Eastern Europe
Ukraine
Kyiv Oblast

Amusement Park

The Pripyat amusement park is an abandoned amusement park located in , . It was to have its grand opening on 1 May 1986, in time for the May Day celebrations, but these plans were cancelled on 26 April, when the Chernobyl disaster occurred a few kilometers away.
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  • Type: Pedestrian zone
  • Description: amusement park closed down after Chernobyl disaster
  • Also known as: “Pripyat amusement park”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Avanhard Stadium and Polissya.

Stadium
Photo: Clay Gilliland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an abandoned football stadium in , Ukraine. It was built to become the home ground of FC Stroitel Pripyat. Due to the Chernobyl disaster it was never realized. is situated 280 metres north of Amusement Park.

Hotel building
Photo: BKfi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The hotel is one of the tallest buildings in the abandoned city of , . It was built in the mid-1970s to house delegations and guests visiting the . is situated 210 metres southeast of Amusement Park.

Railway station
Photo: Kruusamägi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yaniv railway station, also named Yanov station, is an abandoned station located in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Sometimes referred to as Pripyat station, it lies in the village of Yaniv, south of the city of , and is part of the Chernihiv–Ovruch railway. is situated 1½ km south of Amusement Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pripyat and Yaniv.

Town
Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Prypiat, is an abandoned industrial city in , , located near the border with . Named after the nearby river, , it was founded on 4 February 1970 as the ninth atomgrad, catering the nearby .

Locality
Photo: Kruusamägi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an abandoned village in , , northern . It is located south of and west of the .

Locality
Photo: Vertovfan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was a village near , , south-west of the Pripyat River basin. After the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 the village was contaminated by fallout and subsequently evacuated, and now lies within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. is situated 2½ km northwest of Amusement Park.

Amusement Park

Latitude
51.40798° or 51° 24′ 29″ north
Longitude
30.05579° or 30° 3′ 21″ east
Open location code
9G3GC354+58
Open­Street­Map ID
way 340476810
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­pedestrian
Wiki­data ID
Q4345340
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Amusement Park” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مدينة ملاهي بريبيات”
  • Armenian: “Պրիպյատի զվարճանքի պուրակ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əyləncə parkı”
  • Bengali: “প্রিপিয়াত চিত্তবিনোদন পার্ক”
  • Chinese: “普里皮亞季遊樂園”
  • Czech: “Zábavní park v Pripjati”
  • Czech: “Zábavní park”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “پريپيات اموزيمينت پارك”
  • Estonian: “Prõpjati lõbustuspark”
  • French: “Grande roue de Prypiat”
  • French: “Parc d’attractions de Prypiat”
  • Hungarian: “Pripjatyi vidámpark”
  • Indonesian: “Taman Bermain Pripyat”
  • Italian: “parco divertimenti di Pryp’jat‘”
  • Italian: “Parco divertimenti di Pryp"jat’”
  • Japanese: “プリピャチ遊園地”
  • Korean: “프리피야트 놀이공원”
  • Korean: “프리피야티 놀이공원”
  • Latvian: “Pripjatas atrakciju parks”
  • Portuguese: “Parque de diversão de Pripyat”
  • Russian: “Парк развлечений (Припять)”
  • Russian: “Парк развлечений”
  • Slovenian: “Zabaviščni park Pripjat”
  • Spanish: “Parque de atracciones de Pripiat”
  • Spanish: “Parque de atracciones de Prípiat”
  • Spanish: “Parque de diversiones”
  • Ukrainian: “Парк розваг (Прип’ять)”
  • Ukrainian: “Парк розваг”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Amusement Park”. Photo: Justin Stahlman, CC BY 2.0.