Inside Chernobyl's Abandoned Ghost Town | Pripyat
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🇺🇦 Not far from the Chernobyl reactor is the town of Pripyat which housed the plant's workers and was abandoned due to high levels of radiation not long after the disaster. I went there on a miserable winter day to see what traces of the past remained...
“50,000 people us to live here” ohh god he’s gunna say it “now it’s a ghost town” AAAAAHHHHHHH he said it
Considering how much bald is spending time in the radiated zone I expect his hair to start growing soon.
ChaosPrototypeIX I was thinking the same thing
... or something else
He's gonna grow a parasitic twin that looks suspiciously a lot like Harald 🤔
More likely his beard will stop growing, and no more kids in the future.
Sign me up for a visit!
Benjamin, it was very nice to organize this trip for you.
Igor. SoloEast.
Thankyou Igor and SoloEast- we really appreciate your efforts
This comment should have way more upvotes
did that radiation detector give you a bit of a scare?
Be careful of radiation Igor
Knowing Bald, the mad lad probably spent this last 2 weeks trying the book the Wuhan tour
The Universal Constant: Wherever you go, Grandma will feed you and feed you well.
Except that country where they sacrifice humans
@@Karbfd583 Nonsence.
Ciara ooh well then grandma just feeds you human
not in bolivia
@@Karbfd583 You mean Colombia... where bald almost got killed.
Got to love how the grandmother even in her poverty puts out much food for her guests. It's a custom.
It seems they brought the food for her though?
In an Eastern European home, when you arrive, even if you just finished a 7 course meal 15min prior. "You're hungry, eat, eat, eat my son!!" This is tradition and at first, if you are not used to it, its a bit strange. Until you realize, this is how warm and inviting these people are. I visited Poland in 2008 and experienced just the same. Even here in the US, when you go to an Eastern European family's grandmothers home, you are met with the same thing. Out comes the plastic wrapped plates of leftovers, cookies and cakes come out of nowhere, drinks make their way to the table, hugs, kisses and chatter fill the room. Its pretty awesome to be honest. The US as a whole needs to get back to this way.
In Poland and... I believe in Ukraine, we say "gosc w domu, Bog w domu" which translate to "guest in home, God in home". We love to share food, drink and make people welcomed.
Brian Streufert Absolutely correct. My grandmother was German and she always brought out, as you said, cookies and cakes. She always made sure that you had enough and left with enough. To them, seeing you’re happy and satisfied is their happiness.
@@StreuB1 America has too much of a 'fuck you, I got mine' vulture capitalist mentality. Americans don't even have the basics like healthcare sorted yet never mind letting random guests eat with them.
I remember being in that place, I was being chased by dogs and I had to single handedly fend off an army with a sniper rifle by the Ferris wheel
Anu cheeki breeki
Really? Good for you. Bloody blood suckers.
Pfft, newbie. When I went there, I fought Putin on a war tiger. 600 feet above ground. An army? I fight those everyday during my breakfast break.. tsk. Weaklings really think that's a proper feat.
Have you ever been treated for schizophrenia?
@@xDemishx only 3 times
People who have so little seem to share the most.
- Why did you decide to come back to your house and your village?
- “Could you replace your own mother with me? - of course you could not. Well this is my homeland, I was born here in my homeland and my graveyard will be here as well”
Such melancholic certainty, but I admire her.
It was beautiful, and to the point.
Grandmother: "Not for alcoholism but for medicinal purposes". Just love that!
My grandpa used to say exactly the same
That's wisdom...lol...
That's the Slavic culture and hospitality. ;-)
Gonna say this to the officemates from now on, when they catch me pouring JD in my coffee ;)
@@mariankohn8411 :) Definitely!!! The babushka offering salo, cucumbers and samagon just reminded me of three days ago... in a bar... 30 min North of Moscow... I got a big piece of salo as a gift to take home... just for the sake of our first meeting... where the guys offered me the same treats... first time with chacha...second time with samagon... this is Russia :)
when your usual youtuber goes missing for 2 weeks; "That lazy fuck" when Bald doesn't publish stuff for 2 weeks; "Hope he is still alive"
I'm alive and being a lazy fuck at the same time )
@@baldandbankrupt The amount of consistent content you've provided for us is astounding..Have a break bald recharge the batteries
God bless that old lady. She can barely see, and still gets around like a champ! God bless Bald as well for drinking her home made shine.
