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Amusement parkin Chernobyl, Ukraine

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An amazingly tempting and simultaneously frightening place, which has become popular thank to many games and movies - is truly worthy of its reputation.
Amusement park, Chernobyl
The park of attractions in the Pripyat city, is the place where you realize the whole scale of the catastrophe. Looking at prepared for children carousels, cars and boats where children never skated, you involuntarily feel frightened by the tragedy that took thousands of innocent lives.

Carousel in amusement park
Photo: Carousel in amusement park, © Lorna Neise

The amusement park, which never opened, is located not far from the Palace of Culture "Energetik" and the hotel "Polesie" and has several rusted from old age and tree-grown attractions and, of course, the main attraction of the amusement park witch tourists like to visit is the Ferris wheel.

Cars in the amusement park
Photo: Cars in the amusement park, © tarmo888

The Ferris wheel was one of the main attractions and became a cult symbol of both the Pripyat city and the Chernobyl accident. By the way, according to an unofficial version, the Ferris wheel worked the next day after the accident. Thus, the authorities tried to divert and hide from the locals information about the explosion at the power station, which makes this place even more tragic.

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Location: Pripyat
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#4Cruise on the ship to Chernobyl and PripyatCruise on the ship to Chernobyl and Pripyat

Get a sea of thrills from a boat trip to the lost world of a dead city.

UAH 335000/tour
#2One-day private tour (Chernobyl + Pripyat) from KievOne-day private tour (Chernobyl + Pripyat) from Kiev

One day in the Exclusion Zone and you will learn everything about this desolate tragical place.

UAH 1794+/person
#3Urgent one-day tour (Chernobyl + Pripyat) from KievUrgent one-day tour (Chernobyl + Pripyat) from Kiev

The most horrifying post apocalyptic picture of Chernobyl and Pripyat in one day

UAH 3999+/person

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Photo credit © Erwin Alexander