Due to the ongoing war, tours to Chernobyl are currently unavailable. However, we offer alternative tours to de-occupied cities and other excursions across Ukraine.
Since 1986 and for more than 20 years after it, only those people who had to deal with nuclear energy, radioactive waste or had scientific interest were allowed to enter Chernobyl exclusion zone. In 2011, Ukrainian authorities permitted visits with sightseeing and educational aims. In less than 10 years, zone…
What is radiation? Radiation is energy flow from the source. Nonionizing radiation doesn’t cause any changes in the structure of the atom it affects, but warms the material. It’s visible light, ultraviolet light, infrared light and microwave. Ionizing radiation disturbs the atoms of the substance; affects them enough to pull…
If you are wondering if it’s safe to enter Chernobyl exclusion zone as a tourist, we suggest you checking out our article Is It Safe To Visit Chernobyl?. However, if your inquiry is if Chernobyl can be safe to live in, this is right place to clarify it. It Was…
Some sources say that this temple was built in 1500. There were a school and houses of priests built nearby as well. Unfortunately, wooden construction burned down in 1857. In less than 10 years, it was totally restored: the new one was made out of stone. As long as religion…
Sport Complex You Have Seen in Call of Duty Pripyat city had well developed sport infrastructure. On the roof of the hospital people could read that the health of the population is a treasure of the state. All over the city there were places created to give the opportunity to…
According to the plan of Pripayt`s development each of five districts was supposed to have a school and a kindergarten. So that, before the accident there were five schools in the city, however, the amount of kindergartens was much bigger than it was planned. Totally, there were 15 nurseries in…
Chernobyl Villages is Where Time Stopped Chernobyl exclusion zone used to be home for more than 200,000 of people. 50,000 of them lived in Pripyat city, 15,000 in Chernobyl town and the rest lived in the villages all over the zone. The accident of 1986 converted this area into uninhabited…
Pripyat and Kids` Hospital Out of almost 50,000 of inhabitants in Pripyat, kids were third part of the population. Taking into account the number of children in Ptypiat, there was a need to build separate facility for the kids despite the fact that the city had pretty big hospital no.126….
According to the plan of the development of Pripyat city, each of the districts was supposed to have a public school. Usually, they were built in the middle of the district so that it will be comfortable for all the people to reach the school. In Pripyat, elementary schools were…