Universal language of Grandmothers is " Eat Eat Eat"
so true 😂
Omg yeah 😂they don't understand I'm full .they hear my food not good in the trash it go . U like I just said I'm full I had 4 helpings 😞😓. Don't tell them I'm full when there a lot left over just eat and throw up later or hide it some how
Perhaps grandmas experienced being hungry.
😊
Grandmas really are gems. Doesn't matter if you're actually their grandchildren they just naturally love to care and nourish people with love, food and generosity
“50,000 people used to live here, now it is a ghost town” -Captain BaldMillan
or the good ol MW reference. this will do tho
Best stealth mission never gets old that qoute
“3.6 roentgen. Not great, Not terrible” Chernobyl HBO
Every time you post there’s a slight relief you’re still ALIVE!😂
HAHAHA yeah true
I much prefer to see him in the Old Soviet Nuclear Wasteland than Africa
Lol, my thought exactly 😂😂
Isn't this prerecorded? 4 Days ago he was on a Tour in Africa and now he's in Pripyat? So who knows :( :P
This is soooooo true!!!
That babuska was soooo cuteeee, it’s amazing how some of the people who live some of the hardest lives are the sweetest.
Igor’s sigh of relief when the gate opened 😂 He was legit scared for a moment.
For real had a laugh at that, he looked genuinely relieved
Maybe it was good joke from Igor :)
Surely he has passed that gate thousands of times
gotta scrub off you skin if you fail
Henrik Michelsson doubt he goes there in his spare time
hmmm...Babushka while handing the moonshine: "I can barely see.." Indeed you're a brave man Bald!
thats what I thought. that old methanol.
@@urtyp6596 that old soviet methanol.
I thought I was the only one thinking this. I would not even try that. Need to make sure he's ok when he posts the next video
I think she was joking with him somewhat lol. She seemed to pour it just fine
"Look at this place, fifty-thousand people used to live in this city, now it's a ghost town..." - Captain MacMillan, Modern Warfare (2007)
Haha yeah bald trying to rip off some quality mw quotes
I miss the golden cods
Wasn't it captain Price?
Best cod along with waw and mw2. I reflect on them days fondly.
I thought the same thing. Hheheheheh we will let him have it. He's pretty Badass as MW
When his Geiger counter beeps it's actually counting the amount of times he says "Soviet."
“Could you replace your own mother with me”
What a powerful line.
Nama R Most powerful line ✌🏼
When old people were wise and we listened to them.....now we are all idiots and we elect even bigger idiots to make decisions for us.....
That shot of radiated moonshine gonna give him hair 😂
Or make his beard fall out. Why not both?
Tommy green hair lol
Lmao roasted
Novichok moonshine 🤣 🥂
Or an extra arm, who knows!
Theory:
Bald got kidnapped in Africa for filming, they accidentally finished an upload when powered on and by wifi.
He replied to a comment 2 minutes ago, or maybe those were the kidnappers
My theory: kidnappers are posting his old videos and pretend to be him.
Nah, he's probably tucked up somewhere safe in Algeria editing old footage. Tomorrow - on to visit the pirates in Somalia!
They left Africa and went to Tehran 😨
@@Bystander333 that would be something, wouldnt be even surprised at this point
She was lovely and so hospitable
I love the "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" reference in the beginning, 100%!
_proto_type_ I love it lol
Gave me chills what a legend
Best Call of Duty
I miss the Xbox lobbys
darth penguin old generation was more fun cause everyone’s mic was public, now in current gen you barely hear anyone cause they are in private chats that’s why it’s not as much fun anymore imo
Little Soviet children receiving their little Soviet medals on the little Soviet podium...
...on their little Soviet necks, in a little Soviet town, in the little Soviet Union.
Phone Phone in a little Soviet house of culture with their little Soviet parents smiling their little Soviet smiles.
