i’ve returned multiple times. As long as you are cautious the first week of exploring the culture and city, you’ll not get scammed, unless you let them scam you. Besides that it of course sucks to get scammed! (The gum being twenty lira is not more than normal btw, how do you expect getting a pack of gums for less than 90 cents😅)

    • @Dlw-ez9of
      @Dlw-ez9of 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The hagia sophia was built as a church and used by the byzantines. Later on it was changed into a mosque and got its ‘towers’ ;)

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It did look like one.

  • @lukq.
    @lukq. 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    In Athens while watching this😂

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You'll have a great time. 👍

    • @lukq.
      @lukq. 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ leaving after 3 days😔

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You should go Arachova or the monasteries on the mountains.

  • @Rafa-dc9zm
    @Rafa-dc9zm 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    7:58 what does she mean by that exactly? teach her some history or cut that part...or better have a trip in an english museum and see where the rest 'meh' are

  • @Taleton
    @Taleton 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You start with an error. Athena the Goddess of war….?!?! She is the Goddess of wisdom !

  • @leventkandemir1686
    @leventkandemir1686 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Arabs dont come you are not welcome here

  • @Zachhh659
    @Zachhh659 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    luckily my travel there is very nice and no scammers, but i do experience turkish are rude.

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I guess it depends on your luck

  • @ΔημιουργίαΞανάΚαλαμάτας
    @ΔημιουργίαΞανάΚαλαμάτας 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    No they didn't. The revolution failed and the junta failed because Turks invaded Cyprus a year later

  • @ΝίκοςΜόσαλος
    @ΝίκοςΜόσαλος 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    the penis represents fertility and more.

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      is it because of afrodite? or is it a separate thing by itself?

    • @ΝίκοςΜόσαλος
      @ΝίκοςΜόσαλος 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @AdventuresFactory also about the growth,and the well being,preservation of life...

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You made it sound so poetic. that's brilliant.

  • @lifejoy27
    @lifejoy27 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nice, i am from Greece living in Thessaloniki 500km away but i 'll love to visit that market in Eleonas. I think your approach both in Eleonas and in Monastiraki was really good, alerted and respectful at the same time. Good job🎉🏛🇬🇷💎📐

  • @dionushskapogiannatos5549
    @dionushskapogiannatos5549 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    we use to have a lot of this markets.. all over athens but as u say its gyps so they move them all the time .. if u are still in athens check the sxisto market 5 miles from there.. the same mostly sunday..

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oh, that's interesting. Thank you for telling me that.

  • @johngaytes-ex7nt
    @johngaytes-ex7nt 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    And know you know why all illegal invaders' have to be deported ASAP from Greece

  • @anonanon7932
    @anonanon7932 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You are in Greece and you upload a video with that title: Scariest Market in Europe. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH good one. The only reason the place is a mess at the begining are gypsies which they do what you saw there at every place they go.

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      because I need you to watch it 😅

  • @PinkFahkUnicorn
    @PinkFahkUnicorn 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Next level misinformation right here....

  • @ΨωλήΚαντάρι
    @ΨωλήΚαντάρι 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Is this Greece or Colombia ?

  • @Monderakos
    @Monderakos 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i am from greece the past 15 years . Greece become 3rd world society athens is the sitiest place to live

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Don't sell it short. It's still a beautiful place in its own way.

    • @Monderakos
      @Monderakos 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@AdventuresFactory try to make a living there.

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @Monderakos no of course. I understand what you mean. It's been tough everywhere, though after 2019. Even in Toronto. Life has been really tough.

    • @Monderakos
      @Monderakos 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@AdventuresFactory haha we cant even compare greece with canada u can understand that

  • @thevasri2857
    @thevasri2857 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Fantastic 🎉 I going there soon

    • @thevasri2857
      @thevasri2857 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      We're going next month

  • @shazuddin8371
    @shazuddin8371 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Where is this ?

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Egypt

    • @shazuddin8371
      @shazuddin8371 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@AdventuresFactory yeah but is it in sharm el sheikh don’t gatekeep 🙄

  • @ralphastorga4891
    @ralphastorga4891 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    22:43 Niche with the best line in the whole series 💀💀💀 😂😂

  • @ralphastorga4891
    @ralphastorga4891 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    33:47 LMAO I’m in tears😂 😂😂 the awkward situation just gets worse and worse ,

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      😆😆😆

    • @nichekdp6816
      @nichekdp6816 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He posted my meditation moment 😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      😆😆😆 i posted it with love

  • @victoriaselezneva9823
    @victoriaselezneva9823 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hahaha it was so funny. Especially that part in the souvenir shop. This was a great video. 🎉

  • @merendakys
    @merendakys 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    POV your friend Him : I want no alcohol beer Waiter : we have Him : no I know it has 0,5 inside Waiter : I am not joking it’s 0.0 Him : u sure Waiter: what am I lying?

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah, lol. He drank so much that the doctor advised him to quit.

  • @YRN409
    @YRN409 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I’m from Greece actually living close enough to this place and I didn’t even knew about this place .Its probably a gipsy and poor local market not popular at all

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I finally went somewhere a Greek hasn't been. 🥳.. it's actually popular on weekends, but it's definitely not for everyone.

  • @rath6599
    @rath6599 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ah, you found the gypsy corner.

