Location Pripyat, Ukraine Closed 1998 Phone +380 68 080 3750 | Opened 1986 Total 5 | |
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Address Pryp'yat', Kyivs'ka oblast, Ukraine Similar Polissya hotel, Joyland Amusement Park, Spreepark, Azure Swimming Pool, Six Flags New Orleans | ||
Pripyat amusement park
The Pripyat amusement park is an abandoned amusement park in Pripyat, Ukraine. It was to be opened for the first time on May 1, 1986, in time for the May Day celebrations, but these plans were scuttled on April 26, when the Chernobyl disaster occurred a few kilometers away. Several sources report that the park was opened for a short time on April 27 before the announcement to evacuate the city was made, although several others report that it never opened. In any case, the park—and its Ferris wheel in particular—have become a symbol of the Chernobyl disaster.
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Attractions
Located north-west to the Palace of Culture in the center of the city, the park had five attractions: the iconic Ferris wheel, bumper cars, swing boats, paratrooper ride and a carnival shooting game.
Radiation
Radiation levels around the park vary; the liquidators washed radiation into the soil after the helicopters carrying radioactive materials used the grounds as a landing strip, so concreted areas are relatively safe. However, areas where moss has built up are dangerously high; some areas can emit 25 µSv/h, among the highest levels of radiation in the whole of Pripyat.
Films, games and literature
The park plays significant roles in the video games S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and the film Chernobyl Diaries.
The park plays significant roles too in the Markiyan Kamysh novel about Chernobyl illegal trips "A Stroll to the Zone".