Norilsk-2007

Norilsk is an industrial city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located between the Yenisei River and the Taymyr Peninsula. Population: 175,301 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 134,832 (2002 Census);[2] 174,673 (1989 Census).[4]

It was granted city status in 1953. It is the northernmost city in Siberia and the world's second largest city (after Murmansk) north of the Arctic Circle. Norilsk, Yakutsk, and Vorkuta are the only large cities in the continuous permafrost zone.

MMC Norilsk Nickel, a mining company, is the principal employer in the Norilsk area. The city is served by Norilsk Alykel Airport and Norilsk Valek Airfield. Due to the intense mining, the city is one of the ten most polluted cities in the world

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[atomicsnowflake]

Lethal Industrial Beauty

[UrbexVidCollector]

I don't understand my fascination with places like Norilsk but I like the feeling of distant remoteness and isolation, and a sense of melancolic hopelessness I get from viewing this type of videos. The scenes from this vid looks like an aftermath of a nuclear or zombie apocolypse. As real as it is, it seems very surreal, the feeling of being detached from civilization, a sense of lifelessness. Regardless, I love this vid. I would like to someday see Norilsk for myself.

[razvanzaharescu]

just real side of life !

[OrianaDiazL]

I wouldn't live there...

[UrbexVidCollector]

@UrbexVidCollector

But I think someone said that Norilsk is closed / off limits to foreigners so I don't see visiting Norilsk a likely possibility in the near or long term future.

Liked ( thumbs up for this vid ) !!! Thanks for posting !!!