Situated in the industrial heartland of western Germany, the city of Gelsenkirchen might seem an unlikely place to find a Lenin statue. The city was flattened by bombs during the war, and subsequently rebuilt as a modern, pleasant but rather unremarkab …

A common question many people ask us when visiting a truly off the beaten track destination like Chernobyl is what to pack? We’ve visited Chernobyl in the baking heat, snowstorms, and all seasons of the year. So we have a good amount of knowledge on wh …

Map of the Ukrainian sector of Chernobyl When you look at a Chernobyl Map it gives great insight into where everything happened, but also into how the response was handled. The Chernobyl area, officially named Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, is a part of nor …

The Chernobyl exclusion zone is spread out across both Ukraine and Belarus, both countries are in such a strategic position that they have naturally hosted countless cultures over the centuries. As a result, modern Belarus and Ukraine is home to a vari …

Since it was first opened tentatively just under ten years ago, YPT have been running groundbreaking tours to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and making life-long memories for countless people. Naturally, visiting a nuclear catastrophe zone brings a lot o …

The Chernobyl exclusion zone and its ghost city of Pripyat was once a gem in the crown of the Soviet Union, today they stand as an eerie reminder of the consequences of nuclear disasters. Despite being an irradiated shell of its former glory, Chernobyl …

During the Soviet Union and today, the Chernobyl region and Pripyat didn’t have a specific flag to represent it. Instead, they went under the flags of the Ukrainian and Belarussian Soviet Socialist Republics and subsequently the current flag of Ukraine …

If you are looking for authentic, Soviet-style food in Belarus and Ukraine, the Chernobyl exclusion zone is the place to find it! On our one day tours, we enjoy the same type of lunch that has fuelled workers since the Soviet Union and continues to do …

The currency in the Chernobyl exclusion zone is the Ukrainian Hryvnia. In the Belarusian sector, it is the Belarussian Ruble. In this section, we’re going to look at both of these currencies and the best way to obtain them before you set off on an unfo …