Emanating from the centre of the square of the abandoned city, coloured lights flash and writhe across the empty homes. In this setting, we’re about to rave."This is Pripyat, once home to 50,000 people. Today, its population is zero"
Festival-goers wearing hazmat suits inside Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone. Photo: Courtesy of Artefact
Heading to the abandoned city, home to the worst nuclear disaster in history. Photo: Courtesy of Artefact
Inside Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone in the Ivankiv Raion of the northern Kiev Oblast. Photo: Courtesy of Artefact
The ghostly, abandoned theme park inside Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone. Photo: Courtesy of Unsplash
32 years later, and Chernobyl's eerie ferris wheel still lies dormant. Photo: Courtesy of Artefact
A lonely crucifix hanging outside the Soviet block. Photo: Courtesy of Artefact
Geiger readings within the Exclusion Zone. Not normally part of your festival kit. Photo: Courtesy of Artefact
Part of the Chernobyl Reactor building which includes the sarcophagus. Photo: Courtesy of Artefact
Eerie green lights dancing across the abandoned city. Photo: Courtesy of Artefact
Inside Pripyat first nuclear disaster rave. Photo: Courtesy of Artefact
