Olympic Diary: Saint-Denis - notorious suburb the safest place during the Games

Pay attention, be careful because no one in Paris, especially in Saint-Denis, puts a friendly hand on your shoulder - said Christian, the guide who welcomed the Montenegrin delegation in Paris

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Stadion Francuska, Foto: Shutterstock
Stadion Francuska, Foto: Shutterstock
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From the special reporter "Vijesti"

Stadium "France", right across from it "Akvatik centar" where the group stage of the Olympic water polo tournament is played - this is a part of Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris that definitely not everyone wants to visit during their stay at the Olympic Games.

To put it mildly, Saint-Denis is a dangerous area, a place where the crime rate is huge, where you can see the least Parisians and the French in general, and the most migrants - from all over the world, especially from the African continent.

Before the Olympic Games, the local authorities were well aware of the danger that Saint-Denis could pose for tourists, so guides and Montenegrin citizens living in the City of Light claim that this suburb has never been safer than it was in the twenty days leading up to and during the Games.

It's not by chance - at least one police patrol is present almost 24 hours a day at every corner, especially at the exit from the metro and the very approach to the stadium.

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What will happen after the OI, will Saint-Denis be "the old one" again (as it was on the night of the final of the Champions League in football two years ago between Real Madrid and Liverpool) - that is less important now, but remains something that every a foreigner who lands in Paris should know - only those who have to go to Saint-Denis. And if he has to...

- Pay attention, be careful because no one in Paris, especially in Saint-Denis, puts a friendly hand on your shoulder - he said Kristijan, the guide who welcomed the Montenegrin delegation in Paris.

The stadium "France" or "Stad d'France" is a place that the organizer gave great trust and made Saint-Denis really an important factor at the Olympic Games.

Thus, on this building you can watch male and female athletes, a rugby tournament that is very well attended, and the closing ceremony of the Games will be organized there on August 11, when Paris will definitely wish luck to the next organizer of the OI - Los Angeles.

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