After the catastrophic accident in the nearby nuclear reactor, the city of Pripyat had to be completely evacuated. Some 50,000 people left their homes forever. DW visited the town with a former ...

This multifaceted fail comes to us straight from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, where a group of friends apparently decided that a fun weekend project would be trying to turn over the iconic ferris ...

Photographer Pierpaolo Mittica has been documenting the passage of time at the disaster site as clean-up crews, tourists, and ...

Picturesque landscapes, a rich historical and cultural heritage, industrial excursion options, and agritourism all serve as ...

When Klavdia Omelchenko left her home in Pripyat, she thought it would be for a few days. But the 19-year-old had no idea ...

HAUNTING images show the ghost city of Pripyat, Ukraine, which was evacuated 33 years ago after the Chernobyl explosion. The disaster was a catastrophic nuclear explosion that took place in 1986 – ...

Drone footage has captured the eerie beauty of a Ukrainian city that has been abandoned for more than three decades since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Pripyat was founded in 1970 as one of nine ...

BBC Radio 5 live Breakfast's Nicky Campbell visited Pripyat, the ghost town near the site of the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant. What used to be a bustling town, now lies empty moss-ridden ...

One of the world's most unlikely tourist attractions has been closed down. The nuclear exclusion zone around Chernobyl had previously attracted around 10,000 visitors per year, with each paying about ...