Germany's Pripyat: Soviet ghost town with a nuclear secret
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
- 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
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 TH-cam 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?
Very interested ♥️👍😊
I'm clicking so fast lately 🤣just can't wait for your videos🤗🤗🤗
Yes I am interested! 👍
I think we are super interested in all the places you guys manage to find!! They all have a wonderful story and should be remembered and photographed before too late. Take care of eachother wherever you are and stay safe 🤗🤗🤗🤗
I’ll watch whatever videos you put out.
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" 😂😂
yea same :D
Thank you for translating it so we can know how funny it is!
British and German humour isn’t all that different after all.🤣👍🏻
@@Si1983hWe Germans don't take claim in having any humour at all :|
@@OoOoOo-we3dn well whoever wrote that did, very simple, very funny!
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.
This reminds me to our experiences in Betlin (Est) on the enter of '89/'90. We live in the west of Berlin. You only took our U-Bahn, Friedrichstraße es the border, and upstairs you reached a complete different country. We smuggled money, had changed it in the west before. For 1.-DM ou received around 25 .- east, while in the east they changed 1:1.
We bought bold, the stores were empty like after an Apokalype. I payed more than 50.- for a chocolate. The dolls in the big store at Alexanderplatz ALL had sunken heads bc of the shortage of plastic. I could write for hours, nd I truly miss it.
I remember Visiting the Ukraine just a few years after they gained independence, Lots of Fond memories of Good People and Good Times!!! 🤠👍
My parents lived during this time in Russia. They said it was the worst time in history of Russia. They lost their jobs, could't pay the bills, the stores were empty, there were terrorists attacks in the country and the country was close to civil war in 93. But great that you enjoyed your time there, I guess.
This place looks straight out of Netflix's "Dark" serie, when Jonas gets to the future apocalypse. I love it
exactly what I was thinking! It's such an amazing series but I barely know anyone who's seen it :( like stranger things but even better!!
@@leonkennedyburger3448 here in Europe it had a sensational success (at least in Germany/Italy/Romania). Dark and Black Spot are my fav together with stranger things 😊
Just a "Lieutenant" back then.
This is the reason why the series is so good - they got the german „looks“ right. 1986‘s Germany really looked like this.
I was thinking this too! Kept waiting for them to find the cave
Germany has some good graffiti artists
East Germany is completely full of graffiti. Some old factories have been converted into graffiti competitions
What do u mean by good,??
Germany had the best graffiti artists
@@kaustavkushagra HAS! 1up represent!
Minute 4:36 actually has one Graffiti in German that translates to Linda farted😂
Yeah all trains are sprayed and thats what i hate about grafity and yes it is a cool art but spaying on bice looking building... is shit
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.
Danke für das tolle Feedback und dass du uns "endlich mal" entdecken konntest. 🔥 Uns gibt's schon echt lange, aber YT macht es uns offenbar schwerer als den deutschsprachigen Lost Place TH-camrn.
Nice to see some German TH-camrs 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! 😊
that's why I am a citizen from Ukraine could watch it. good job!
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.
lol you spewing bullshit, its barely closed off and not nearly deep enough to be dangerous. Its also not a mine deep underground... If this shit was true you would have to be careful going into your basement...
@@ranDOMreSERVEaCCount has nothing to do with depth. any gasses that are heavier than the surrounding air can remain trapped in that hole, even with the top open. confined space training 101!
It wouldn't hurt to bring an oxygen level sensor....and perhaps a Geiger counter. Something about old Russian ghost towns just says "I know this is Germany and not Ukraine but check anyway...."
@@ranDOMreSERVEaCCount Please never do urban exploration.
Always check confined spaces with an oxygen level sensor and/or CO-sensor. Even ones with an open top.
This video ticks all the boxes for me:
✔️ Premium images of decay
✔️ The grim looming history of the cold war
✔️ Trees growing indoors
✔️ Two beautiful graffiti
✔️ A bunker where the worst nightmares were once stored
Should you go back for more? Hell, yes!
✔️ Sternburg Export (The most important one)
Maybe someone broke through that brick wall in the tunnel by now, lol
50,000 people used to live here, now it's a ghost town.
@AnstaltsTV Vlogs he was referring Chernobyl series
Neither 5000 nor chernobyl series... ALRO Is talking about the legendary call of duty 📞®️
Call of Duty ❤️
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@Hammad Khalil Actually I did check first to see if anyone had a cod reference and turns out no one has yet made one and decided to do it cause why the hell not.