Under a little soviet sky, warmed by the little soviet sun surrounded by many little soviet friends
He love the word soviet.
Haha I have not laughed as I have reading this! Little soviet basketball. Haha
Regular old basketball: “Old Soviet basketball”
Koen Mohr To be fair to Soviet guy, there aren’t that many places where you can find a basketball in the USSR that has stood still for like 40 years straight
they were a pretty killer team in the old days, even the women were quite good
😂😂😂
**SOVIET NATIONAL ANTHEM**
hey shan are u from younow? i recognize your profile picture.
Almost everything in this world makes me not like people...then Bald comes on and makes me love all the people he meets. You're one of the greats Bald!
I’ve sniped a dudes arm off here way back in the day
Soap
@@skumuk3876 ok
Oh that was you!!!!
then you jumped up to run off and got blew up by my proxy mine i left at the door way.
Wtf I had a dream last night about a dude who shot his arm off wtf
3:45 You are probably the first person ever after all those years, to throw that basketball into that hoop...
Let that sink in.
Well, he sure sunk it.
You can see yourself out...
Yung Pollock out
why the fuck do i need to let the sink in? how did it get out?
/s
"-Why did you decide to come back to your house and village?
-Could you replace your own mother with me? This is my homeland." 👏🏽
Who the fuck is cutting onions?
Who else wanted him to press a piano key 😅
Really hope those older babushkas are happy in life.. kinda breaks my heart
They are happy when others are happy
Small towns throughout America have grandmas with that mindset. Im a home medical equipment tech and have met alot of people in my state that live an hour from a proper grocery store and a lot of those people have treated me like family.
When he hopped off that African train he just found himself again in Chernobyl
He put this up because he couldn't show exactly what type of work he was doing at the Russian mine.
I’d rather be in Chernobyl than Africa, deadly serious
he travels through wormholes. he borrowed h.g. wells whip.
@@ChipsChallenge95 no you wouldn't, not some places in Africa. But Mauritania? Definitely Chernobyl is better lol
Declan O'Cuidighthigh stop generalising the whole of Africa it’s not a country.
I got worried when the machine took a little while on Igor 😮
Is anyone else worried about where bald is?! It’s been two weeks since the last video!! I’ve not known what to do with myself, I’ve even started speaking to my mum, turns out she doesn’t work at Woolworths anymore
He just posted "Alive" 14 hours ago, answering Scraf
under this video.
lol
He’s fine as of yesterday! On his Instagram he posted about Kolya merch. He had me worried too
Hes chilling in prague
he put a comment upp for 19hours ago saying, (To all the people asking, yes I am alive! Just chilling out for a month or so in wet and cold Europe. Back with USSR videos when temperatures warm up a little. Remember to follow my insta stories for updates 'realbaldandbankrupt'. And also don't follow any of the fake facebook profiles. I don't have a facebook account. Hope to see you all soon after a little bit of chill time. 👍🏻)
I like how Bald pays attention to every detail when he visits a soviet country. He dressed red, his face got red too.
he's becoming a chameleon.....'or a ''chemical' eleon''
Just cherry cheeks.
11:46 Igor had the longest 5 seconds of his life. lmao.
😂
In addition to full responsibility, the guide assumes all radiation exposure
Igor, his guide :)
@@igorbodnarchuk428 Thanks of keeping Bald safe! Take care
*Sees dust*
"Old Soviet dust!"
Even the air was soviet!
Soviet dust collectivizing into Soviet dust bunnies.
i love how the babushka pours out half a litre of moonshine for our boy, and then she proceeds to sip just a little frickin' teaspoon of the thing lmao.
A week later: A plant grows out of his head. He calls it "Hair"
Mete Tural
Soviet Hair
@@goldenshark3182 just kidding! He calls it Bob!
And literally no one will get that reference
Took a little longer to open for Igor, he seemed quite relieved haha
His jacket was green before he came to Pripyat.
and he had hair
🤣
And his head is transforming.
@@XxB0wX I was going to make that joke.
😂
"All Ghillied Up" springs to mind .
"50 Thousand people used to live here, now it's a Ghost Town..."
