4. Pripyat, Ukraine (Construction abandoned in 1986)
The Pripyat amusement park is an abandoned amusement park located in Pripyat, Ukraine. It was to be opened for the first time on May 1, 1986, in time for the May Day celebrations, but these plans were cancelled on April 26, when the Chernobyl disaster occurred a few kilometers away.
Government officials forced park operators to open early on April 27, before the announcement to evacuate the city was made, in an attempt to distract Pripyat residents from the unfolding nuclear disaster nearby.
Some of the rides were never fully completed and the park—and its Ferris wheel in particular—have become a symbol of the Chernobyl disaster.
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