Discovering Europe through television
Discovering Europe through television
When I finished Blanca, I wanted to book a flight to Genoa. When I watched Petra, I didn’t. It’s the same city. The same narrow alleyways. The same harbour. The same colourful buildings. Yet somehow it feels like a completely…
The same streets. The same sea. The same colourful buildings. Yet Blanca and Petra make Genoa feel like two completely different cities.
Petra isn't just living among moving boxes—she's living with the feeling that she never quite arrived. It's a small detail that quietly reveals everything about her.
Blanca is not written as a lesson in bravery or pity. She is clever, stylish, difficult, funny, independent, and fully alive. Through colour, confidence, work, friendship, and the way she moves through Genoa, *Blanca* gives us a detective who does not live in darkness, but keeps arriving in colour.
Genoa is not polished for tourists — and that is exactly why it works so beautifully in Blanca. From old harbour streets to pesto, focaccia and Sebastiano’s restaurant, the city becomes one of the series’ most memorable characters.
Blanca turns Genoa into more than a backdrop. From the sea and medieval alleyways to Camogli and the Ligurian coast, Italy’s most beautiful crime drama makes the city feel alive, intimate and unforgettable.