20 Abandoned Cities from Around the World: Deserted Towns and Other Derelict Places

Leodido · 23 Jul 2008 at 14:43

nice one

misterPK · 23 Jul 2008 at 14:43

Hmm, none of them really tick all the boxes as the site of my new hidden lair, keep looking

PK!

Gilly · 23 Jul 2008 at 14:44

Awesome thread

FirebarUK · 23 Jul 2008 at 14:44

Famagusta isn't a ghost town? Having been there I've never seen part of it that could be labelled as a ghost town. Is this more Greek Cypriot propoganda ?

Unless I've obviously missed any 'ghost' part...

Morba · 23 Jul 2008 at 14:47

Excellent first thread. Welcome to OcUK :]

Sh3rlock · 23 Jul 2008 at 14:48

Oooo, i love looking at things like this.

Good find and Welcome.

Street · 23 Jul 2008 at 14:49

The_blue said:
Top stuff, 28dayslater wet dreams

Great site, just posted about that in the Mike Tyson house thread!

Some interesting info there, the Kowloon walled city looks mad, like someone else said, its like something from some sci-fi film!

Mike UK · 23 Jul 2008 at 14:50

Good read cheers

PyroboyUK · 23 Jul 2008 at 14:51

mitch212k said:
No Chernobyl?

Thought that myself, the story of Pripyat and Chernobyl is very interesting.

Van Hellseek · 23 Jul 2008 at 14:51

Morba said:
Excellent first thread. Welcome to OcUK :]

Copy/paste from somewhere else most likely. Not saying that's necessarily bad, but if it's the case then due credit should be give to the original person who posted the article.

tres · 23 Jul 2008 at 14:52

AWESOME SITE

plus i live a couple of miles away from one of the "7 Island Wonders of the World"!!

Rhys · 23 Jul 2008 at 14:53

More threads like this on OCUK please.

Wicksta · 23 Jul 2008 at 14:57

FirebarUK said:
Famagusta isn't a ghost town? Having been there I've never seen part of it that could be labelled as a ghost town. Is this more Greek Cypriot propoganda ?

Unless I've obviously missed any 'ghost' part...

Errrr, yes you must have missed it then. Search on google for Varosha. It's not propoganda at all and it's disgusting that the land still hasn't been given back.

Syph · 23 Jul 2008 at 14:58

Kowloon Walled City featured in Shemue II didn't it? I just imagined it to be dramatised for the purpose of a game, but clearly not! Amazing.

uv · 23 Jul 2008 at 15:00

seek said:
Copy/paste from somewhere else most likely. Not saying that's necessarily bad, but if it's the case then due credit should be give to the original person who posted the article.

It's from WebUrbanist.com - a fantastic site, with tons more crazy awesome stuff just like this

Still, I'd completely forgotten about this, so cheers for the reminder OP

welcome to the forums!

Fusion · 23 Jul 2008 at 15:03

Informative thread, thanks for posting.

footman · 23 Jul 2008 at 15:04

I've been to Oradour-sur-Glane and it really is a spooky place. The massacre was perpetrated by the 2nd SS Panzer division (Das Reich) on its way from Montauban to Normandy to confront the Allied landings in 1944.

It created some post-war controversy for the French as some of its soldiers were considered French as they came from Alsace. It was dealt with in a typical French way with those arrested for war crimes being let off and the incident "cleansed" of French involvement.

Another abandoned place is the city of Kuneitra on the Golan Heights plateau. It was on the front line between the Syrians and the Israelis in two wars and is now derelict and empty.

Fibre_Optic · 23 Jul 2008 at 15:05

seek said:
Copy/paste from somewhere else most likely. Not saying that's necessarily bad, but if it's the case then due credit should be give to the original person who posted the article.

Yeah the links to the source give that away a bit :rolleyes:

rojones · 23 Jul 2008 at 15:10

Very cool read, the 1st one especialy is crazy, never imagined such a place existed at some point.

FirebarUK · 23 Jul 2008 at 15:15

It's not propoganda at all and it's disgusting that the land still hasn't been given back.

Looks like I missed that. When you say 'the land' do you mean all the land in general? I would suggest you read some history about the run-up to the conflict from neutral sources other than those with a massive greek bias.