11:52 Igor relieved that he survived radiation... again :D
Vitali Ger I think his acting:)
@@IrrationalDelusion im really curious to know whether he did it as a joke or really is relieved
alex11stefan i too think it is acting. Igor does this tours on a daily basis i guess, so for him those radiation checks are normal. But for the viewers he made a little joke :)
@@vitg9721 I don't know... It's his job and I'm sure he loves it. What if he can't come back one of theses days as in consequence of radiation exposure?
i think its real because the machine tong long enough too scan his body...
“God be with you and safe journey , my son !”
(Tears )
I can’t believe how kind and generous these people are who have very little but give so much. I don’t know what’s gone wrong with the rest of us. I love the videos where you go to the people’s house and visit with those who know and tell you the truth. I was hungry looking at those fresh biscuits and potatoes. 👍🏻
Ah yes! I remember the fun we used to have in the 3rd grade kalashnikov assembly class.
"could you replace your own mother with mine?" Best response I've seen to why people return to live in Chernobyl.
Very poignant
That hit right in the heart for me. You imagine being told to pack up and leave your own city, never to return seeing this grandmother living out there, doing her best to make a happy life, with the very little she has.
more hospitality then my neighbors in their million-dollar houses
Wealthy people i have encountered are very rude. It is those who are humble and have a hard living, that have shown the biggest hearts and humility. I'd rather live in Pripyat than amongst rich people.
@@Karbfd583 From my experience, those with money have always been kinder to me. Poor people have always been more ignorant and rude.
There are good and bad with both rich and poor
Right!
Probably has more to do with isolation. Time to party it up when you get a visitor.
That COD4 reference. I love it!
“Take him out or let him pass, it’s your ch... Goodnight”
Fun Memories!
Oy, Suzie!
Leave it alone, it's a wild dog. We don't want to attract unecessary attention
Egzon Berisha “the meeting is underway”
it made me smile when granny said, "i brewed that myself", and her eyes lit up lol
Yes, it takes little work at it, but the end result lights up your eyes and head also, plus you can live with the hangover. :-)
How strong is that home brew?... "I can barely see what I'm doing."
"This is the old sports hall, where they played Soviet sports."
Yeah, like basketball.
"An old Soviet basketball"
NBA: National Bolschevisk Agency
@@weedmastersr Everybody knows that basketball was invented by the soviets and later the americans started practicing the sport and said that it's theirs....
@@MrAddictive69 But Canadian invented basketball ?
That grandma... 😭😭 so sweet
0:43 when the radiation kicks in
@Bence Bujdosó i think his comment was about that drop of water on the lense that made bald look like a mutant^^
Lmao
Bald is smokin on that radiation pack
😂👍
I love how the raindrop on the camera deformed his face😂
I thought that was his normal face 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
@gary jones shiiiit, i thought the same exact thing 😄
I acctualy cant believe i got 100 likes on this comment, thank you guys you have made my day
🤣🤣🤣
I thinks it’s so humble of you to do this with these forgotten people. Thank you so much for bringing them to light!
The little Soviet children playing Soviet sports so they can stand on the little Soviet podium to receive their little Soviet medals.
*USSR MUSIC BLARES IN THE BACKGROUND
When an irradiated wasteland is a thousand times safer than saharan Africa...
well, not for the right reasons
Hahahha
Nuclear fears are way overblown. Including probable eventual cancer deaths, less than 1% of people irradiated will die prematurely from the Chernobyl accident. Most of the 30+ firefighters died mostly from burns. Meanwhile, the fear in the evacuee population has, buy various means, reduced their life expectancy from 65 to 58.... aeon.co/ideas/fear-of-radiation-is-more-dangerous-than-radiation-itself
@SURFACES for Mural Visionaries It's because his last videos were in Mauritania, and they didn't paint a too flattering picture of it.
jaja i am South African and i agree lol. even we better
Seen lots of videos about Chernobyl but this one really hits me in the feels. I feel the same way as the babushka does about where I grew up. I've moved away and ended up coming back and can't see myself leaving again. But her home has been destroyed. It takes real strength to survive in a situation like that. My heart goes out to her and everyone else affected by the Chernobyl disaster.
