Soviet-Era Ghost Town in Norway Draws Visitors

Travel Rob 8/8/158:31 AM

Pyramiden , a town located on a fjord on Norway's Spitzberg island, is now a ghost town. It was a former Soviet owned coalmine that boomed in the 70's and 80's having some 1200 Russian residents before being abandoned in the 90's . Although Norwegian owned, it let other people live and work there. The town now has has visitors coming to experience what the Soviet -Era was like because it seems frozen in a different era.

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