WHAT IT'S LIKE INSIDE CHERNOBYL (is it safe?)

Are you curious what Chernobyl looks like in 2019? Today we go inside the exclusion zone and get within a few hundred meters of reactor 4 where the explosion happened. Chernobyl is one of the most interesting and eerie places we have ever been to. It almost feels like stepping back in time. 33 years after the disaster parts of Chernobyl are still highly radioactive, but you can still visit the exclusion zone if you go with a guide who knows the areas to avoid.

Travel vlog 658 | Chernobyl, Ukraine | Country #94/100 | Filmed August 2019

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“Dream Simulation”
“Lost in Atlantis”
“Plumbline”
“Run from the Police”
“Tell you I’m sorry”
“Voyage of Time”
“Weightless Again”
“Tracker”

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[fjkznhj]

i usually don’t like when tourists go to chernobyl because my father was affected by it, but you guys did it justice. thank you for sharing

[vaish_kash]

"They left it all behind because they thought they'd be coming back" It hit me really bad.

[nenaj]

My high school math teacher here in Nyc died from cancer from the Chernobyl disaster. She battled it for years. Her students back in the Ukraine had already died long ago. She would tell us about it. It hurt her. R.i.p Paulina ❤

[jodieoddie]

One of the main rules about visiting Chernobyl is don’t touch you picked up stuff from
The ground 🤦🏻‍♀️

[tanzie]

my class was learning about the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone as a side lesson just the other day and I think this video taught me more than the actual lesson did...

[mansoureh]

Chernobyl was one of the worse nuclear accident in the world, many people lost their lives, but unfortunately some tourists go there because of the movie to take selfies despite the fact that the movie was filmed somewhere else

[iCWare]

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

[happyturtl]

“You have to cover your whole body, you don’t want radioactive particles touching your skin”
*Proceeds to pick up radioactive garbage, pokes radioactive piano keys*

[JustCallMeAnonymous]

There is something uncomfortable about turning one of the world's worst man made disasters into a tourist attraction.

[wierejad]

The editing and quality of this video is unreal! It makes me so happy for you guys that you are putting out this amazing content. This is why I continue to love your work!!

[Travelwithnicolas]

Thank you so much for opening my perspective of the world up. I wish you the best of luck for the years ahead.

[Bon.aa]

You guys have literally changed my views on so many countries and events. You’re so open-minded and kind to every single place you visit, and it’s amazing to see! You never fail to have an entertaining and well educated video

[chasetonga]

Besides the radiation, imagine all of the asbestos and lead paint.

[Zwaantjes]

I can remember when i was a young girl we were not aloud to eat the vegetables in our garden because of what happend in Tsjernobyl. Awesome video!

[dasarvy]

My home town in Lithuania was some 30 km away from Ignalina nuclear power plant, which had the same reactors as in Chernobyl. So one day I was returning from the school and I heard civil defence siren, I just was frozen by the sound I thought that it was another disaster, so I run to home scared as I was, but luckily my mom was at home and she said that it was only training... Aswell I remember that day back in 1986 we were at school, it was a nice sunny April day, a teacher came and said: "go home close all windows, doors and stay indoors". I'm sure it was some days after the actual disaster. By the way, I have a quite frequent nightmare when I see in the horizon nuclear explosion and a big ball of fire coming at me. That one of the scariest feeling when you see ball of fire coming at you... Damn those dreams!

[carolinebennett]

Well done guys, such a sensitive and sad place, yet historically important for all of us, you did it with great respect, the music was perfect too. Looking forward to part 2.

[Iryna.Kostenko]

06:32 "тим хто врятував світ" - "to those who saved the world". at the cost of their lives. powerful and so sad.
I was 4 years old when this happened. there were no official announcements, so we were not sent out of Kyiv until after almost a month after the explosion. I remember hearing a lot of rumours during that year about cases of mutations in newborn animals and human babies. though haven't seen anything like that myself. pregnant women were scared by the possible mutations and many decided to terminate their pregnancies.

[AnneEWilliamson]

It's so sad to consider how many people lost their homes due to this tragedy, not even considering how many people died!

[Samantha-Yvette]

When Nate said “they only took the essentials because they were told they’d be back in 3days to a week” gave me chills bcs thats what I happened to me when Covid made me go back to my hometown. Bcs they said only a week but it’s been 6months.

[Emma-fzel]

Its amazing to be able to see inside Chernobyl! It must have been terrifying for the people who lived through the disaster :(