Rule from Tschernobly: Try not to touch anything
Bald: Touches everything
I hope he doesnt grow a third arm from his belly for touch that much irradiated thingies
Yep i cringed everytime he put his hands on something, that was so stupid. Everything could potentially be coated in radioactive dust.
It really doesn't matter all that much if he touches it or just stands close to it, radiation (obviously) travels through the air so he'll be contaminated either way
@@djsilversun Wrong. We touch our faces and mouth more than you would ever even realise there's been studies on this. If he gets radioactive dust on his hands and then touches his face and mouth then the radiation has just bypassed his skin altogether and entered his body, this is a million times worse. Also when you disturb the dust you kick it up and can breath it in again bypassing the skin and entering the lungs. Certain particles of radiation have decayed to the point that it can no longer penetrate the skin but it can still fuck you up if you ingest it or breath it in.
Get a clue mate, ignorance is bliss.
@@eraldorh I do have a "clue mate", which is why I said what I said and he's gettin radiation either way. I find it rather funny that you think that after 30 years there's still a layer of dust on there that he could potentially pick up which is funny considering, you know, there's a shit ton of wind and rain and what not. You did a great job deliberately misinterpreting what I said but thanks for your nonsensical contribution anyway
2:17 Bald: "I've just stepped into a music shop."
Me: "A what?"
"A mus-"
"A what?"
* trembling * "A-an old soviet music shop"
"That's better"
Bald must be setting a world record with how many times 'soviet' was mentioned in 1 video.
Nah he broke the record in much earlier records
0:54, damn radiation hitting hard
I’m surprised you aren’t “All Ghillied Up”
Dayz video?
@@reflex6661 it's a cod mw2 or 4 idk mission where you gotta sneaky beaky past many guards to do pew pew on russian bad guy
Call of Duty 4 not MW2
@@Xapi3 yea probably got mixed up with loose ends
@@iagree4686 Dont worry, General Shepherd ties those up...
50.000 people used to live here, now it's a ghost town. Always gives me goosebumps.
0:42
Oh god, look how much the radiation has already affected his face!!! He is getting disfigured by the minute !
Jesus Christ !!! 1:01 he’s turning into the elephant man!!!
Just stop with this childish humor...
Nathan Akbar a bit of banter and a joke is what keeps us all going
It just a single water dummy 😂😂
Overplayed joke
I get the feeling this channel is getting off its chronological order.
You're right. Scraping the barrel from old footage I suppose.
So he didn't take the Saharan desert train to Ukraine? What am I missing ?!
It's called time travel
doesn't matter to me...still the best travel vlog on youtube
@@thomasmezei3231 it's not that old. He was in Ukraine just a few weeks ago. You have to remember that it takes time to catch flights and edit footage.
When I was in Kiev my girlfriend had a nuclear meltdown when I told her I wanted to go to Chernobyl. She said I would become a mutant.
Did you go ?
Did u become?
So, are you a mutant now?
@@whataboutbob9786 No, just a teenage ninja turtle.
@Colkorn1965 i hope you went any way. Sounds like a joke, yet still.
I was in Pripyat in May last year. I found it utterly fascinating, eery, sad but oddly beautiful in parts. Nature reclaiming the buildings. :)
I didn’t know you had to take an African train to get to Chernobyl 🤔
auto upload in case of emergency?
Exactly my thoughts when I saw this upload. You learn something everyday
publicenemy776 filmed before Africa.
@@SPW0708 I was being sarcastic.
@@publicenemy776 You were? So you're not learning everyday...
That old girl will live forever , love and admire her spirit and love of her homeland , love and light to her
6:22 put me behind the Ferris wheel so I can provide sniper support
"I drink Japanese style" had me cracking up 😂
'' God be with you and safe journey my son '' , that was heart warming 🤧
All sons are all grandma's son's.
"50 thousand people used to live there... now it's a ghost town" I like the CoD4 refference, such a legend!
