Germany's Pripyat: Soviet ghost town with a nuclear secret

Urban exploration: Abandoned Soviet airbase in Germany (subtitles available) Episode #175

Once this was the biggest airfield in Eastern Germany with thousands of Soviet soldiers living here - but when the Iron Curtain was lifted, they left. For 30 years now, this has been a ghost town. In today's video, we set out to explore the vast remains - and even end up where the atomic bombs were stored that should have left Western Germany in ashes. Follow us to a Soviet wasteland! #urbex #abandonedplaces #bwturbex

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00:00 - Intro
01:28 - Soviet wasteland
04:14 - Ghostly barracks
07:42 - New life in old ruins
12:17 - On the airfield
13:54 - Pilot school
17:51 - Back at the camp
18:50 - The long march
20:31 - Nuclear secrets
23:41 - What's next?
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Music:
"Covert Affairs" - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
"The Last Arrival" - Daniel Kadawatha
"Seaweed" - Ebb & Flod
"Dub Caravan" - Brendon Moeller
"The Miner" - Both Are Infinite
"Letter to a Friend" - By Lotus
"New Showdown" - Wendel Scherer
"Thirst" - Hawea
"In the Lab" - Ethan Sloan
"Mastermind" - David Celeste

[BrokenWindowTheoryUrbex]

We are offline for a few days while we are embarking on a new (non-urbex) adventure! We scheduled the upload of this video together with all of our recent and upcoming posts on social media - we hope it is working and you can see the new content. Although we can't read it right now, we (and the YouTube algorithm) would be happy to get your comments. We are back online in a few days and will catch up! If you are wondering: We are in Sardinia for the first two weeks of June before we head over to the mainland for a sequel of the fan-favorite series "Abandoned Italy"! Would you also be interested in an "Abandoned Italy: Sardinia" spinoff?

[Snowcopa]

As a German I couldn't help but laugh... At 04:38, those eerie shots, ominous music and vibe and then the graffiti "Linda hat gepupst" or in English "Linda farted" 😂😂

[jst]

As a travel enthusiast, I had the opportunity to travel to Russia the year after the fall of the Soviet Union. I visited both Moscow and St Petersburg. Traveled via overnight rail. What an experience! The U.S. Dollar (new) was worth 50 rubles. Surprisingly, I was able to travel without my guide. I took their Metro got lost and was assisted by a local who took me to my train stop. The price of a two liter bottle of coke was triple the cost of vodka. Grocery stores were empty. It was a once in a lifetime travel adventure.

[Checkerlol]

Endlich Mal ein deutscher Kanal, der nicht probiert hinter jeder Ecke eine Sensation oder etwas besonders spannendes zu präsentieren, kein reisserrisches Getue.
Sehr angenehmes Video, danke für die kurze Reise, auf die ihr uns mitnehmt.

[TonyTouch]

Interesting place, great video 😃👍

As an advise: Never enter an underground pit as you did at 11:16. It could be filled with toxic gases and once you realise it is too late.

[stephanie]

This place looks straight out of Netflix's "Dark" serie, when Jonas gets to the future apocalypse. I love it

[tamaradobson]

Hey guys, awesome video & thank you once again for letting us tag along on your adventures!

[alro]

50, 000 people used to live here, now it's a ghost town.

[alextp]

13:01 damn this grafitti is awsome <3

[CaptainOctane]

Germany has some good graffiti artists

[tudomerda]

if there ever was a good reason to wear a mask it is during the exploring of old structures, primarily for filtration of hazardous materials and mouldy spores.

[blohot]

Great camera work guys! Top notch production

[MsCristyn]

You get the "World's Best Urbex Team" award from me! Thank you for your work, your passions! It’s always a huge experience to see videos and we can learn a lot about forgotten parts of the world.
Greetings from Hungary

[BMSThomas]

We need that art at 13:39 captured forever... looks amazing!!

[elena_youknow]

Nice to see some German YouTubers doing international content. I love the storytelling. Some urban explorers only really show the highlights of a trip, which is fine, but here you really feel like you were there yourself. Stay safe! 😊

[danzifer]

Not gonna lie, some of that graffiti was pretty impressive.

[es]

Yes go back and explore more of this place it's part of history that a lot of people don't know about and I love your game that you played here!!! Keep your GREAT EXPLORES COMING!!!!

[SRay-ornc]

You guys make decay look beautiful and Tobi's photography is outstanding. I really appreciate the details of how large the scope of military installations were in Germany. It is a fascinating subject, but I think nature is helping obscure a dark past.

[carolali]

This was very interesting, you taught me things I didn't know about the war. I'd look forward to viewing more.

[mindakahn]

I am blown away by your continued improvement in production values. The drone footage cut into the physical live shooting and now animation. Wow.
Oh, by the way I know I’ve said it before, but really, respirators guys, black mold and definitely lead paint!!
I have so enjoyed going on these journeys with you, especially in the time of Covid, but unlike some other vlogs you consistently work to hold my attention and engage me.
Thank you for your hard work.