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- 3 hours Duration 3 hours
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With a fascinating fusion of Jewish, Polish, Italian, and Russian influences, Vilnius is a cultural feast of architectural and culinary proportions.
Tour Highlights
- Travel back in time and relive the atmosphere of the Chernobyl disaster of April 26, 1986, one of the world’s worst man-made catastrophes.
- Visit a former KGB prison (used as a filming location for the series) and find the cell where comrade Ulana Khomyuk was held.
- See the neighbourhood used to portray the fictional Pripyat and other authentic Chernobyl locations featured in the HBO miniseries.
- Find out mind-bending behind-the-scenes details about what it took to film the series.
- Hold real props in your hands.
- Get a dose of iodine to keep you safe and healthy.
Miniseries Chernobyl Filming Locations
Attention comrades! Join us for a half-day adventure visiting some of the filming locations of the HBO miniseries Chernobyl. Find out how Vilnius stood in as the location of one of the world’s worst man-made catastrophes, get behind the scenes details about the series only locals know about, and go back in time to the Soviet era to discover what life would have been like during the fallout from the Chernobyl disaster.
If you’re brave enough, extend your tour with us for a full-day discovery of more filming locations, ending in a real nuclear power plant like the one in Chernobyl. PRIVATE TOUR option only – from 144 EUR/person (min 2). Inquire here.
Language: English
Inclusions: Local, English-speaking guide, bus tickets, special snack, and drink.
Exclusions: Entrance tickets to KGB museum, tour in museum, additional food and drinks, souvenirs and personal shopping, tips/gratuities for your guide
Schedule details
- Duration: 4 hours
- Meeting point: Auku g. 2A, Vilnius. Easily accessible from Vilnius’ main avenue: Gedimino. View on Google Maps.
- Starting time: 10.00 AM
- Ending point: Classified (but in the city center)
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If you’ve seen HBO’s acclaimed miniseries Chernobyl, which dramatizes the harrowing story of the April 1986 nuclear plant disaster and the devastating events that followed, this is your chance to see the show’s filming locations firsthand.
Once you meet your local guide, you’ll board a public bus to the neighbourhood used to portray the fictional Pripyat, the idealized Soviet city of the future where the disaster took place in 1986. This district in Vilnius was built around the period of the actual catastrophe in the late 1980s.
Upon arrival at the fictionalized Pripyat, you’ll take a walk through the actual locations where the miniseries was shot and hear behind-the-scenes details. You’ll discover why Lithuania served as the perfect backdrop for the miniseries and get to know the deeper history and social atmosphere of the Soviet era which contributed to Chernobyl’s disaster. Your local guide will also share their own experiences from those days.
As you explore, you’ll hear some secret information about other filming locations and remember the heroes of the disaster who are not widely known but who should be recognized for their bravery.
You’ll then board another bus to visit the former cultural and sports centre of the Ministry of the Interior, used in the series as the Pripyat hotel restaurant. The scene where the three volunteer divers are selected took place here.
We will then select our own volunteer divers and have a shot of “Soviet medicine” for added courage! After letting three divers go on their undoubtedly fatal mission, we will visit the bar to calm down a bit.
More or less relaxed, we’ll then hop on a trolley and go to a classified location to taste the cherry on top of the tour. Before parting, you will have a dose of iodine to keep you healthy and your local guide can help direct you back to your accommodations or offer tips on what else to see and do in the city.
Additional information
Inclusions: Local, English-speaking guide, bus tickets, special snack, and drink.
Exclusions: Entrance tickets to KGB museum, tour in museum, additional food and drinks, souvenirs and personal shopping, tips/gratuities for your guide
Dress standard: Please wear comfortable shoes for walking.
Your Trip: For this tour a minimum number of 2 passengers is applied. If the minimum group size is not met you will get an alternative date, private tour for an extra fee, or a full refund.
Confirmation of booking: If you have your voucher, your booking is confirmed. We’ll see you at the start point. Get in touch if you have any concerns or require more information via the email address or phone number (business hours only) on your voucher.
Child Policy: Travellers under 6 years of age are not permitted to join this tour.
Dietary Notes
We can accommodate vegetarians and other dietary restrictions. Please notify us in advance if you have any dietary requests. You can do so in the ‘Additional information’ box at checkout, or by emailing us at [email protected]
Local contact
Office phone number: +370 616 20002 or +370 616 20007
Email address: [email protected] -
Ms. Jessica E. from United Kingdom travelled on 21 Jul 2019:
We had a fantastic time on the Chernobyl Behind the Scenes tour! My birthday came around in Vilnius and I was hoping that I’d be able to do this tour for my birthday, I had a fantastic day thanks to Vilnius Urban Adventures. The guides have real experience and stories that bring the history to life and it’s incredible to see the filming locations and secret spots we’d never see otherwise. Also, the guides are super friendly and funny which makes the day highly memorable and not ‘heavy’ despite the subject matter. I highly recommend this tour of HBO Chernobyl for anyone interested in the show.