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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Pripyat

6 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Pripyat, Ukraine

Updated March 1, 2023

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The center square of Pripyat, once home for 50,000 people. After 22 years of neglect, nature has started to seep through the concrete

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Abandoned City of Pripyat

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
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Pripyat Amusement Park

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

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Abandoned Avanhard Stadium of Pripyat

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

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Canteen 19

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.
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Jupiter Radiotechnology Factory

A huge Soviet-era robotics factory in the outskirts of Pripyat, now long-abandoned.
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Duga 'Russian Woodpecker' Radar

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.
6 miles from Pripyat
The angel backdropped by a sea of stars.

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'Monument of the Third Angel'

The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.
11 miles from Pripyat
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Canteen 19

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.
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Stories About Pripyat

The Ferris wheel in Pripyat’s Luna Park was intended for a grand opening on May 1, 1986. That ceremony never came, and now fresh trees have broken through the surrounding tarmac.

The City the Chernobyl Disaster Left Behind, Then and Now

Archival images of Pripyat before the accident offer a stunning contrast to what visitors will find today.
by Darmon Richter
May 3, 2019
The city of Pripyat was an atomgrad—atomic city—built to house the technicians and workers at plant and their families. By April 1986, the town had a population of almost 50,000, but was small enough that it could be crossed on foot in 15 minutes.

Life in Pripyat Before, And the Morning After, the Chernobyl Disaster

When the scale of a tragedy dawned.
by Adam Higginbotham
April 22, 2019

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