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TownTactics

I am from Northern Ireland and I have a passion for tactical urbanism, independent business development, ecology, conservation, eco districts, strong towns and creating resilient and sustainable towns and cities of the future.

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Znesinnia Park Rail Tracks

The largest park in Lviv is surrounded by a network of disused rail tracks.

ludvigidoffsson

Added by ludvigidoffsson

Yermolaivka, Ukraine

Museum of Strategic Missile Troops

Last remaining nuclear missile base in Ukraine.

Added by Northernskies

Vyshhorods'kyi district, Ukraine

Mezhyhirya Residence

Marvel at the excessive luxury of the ousted Ukrainian president's former estate.

AaronNetsky

Added by AaronNetsky

Mizhhirs'kyi district, Ukraine

Synevyr Lake

This stunning mountain lake was named for a pair of tragic lovers whose statues stand at the center.

RichardHerts

Added by RichardHerts

Odessa, Ukraine

Potemkin Stairs

Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Pip Ivan Observatory

Remains of a station that only operated for one year.

aboychuk

Added by aboychuk

Kachalka

Kyiv's answer to Muscle Beach is a Soviet-era gym made from scrap metal.

SamM

Vinnytsia, Ukraine

Roshen Fountain

The spectacular Roshen Fountain show lights up the night sky all summer long, until it "hibernates" under the ice waiting for spring to come.

Added by sychovasvitlana

Slavutych, Ukraine

Slavutych

The last planned Soviet city was built for the former residents of Pripyat after the Chernobyl disaster.

megancstarr

Added by megancstarr

Pidhirtsi, Ukraine

Pidhirtsi Castle

One of the most valuable palace-garden complexes in the eastern borderlands—and one of the most haunted.

alessandro cini

Added by alessandro cini

Kamianets'-podil's'kyi, Ukraine

Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle

This Ukranian fortress is one of the best-preserved medieval castles in Europe.

gjexcalibur

Added by gjexcalibur

Pripyat, Ukraine

Canteen 19

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.

Reina Gattuso

Added by Reina Gattuso

Giant Crossword of Lviv

World's largest crossword puzzle spans the side of a towerblock, its clues scattered throughout the city.

anhie

Kolomyya, Ukraine

Pysanka Museum

Welcome to the world's only museum dedicated to the Ukranian Easter egg.

SamM

Peeing Colors in Kyiv

When you've got to go, you've got to go.

Dampo

Museum of the Great Patriotic War

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

Added by rmcculloch

Pripyat, Ukraine

Abandoned Avanhard Stadium of Pripyat

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Golden Gate of Kyiv

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

Added by Kavya Ram Mohan

Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

emmastargirl

Added by emmastargirl

Odessa, Ukraine

Darth Vader Statue

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

nickdrewe

Added by nickdrewe

Odesa Catacombs

The largest catacomb system in the world.

Dylan

Pripyat, Ukraine

Abandoned City of Pripyat

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

Added by Delireus

Portaferry, Northern Ireland

Tullyboard Windmill

This windmill was used for well over a century.

TownTactics

Added by TownTactics

Cushendun, Northern Ireland

Cushendun Caves

400 million years of erosion shaped these fascinating seaside caves, which made an appearance on 'Game of Thrones.'

TownTactics

Added by TownTactics