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Prypiat Amusement Park

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.

Prypiat, Ukraine

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The eerily abandoned Prypiat Amusement Park was only open one day: April 27, 1986, as entertainment for those preparing to evacuate the Ukrainian city following the April 26 Chornobyl disaster.

Festive decorations still linger near the haunting rides for the planned May 1, 1986, opening that never came. Its looming Ferris wheel has become an unsettling icon of the nuclear disaster, and visitors sometimes leave stuffed animals in its cars as a memorial. The park still contains varying levels of radiation, although the concrete areas are mostly safe. The area under the Ferris wheel has some of the highest levels of radiation in the amusement park.

There is also an abandoned bumper car ride, with most rides still fully intact. 

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January 20, 2013

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