"I've lived in Bologna for over several months and even my Italian
roommates refuse to walk to train station by themselves after midnight." (Anh)
"Avoid at all costs." (Barry K. Ireland)
What you can look forward to:
beggars, drug pushers and sketchy characters
Recent Review:
Contributed by Anh
"Please do not sleep at the Bologna Train Station (Bologna
Centrale) at night if you're travelling alone. It's the most
unsafe area of town. I've lived in Bologna for over several
months and even my Italian roommates refuse to walk to train
station by themselves after midnight.
It's safer during the day, but there are beggars who will bother
you. I've had a guy hassle me for money in Italian, so I lied
and told him I spoke only English. When it comes to money,
everybody knows English! He proceeded to tell me "Give me
your money." Ass. Also, watch your bags and your pockets in
the train station.
There are drug pushers and other sketchy characters around at
night. Don't look at them, or they will hassle to buy drugs, and
if you refuse some of them even threaten you. If you must stay
at the station, stay inside but don't wander around at night by
yourself.
There's a McDonalds (which stays open pretty late) connected to
the station and a convenient store. There's a tobacco store
(cigs, stamps, phone cards, etc) and several magazine stands. I
think there's a baggage facility but I might be wrong."