Filming of ‘Chernobyl’ actually took place in Lithuania, pack your luggage now! 

It’s your chance to discover the world’s worst man-made catastrophes story in the scenes of HBO miniseries ‘Chernobyl’. The film sites of Lithuania make the story real and explosive although the real tragedy took place in former Soviet Republic of Ukraine in 1986. An explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was dramatic to all the region. Therefore this tour tells you some of the lesser known stories of the disaster, it includes drama of the efforts of the firefighters who were the first responders on the scene, volunteers and survivors, and teams of miners tasked with digging a critical tunnel under reactor 4.  

Why Lithuania?

Did you know that principal photography began in April 2018 in Lithuania and the initial filming started in May 2018. A residential area of Vilnius, Fabijoniškės, was selected to become a city of Pripyat, as people say, it maintains an authentic Soviet architecture and environment. In few weeks film production moved to the town of Visaginas (Lithuania) to shoot both the exterior and interior of the ‘Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant Station’, so called ‘Chernobyl’s sister’ due to its nuclear reactor design used at both Chernobyl and Ignalina (RBMK nuclear power reactor). Just a few last final scenes were filmed in Ukraine. The filming of ‘Chernobyl’ movie took 16 weeks. And you are welcome to experience it in 4 days. Touchy, real, and surreal. It’s your only chance for the adventure of the hidden history of the 20th century!

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A totally surreal experience: accommodation at Chernobyl Flat in Vilnius, soviet design apartment, also open for visits

We assist individual and group bookings, price from EUR 480,00 per person sharing twin room

Must see places of filming ‘Chernobyl’:

• Fabijoniškės as the infamous Pripyat. The City of Pripyat plays a very important role and the Fabijoniškės district in Vilnius built around the period of the actual catastrophe in the late 1980s was chosen as an ideal location. Fabijoniškės is a symmetrical district, where is a lot of concrete and greyness as was in Pripyat.
• Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights as the KGB prison. This is one of the most-visited museums in Lithuania. This place was an actual KGB prison and still has its KGB torture chambers intact.
• Former cultural and sports centre of the Ministry of the Interior as Pripyat hotel restaurant. This building was constructed in 1982, and it still has kept intact: filming crew were amazed by authentic furniture, a coffee-maker on a bar, and the wall decorations.
• Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Faculty of Architecture as Courtroom
• Former government guest house as Pripyat hotel
• Water pipe bridge scene in Petrašiūnai district
• Flat scenes of Valery Legasov a Soviet inorganic chemist in art-deco building in Vytautas Av.
• Ignalina which nuclear power plant is absolutely similar to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. This is why the crew of the film chose this location for shooting some of the main scenes for Chernobyl. The Chernobyl crew were able to enter the closed complex and even climb on top of the reactor.

Included:

• Accommodation in 3* hotel BB or Chernobyl apartment 
• Airport transfers
• Private English speaking tour guide, 2 days
• Private car with driver, 2 days

Not included:

• Flight tickets
• Admissions
• Personal expenses