Chernobyl Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Ukraine
About Chernobyl
—Chernobyl, the HBO series The nameChernobylrefers to the area around theChernobyl Nuclear Power Plant(often abbreviated to ChNPP) in the north ofUkraineborderingBelarus. Chernobyl is a town 15km south of the power plant, and was the closest settlement known to exist by the Western media in 1986 when a catastrophic accident occurred in one of the power plant's 4 reactors. The city of Pripyat, built to house power plant employees, is next to the power plant and thus much closer than Chernobyl, but it was aclosed cityat the time and thus not known in the West. The accident thus became known as theChernobyl disasterinstead, and the name stuck. The accident contaminated a large area around the power plant with radioactive fallout, and these areas were subsequently evacuated. ThisZone of Aliena
Top Attractions in Chernobyl
Explore the best things to see and do in Chernobyl:
- ★Atomskaya Mural
- ★Bridge of Death
- ★Concrete Mixing Plant
- ★Cooling Towers
- ★Duga Radar
- ★Fish hatchery
- ★Mechanic yard
- ★Monument to the Chernobyl Liquidators
Where to Eat in Chernobyl
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Desjatka
Where to Stay in Chernobyl
- 🏨ChornobylInterinform Agency Hotel
- 🏨Hotel 10
Chernobyl Travel Guide Sections
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