Is Cork Safe for Solo Female Travelers?

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I can recommend going out of the city to the countryside-Fota Island, great place to feel united with nature, hike in the woods, and see the giant wildlife zoo, where you can see kangaroos jumping around the woods! I was fascinated with the giant trees and garden with rare trees, which are all very old, and looking like from fairytale! Also you will be very safe in the countryside even hiking alone in the woods. Cork itself is pretty safe too in the centre, but not so much in the periphery, we went 10 minutes walking from city centre towards the periphery and there were no shops, no people, only one very wreaky pub and an a drunkard who followed us for several minutes telling us something incoherent.

There’s a lot of creeps around certain areas like north of the city and around bus stations, apart from that, it’s generally safe. Like any city, you always have to keep your phone and valuables out of site while walking to avoid getting pickpocketed. I wouldn’t say that it’s super common but there’s a lot of drug addicts around the city who will try to take a phone if they see it in a pocket.

Its grand - the most Irish thing you can say. I take the bus and walk home from work some days. Bus drivers are mostly pleasant late at night however they can be really late some days. Watch out for those randomly walking and you know they are on something