  • @Krispen_Wah
    @Krispen_Wah 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    turkey is one of the worst countries to visit

  • @odysseassamoils5940
    @odysseassamoils5940 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The only dangerous thing in Exarchia was always police and its intentions. Until 2018 Exarchia was an alterntative area with a lot of movements co existing like leftists and anarchists and every weekend also youngsters of hipster roots. But always police, either covered or uncovered, staged provocations or excessive control after demos. Also, we had several murders from police at that area since ever(Kaltezas,Koumis,Kanellopoulou,Grigoropoulos). So ,except of a lively neighborhood,was a fully political one and thus fully policed. Exarchia were aimed from deep state of Greece and were in the epicentre of everything social and resisting in Athens. Now its busier and uglier and POLICED with a metro station ruining its cell, the Exarchia square where solidarity and politics use to exist, now is gentrification and police!

  • @DimitriosArgyropoulos-d1v
    @DimitriosArgyropoulos-d1v 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ο ΦΙΛΕ ΚΑΛΟΣΗΡΘΕΣ (translate)

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      well the translation just says "friend kalosirthes. lol.. what does that mean?

  • @gmgmgmgm3046
    @gmgmgmgm3046 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    God damn it Americans....Athena is not the goddess of war...she was the goddess of wisdom...don't learn mythology from Holywood🤣🤦🏾

  • @Ernest202
    @Ernest202 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I didn’t say yes😂

  • @ΣωτηρησΑγυροπουλοσ
    @ΣωτηρησΑγυροπουλοσ 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Im from greece and ik athens messy its not oike america if it was like america it had to win the ottomans

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You can't compare. America is nice. Greece is nice, too, in a different way. The mountains in Greece are especially magnificent.

  • @politicallyincorrect2564
    @politicallyincorrect2564 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hotels are awful in Turkey. If you book a 5 star hotel then it is provably a 4 star one.

  • @politicallyincorrect2564
    @politicallyincorrect2564 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Do not go to Istanbul, never go there or if you go just stay for no more than a day.

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I realized that's the case. How is Anqara?

  • @gultekb
    @gultekb 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I am not saying this kind of scams in Istanbul doesn't exist, but he is just lying about the scam 1, no footages or photos of the situation, not even one intro video. Then I stopped with watching this SCAM video... just very pitty...

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I didn't go to Istanbul either. Maybe everything is just AI. Who knows, maybe I'm not a human either, just a PC character. You go to the bar scam and film it with a gopro. Let's see what happens to you and your camera. I filmed what I was able to. I'm only one person in a new country, and I don't know anyone, nor do I speak the language. Had I known that I was going to get scammed a lot, I would have brought with me a discrete camera that's unnoticeable. It wasn't the plan. The smallest thing I was able to bring with me was my gopro, which is usually attached to a stick and a brain to tell me if it's worth using it in the presence of gangs.

  • @createfast8650
    @createfast8650 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Why the fuck should anyone have to worry about those piece-of-shit scammers instead of enjoying their damn trip? Yeah, scams happen everywhere, but in Istanbul? It's on a whole other messed-up level. Every damn meter, there's some low-life scumbag just waiting to rip you off. Can't walk a step without one of these assholes lurking, ready to screw you over. don't normalize it.

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It wasn't normal. It gives the visitor a sour taste in their mouth about the city.

  • @Thyra13Hooligan
    @Thyra13Hooligan 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You wanna see if its bad? Get some panathinaikos tickets and go see the match you'll see everything you want to know

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Lol.. I think that's almost everywhere there's soccer fans.

  • @BigBear59
    @BigBear59 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I liked your video …..so Thanks for sharing and see you soon …….Alex🇬🇷

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Absolutely.. thank you for your positive comment. These comments make my day. I'll see you soon too.

  • @skanel1
    @skanel1 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Just for not false information the small temple that they say was an original and then copy pasted for acropolis isn't that it is actually Hephaestus temple😅

  • @Noof-vro
    @Noof-vro 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Athena is the godess of wisdom

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I blame Wikipedia English. 😅.. next video, I'll make sure to do a rigorous fact check.

  • @jamescarr99
    @jamescarr99 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    FYI Americans don’t need a visa anymore

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I'm jealous. We still need a visa. ☹️

  • @JamesPetrus-i9q
    @JamesPetrus-i9q 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Garson means waiter. He doesn't know the waiter

  • @heyula07
    @heyula07 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As a Turkish i loved your content. Its really sincere.

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I appreciate it. Thank you. ❤️

  • @richardforefax
    @richardforefax 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You clowns. You know shite!

  • @_Doctor_14
    @_Doctor_14 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Born in Athens, I love the city, but it needs some major changes.

  • @angelodasa2532
    @angelodasa2532 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    w content bro, keep it up

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks a lot. I'm trying to make time for more videos. Your comment just made my day.

  • @biscuityyum
    @biscuityyum หลายเดือนก่อน

    i always hear bombs and guns bro..... in greece

    • @AdventuresFactory
      @AdventuresFactory หลายเดือนก่อน

      Really? In the city?

    • @biscuityyum
      @biscuityyum หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AdventuresFactory well im in attiki- athens so i hear everything with my mom

  • @user-jk2rq8vc1hj8
    @user-jk2rq8vc1hj8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As a greek, i can assure that exrchia is a subcultural anarchist dumpster of government-contoled far-left elements. Crime and filth are preponderant

  • @eugeniakatsafadou331
    @eugeniakatsafadou331 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Acropolis is 2500 years old, the streets are modern though.