Not gonna lie, some of that graffiti was pretty impressive.
I second to that!
Graffiti plays a big role in German culture
13:01 damn this grafitti is awsome
Had to pause the video, and admire it. :)
@@bjrn-steinarhanssen2102 same 😅
Shout-out to Plotbot KEN from Berlin who is the artist!
@@bwturbex thank you bro 🔥
i hate graffiti. it ruins the property. even if the artist is talented, he should somewhere else. that's just my opinion.
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.
The key is ppm - parts per million.
Most buildings miss their windows, so they are well ventilated and particles are vented outside or diluted. Also, moisture keeps start from floating around.
Same reason why it's pointless to wear a mask OUTSIDE. Besides for political actionism to convince people of a summer flu being "deadly".
@@alexcitovsky7389 there is currently no method for determining one's genetic disposition to ward off serious illness from toxic material, nor any method for determining the ability of one's immune system to ward off virus's and bacterial infections, so I would rather err on the safe side.
@@alexcitovsky7389 you tryna call covid a summer flu?
@@12to6ix not trying to, it's allready established since may 2020 that SARS-COV-2, like other Corona viruses, IS seasonal. it currently is, since based on studies the compounding factors (low VitaminD, low UV, people staying indoors, cold moist weather that stresses the immune system) are missing during summer.
@@alexcitovsky7389 🤡
Hey guys, awesome video & thank you once again for letting us tag along on your adventures!
Blad and bankrupt will find lot of interesting Soviet stuff there
His type of places.
Soviet this, Soviet that. 😁
bald? in Germany? won't happen... barely any poor women he can rape or exploit, unlike former USSR areas
he didn't even visit any of Estonian USSR bunkers and soviet villages. Why would he go there
@@Splitbrains Wtf is your problem
yes, like soviet toilet seat.
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.
This was very interesting, you taught me things I didn't know about the war. I'd look forward to viewing more.
This looks like that Call of Duty map where you're going through an apartment complex and there are wild packs of dogs running around.
10:49 bro stepped on that old plank like it was solid steel, potentially a life threatening situation
Great camera work guys! Top notch production
That's crazy..
That amount of decay in such a short span of time..
I enjoy the underground explores in the bunkers..Way cool...
Flat roofs on the soviet blocks are a curse, they have to be 100% water tight or it all just pours in like water draining from your bath tub.
Regarding the bunker: When we got out of the underground, a bunch of people were coming who wanted to do a party in there that night, haha. They even brought a generator!
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Lolol...
Got a RAVE goin on guy's, care to join??😂😂😂😂
@@juststeve5542 solution to design? 🤔
Well 40 years arent exactly short
We need that art at 13:39 captured forever... looks amazing!!
Congrats 👏🏼! I just loved this video! I am curious to see more and I hope you guys can go back and film other buildings and facilities in the area.
That was an epic video loved it guy's! Thanks so much! Be safe out there! 🙏
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.
I've visited that site in 2014, and was surprised!
Now you woke up my memories.. Good job, keep up the good work and stay safe at your explorations!
A beautiful video, as always. 💜 I love your approach, narration, and Toby's pictures are beautiful as well. Thank you for the great content, and stay safe!
4:35 I just want to point out, that those are no regular grafitti. It shares the highly important message that Linda farted :DD
Oh my, the part with the doll head cracked me up 😂 as usual great video 👍and yes you guys should definitely go back and keep exploring!
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!!!!
What an amazing video as always. I never thought this place's backstory would be so interesting.
Another absolutely stunning video, I’m more impressed with every one, each one always somehow few like a full length movie, but has me sad when it’s over !!! Thank you so much for sharing your amazing adventures. I hope you go back and visit more buildings !!!stay safe and happy adventures 🤗🤗
Completely fascinating! I love the history and really enjoy your explorations - so beautifully filmed and narrated. Looking forward to Italy and yes please, a spin off in Sardinia.
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
Ty for the interesting content, as well as the subtitles. This channel will help learn german
Very interesting. That looked like a risky explore. Did you realize you released it on the 77th anniversary of DDay?
No one cares about D-day.
I will go there next week
@@redditoscor9040 you mean communists don’t care about D Day.
The largest land invasion in recorded history; the liberation of Europe; sacrifice.
That’s what D Day means to the millions of us that lost family members.
When we stop caring we open the door for it to happen again.
@@wendycarter2304 No one cares because it's not really important battle in WW2. There was much bigger fights in Eastern front. For example: Stalingrad, Kursk, Moscow and many many others.