Chernobyl TV show as well
Your narration of the locations you visit is able to upscale them past the level of a vlog to that of a documentary. I fully appreciate how you bring your travels to life. Thank you
That Babushka was lovely what amazing spread of food and moonshine she had for them...so sad..her moonshine was bloody powerful 🤯☺️..
I thought I heard your liver scream when you took that first shot of grandma's moonshine! God Bless her and keep her for wanting to be "home."
We're just glad to see you back in a safe location.
This is old footage I think.
It’s not an old footage. He was there few days before upload of the first part, i know it because people saw him in Pripyat
MaYo Beňo so they are not in Africa anymore ?
@@_mjbn_ Yeah, few days before he uploaded part 1. That was weeks ago, hence it's old footage. He is presumably still in Africa at the moment.
tibor29 i don’t think so. In newest african video he said “This is my first time in Africa”... so?
When you realize that a radiation zone is safer than running around Africa.
The black man is scarier than radiated food..hmm..go figure..
Noisome Nederland
And Europe...
Very true
You'll live longer if u live in Chernobyl instead of Sub Saharan Africa.
@@apextroll come on bruhh i aint that scary compared to radiation
This channel is an absolute treasure. Really, truly appreciative of this content.
The babushka was awesome. Real salt of the earth. ❤️
These are my favourite part of Bald's journeys.
It's a beautiful thing that you do, visiting these elderly folks for whom little changes from one month to the next. I bet making the food and sharing her booze with you created a memory that she'll cherish.
Very natural sounds in the background and not having some stupid crazy music. It's a very nice video. I watched all of your video overall Good.
baldie back in his natural habitat; radiation zones
I love the smell of radioactive rain in the morning. 00:02
im Ukrianian but lived in the states for most my life, im about to board the plane to Ukraine and head back home for a few weeks. Thank you for making these lovely videos of my people and the destruction brought on by the nuclear plant. Our people are very welcoming and heartwarming. cant wait to be there and experience it for myself. All my family is there awaiting my arrival. 23 years later im coming back. You've inspired me to bring my camera and film. Maybe ill post a video when i get back. Thanks Mr. Bald
"Fifty-thousand people used to live in this city, now it's a ghost town" - Captain Bald
I like how bald just say Soviet everytime he sees something XD
This is like the one video it absolutely applies to everything though :)
Nice english
In this instance literally everything you see is soviet era, preserved in time completely unchanged. I'm surprised that he used the word soviet so few times in this video to be honest. I was hoping for more.
"Tequila and limes?" "No! Moonshine and pickles!"
Bravo NinetySeven omg i just tought same thing
(Starts off with a CoD quote)
I’m excited for this video.
You should visit cities like Yakutsk or Norilsk in the dead of winter.
Karl Rocks there is nothing there to film. These places are just cold and boring.
“There is nothing there to film” you realise that’s why we love Balds videos, he visits places that are boring and makes them interesting.
Karl Rocks Pripyat is not boring. Bold visits places with the spirit. Believe me, even Bald would not be able to make an interesting video about Norilsk.
ErmakBrovar I’d say Pripyat is the most mainstream place Balds visited in the former USSR, not the typical place he visits. Norilsk was a bad example, but Yakutsk has an interesting culture and language.
Karl Rocks Yakutsk does not differ from Norilsk at all. And they both do not differ from Nizhnevartovsk as well. There is no culture there. The place to visit could be Vologda, for example: sounds like the ass of the world but the is a lot of history and culture there.
That sigh of relief that igor gives out after passing the radiation test, makes me feel uneasy about what happens when fail.
Presumably trapped there for life as you're only going to get even more radioactive by being there?
I think he was making a joke of it :P
But yeah, they take you to a super clean room where they pressure wash you if the gate doesn't open.
Reading all the philosophies and self improvement books doesnt beat watching Benjamin's journey. I am too a traveller though not a vlogger. I find myself acting more positively, kinder and stress far less after a daily dose of bald and bankrupt. it's taught me lot. from how to interact with people to seeing the best in the worst. A heartfelt thanks.
I am worried about you! Since you were in Mauritania I haven't heard any news about you at all. Please just give us a sign that you are ok!! Looking forward to seeing more of your adventures!
Aaaah, the good old MW1 intro ❤️