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Urbex – Another way to explore
Dec
Chernobyl
This amusement park, built next to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, has been abandoned since the 1986 accident and is open for organised tours with a guide who will explain the history of the accident and the town.
Several companies propose to make you visit the city infamous for the tragic events that it knew, Prypiat. Our recommendations: do not take group visits! Firstly because you will be with all the ordinary tourists, but also because you will be walking the standard route that everyone else sees. Take a private tour, it’s a bit more expansive sure, but it’s much more wrth it! The private tour will be much more interesting, and if you kindly ask the guide, he may show you places closed to the public…
This is a place steeped in history, but it has really been turned into a tourist factory, which somewhat distorts this incredible place. Most visitors are only there to feed their social networks, and it is felt that the story behind Prypiat interest them very moderately. The visit is still worth it if you take a privatized visit, the atmosphere of some buildings will take you to the guts.
Baikonur
Baikonur is a city in Kazakhstan, best known as the launch site for Soviet and Russian space rockets. The Baikonur launch base is one of the most famous sites in the history of space exploration, having been used to launch the first artificial satellites, the first men in space, and the first manned flights to the Moon.
Today, the Baikonur launch base is still active and is used for commercial and scientific launches, but there are also abandoned areas of the base that can be visited. It is possible to visit the old flight control buildings, the old bunkers, the old rocket silos, and even the old launch vehicles and space modules.
It is a dream for many of us to see these abandoned Soviet rockets. Not everyone is capable of setting up such an operation, especially given the risks. Urbex Tour offers its services for a substantial fee.
https://www.urbextour.com/en/baikonur-urbex-tour/
Svalbard
The ghost town of Pyramiden was a Soviet mining community that was founded in 1910 and abandoned in 1998. It is located in the Arctic Ocean on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. The town included housing, a school, a theatre, a hospital, a swimming pool, a sports club, and even a grand piano in the entrance hall of the concert hall.
Pyramiden was a Soviet mining project to extract coal from the surrounding mountains. The town was populated mainly by Soviet workers, but also by people from other countries of the Soviet Union. It used to be a lively place, but coal production declined in the 1990s, leading to the closure of the mine and the abandonment of the town.
Today, Pyramiden is a ghost town, with dilapidated buildings, deserted streets, abandoned furniture and personal belongings. Visitors can explore the town and discover its history by visiting the buildings that are still standing, such as the school, the theatre, the general shop, the sports club, the concert hall and so on. It is also possible to see the industrial facilities still standing such as the coal silos, the mine buildings, and the chimneys of the power station.
It is an opportunity to mix exploration, urbex and discovery of unusual landscapes.
https://www.urbextour.com/en/abandoned-svalbard-tour/
Kiev’s Underground
If you go to Chernobyl and land in Kiev, be sure to visit the city’s huge underground passages.
The team from “Another Kiev” (recently renamed Urbex Tour) invites you to visit the other side of the Ukrainian capital. Underground and bunker are on the program. An ideal way to get away from the rhythm of the city and other tourists! The visit is provided by urbex enthusiasts, explorers of a level that exceeds many of us.
https://www.urbextour.com/en/kyiv-underground-tour/
Paris Catacombs
The catacombs are a labyrinth of underground tunnels that contain the bones of millions of people who were moved from the city’s cemeteries. It is possible to visit the catacombs with a guide and learn more about the city’s history and burial practices.
Visits organized by the same team mentioned for Ukraine, but this time, it’s happening in Paris! Two visits are proposed: one in a subway, the other in the catacombs. We have not tested, but it can really be a good experience.
https://www.urbextour.com/en/paris-catacombs-dark-tour/
The Radiant City – Le Corbusier
This futuristic building built by architect Le Corbusier in the 1950s is now abandoned and can be visited with a guide who will explain the history of the building and modernist architecture.