D-day was like easy walking in Normandy. Becuz all nazi forces was on Eastern front.
I know why ur propaganda so much cares about D-day, it's because you do not have and did not have much bigger fights. Thats why you're dramatizing this little battle.
By the way, Usa and Britain was like lackey of the Ussr. Lol
@@redditoscor9040 ok ok ok, I understand that D-day has nothing to do with this video BUT, calling Britain a lackey to the USSR? We kicked the Germans and Italy out of North Africa and beat there asses out numbered in the Battle of Britain, we all did our part to fight, let’s not bring political ideology into this, we all fought together to beat the facist regime
I love your dialog. It's beautiful in a way. subscribed.
Absolutely amazing! The moments of silence where there is only the sounds of nature are blissful, seeing nature reclaiming it's property is simply amazing! The war history completely topped it off for me. Would love to see more, stalking the channel in the meantime.
I really enjoyed this episode,it would be pretty interesting to see more of it.
Thankyou & Cheers!
WOW Seriously fantastic filming and editing went into this. Very Impressed . Great job with the description of the places and music choices brought each scene together.
Oooh my goodness it's Beautiful!!!
In Brazil if you go to a place like this you will probably find bandits, the chance to be killed is huge. Here is very dangerous, you can not take risk visiting abondened buildings.
thats damn sad
@@alex22tp yes yes. We many absolutely safe places but I will never go to an desert and empty building.
Tu es brasileiro?
@@valdeniaborges6587 sou sim, da cidade do Rio de Janeiro
@@mariojr377 Conheço o Rio ❤ fui de férias e visitei muitos lugares lindos e históricos ....tem lugares que me senti dentro de um livro de histórias. A TV muitas vezes passa a parte negativa,contudo o Rio de Janeiro é LINDO E MARAVILHOSO!
Eu moro com minha família no certao de Pernambuco, numa cidade chamada Petrolina.
Fascinating and as always a pleasure to watch your adventures. Be safe and well in your travels.
Beautifully shot, boys. Good job.
Ah, the Op Wasteland base! I thought I recognised the thumbnail! Good to see more of the area.
Those brick buildings certainly look like they could predate the Soviets, it's not uncommon for them to just expand an existing facility. Cross-reference RAF recon photos from the 1940s and you can see what was added, and what was inherited.
It's giving me the creepy vibe. Just amazing !
Best part of your channel is you guys enjoying your work.
This is one of the best urbex's that I have watched in a long time - good job ! Greetings from South Africa .
Very interesting, thank you very much for your vídeos. Best regards from Brazil, Mário.
For a moment, you gave a "Last of Us" feeling with the music and shots... Nice
Such an amazing explore, and thanks for the English subs. Great to get a complete picture of your journey.
Absolutely amazing video! Thank you.
This is an amazing video.. 👏 because of you guys, we are able to get so much insight into the past..
U guys are doing a great job.. good luck for all your future endeavors
Followup please! Can't get enough of these beautiful views!
I hope you can return again to this site for more adventure ! This was really amazing !
Thank you as usual for taking us along. Would be interesting to see the other locations left behind by the withdrawing troops.
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 that would be great if you go back and do a follow up video 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I used to explore a WW2 place in Romania back in the 80’s
That was very interesting thanks guys.
Wow! A thousand other Soviet bases. Like pubs used to be in Australia... "A pub on every corner". Cheers from Toowoomba Qld Australia. 🐞🇭🇲
Another well made video, BWT. The footage of the location especially the drone footage and the footage of the remains of the formal nuclear weapons bunker ☢ is just amazing. Many greetings from Northern Germany to Sardinia 👍😊
13.02 the ray of light on the shoulders....cool. Excellent explore.
The music over layed in this gives me straight last of us vibes
This place reeks with "A nu, čiki briki i v damke!" vibe :D
I love how you guys show the beauty of the nature and world around the locations that you explore!
Another great exploration video guys--thank you!
cool to see a opal! I had a 69 back in high school- as soon as I saw logo on wheel I was jazzed. Great video as well.
Que viagem incrível! Obrigada por mostrar e nos informar mostrando além do obvio👍
E gratidão por sempre disponibilizar a legenda tambem em português Brasil.👍😊
That was incredible!! Loved it!! I would be very interested in a follow up...!
And another incredible video. So cool to see ruins from militaries past. I can't get over the beautiful places you get to explore. Such a great video guys!! 😍❤👌✌
Perfect for a zombie or post apocalypse movie. Airsoft and paintballing too would be awesome here.
