Whilst the thought of exploring a supermarket seems almost mundane compared to secret factories, stadiums and palaces, I want to explore this city in it’s entirety.
This was a dairy shop “Strumok” is situated at 22 Lenin Avenue; Pripyats only ‘dual’ carriage way. As I was accessing it on my way out of Pripyat for the day, I had the experience of being driven the wrong way down the avenue (on the left hand side) “Ah, you British and your crazy ways” commented my guide.
As I previously mentioned it’s the most exciting explore, but it gives a real insight into actual Pripyat life.
The side of the store boasts a beautiful mural, just about visable through the dense but bare winter trees. In the summer months the shop is completely invisible from the road which runs only feet in front of it.
This is my hundredth hour exploring Pripyat, yet only recently (in the winter months) have I started seeing these murals. They were a real symbol of the utopia qualities that Pripyat had to offer. I’d wager 100 Hyvirnas that it was the only soviet city that wasn’t brutalist through and through.
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I found this sign in the undergrowth outside. “Watch out for power lines, they’re from the nuclear energy plant”?
This was a dairy shop “Strumok” is situated at 22 Lenin Avenue; Pripyats only ‘dual’ carriage way. As I was accessing it on my way out of Pripyat for the day, I had the experience of being driven the wrong way down the avenue (on the left hand side) “Ah, you British and your crazy ways” commented my guide.
As I previously mentioned it’s the most exciting explore, but it gives a real insight into actual Pripyat life.
The side of the store boasts a beautiful mural, just about visable through the dense but bare winter trees. In the summer months the shop is completely invisible from the road which runs only feet in front of it.
This is my hundredth hour exploring Pripyat, yet only recently (in the winter months) have I started seeing these murals. They were a real symbol of the utopia qualities that Pripyat had to offer. I’d wager 100 Hyvirnas that it was the only soviet city that wasn’t brutalist through and through.
Till:
Specials:
I found this sign in the undergrowth outside. “Watch out for power lines, they’re from the nuclear energy plant”?