So true... My paintball team used to play in an abandoned pulp and paper plant. We had to sign waivers absolving the owner of any liabilities if we got injured or even killed (some rooms were a total disaster). Best games ever!!!
There is an ex Soviet military base in Germany where you can play airsoft and paintball. Germanys biggest airsoft event is hosted there. Search for Dark Emergency. Great event with a fantastic atmosphere...
How often do you revisit places? And what determines which places are revisited?
Thank you for an excellent explore and learning lesson. Much appreciated.
An excellent video as usual! You are true professionals but also very humble and sincere. Love the poetic narration by Till! Very excited to hear about your new trip to Italy! This is the best urbex channel in every way! ❤️❤️❤️🌷🌷🌷
Please do the follow up or two!!
23:11 Now we know from where they got the Discord logo
Epic video! The music was awesome. I love all your content. I vote for BWT to go back at some point. Looking forward to the future videos! Safe travels 💜
Wieder ein tolles Video von Euch. Als Zuschauer bekommt man den Eindruck, Teil des Teams zu sein. Das macht diesen Kanal so sehenswert. Und natürlich die gute Kameraführung. Weiter so :-)
Imagine if humans died out. All our structures, all our identity would decay in just a few decades to nothing but rocks. So frightening
So beautiful. *
We are just part of this earth's cycle after all, doesn't matter how much we try to be above it.
"To be human... Its hard sometimes."
~Kolya
Fantastic video! What an amazing place. I’d love to see a follow-up video later!
its always a pleasure to watch ur videos, with so much hard work on research. u guys are the new world explorers and adventurers. like indiana jones used to explore ancient ruins, u explore modern ruins.
I can't believe places like these exist in the world.
But they are! And they out there.
This place definitely looks creepy. It's very interesting to see.
i like this video, it gives me some information that i dont get from elsewhere.. good video edit and good naration & subtitles
klasse... jetzt hab ich eine Stunde damit verbracht anhand des Videos rauszufinden wo es ist....
Hätte ich einfach das Thumbnail angeschaut, hätte ichs sofort gewusst :D
Gleich um die Ecke also ^^
Achso, tolles Video und weiter so! ;)
interesting to see there are still a few places around Berlin left that aren't completely covered in streetart and demolished by raves
is this near berlin ? would love to make some pictures there just cant figure out the location
Might have been a good idea to have a Geiger counter in some of those storage bunkers.
Amazing as always !! ❤
Gotta love your work! Impressed! We only focus on Wünsdorf, Rangsdorf and Bernau. Your style of capturing video is really good and inspiring! 👍✨
In my opinion, SHIEY should visit here and explore more.
When you raised the road block you should have yelled "Show me your papers!"
Love this, please go back for a part two
Wow this was AWESOME !! I thought some of the spray can art was really cool some seems so unusually unique to be real !! I love the footage of breakfast and your campsite I just think this is so cool you camp where you explore !! So many cool things to see here the baby birds and the old mailboxes !! A tree growing in the middle of a apartment floor !! Nature, Camping , Natural decay , History, and Urban Exploration I love it !! I just love the sounds of the birds !! I get to see the most wonderful things through your cameras !! Dude I love the pink blanket when you were cleaning up your campsite !! Crawling through that small square hole to the bunker looked so cool !! Ooooohhh WOW totally freaking AWESOME in the bunker !! You guys are GREAT !! Thank you for all you do to bring us these videos the history and exploration of it all is wonderful !! I want one of your calendars but you don't ship to the U.S. .....how can I get one ? Sorry guys just had to ask .....wanted one for a long time !! Great video!! I love your guys work !!
Man.. just imagine the rave paries you can have in that hangar.
I dont watch digital tv cable programming anymore.
Why, when you have better subject matter such as stations that provide better content such as this.
Thanks for putting your effort into these!
It’s really true. I watch TH-cam almost exclusively. The stuff on Hulu and prime if not original was on Netflix last year.
Why would I pay prime to watch a movie that I have to pay for? Isn’t that the point of streaming? Oh look, it’s on TH-cam.
Oh such beautiful decay. Please do more exploration there! The forests are lovely too!
Such an amazing place and a great video.
Yes! More behind the scenes camping footage please! Love to see you guys in your natural element. Till making fire and Toby rolling a big fat .. sandwich.
So this is like the kids version of Pripyet. If you're not as stealthy and evasive you can explore the Sperenberg Airfield instead.
just discovered your channel, and I need moreeeee
Great place! Please continue exploring here.