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08 November 2019, Lithuania, Vilnius: View of the Fabijoniskes district, which serves as a film set for the ghost town of Prypyat. Prypyat was founded in connection with the construction of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and was evacuated following the 1986 reactor accident. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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08 November 2019, Lithuania, Vilnius: View of the Fabijoniskes district, which serves as a film set for the ghost town of Prypyat. Prypyat was founded in connection with the construction of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and was evacuated following the 1986 reactor accident. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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08 November 2019, Lithuania, Vilnius: View of the Fabijoniskes district, which serves as a film set for the ghost town of Prypyat. Prypyat was founded in connection with the construction of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and was evacuated following the 1986 reactor accident. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: In the control room of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant, a visitor points to control consoles for monitoring and operating the control rods in the reactor room. Ignalina is identical in construction to the reactor at Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: A visitor stands in the control room at the switchboards for monitoring and operating the control rods in the reactor room at the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: The city administration in the centre of the test-tube city. The city is located in the immediate vicinity of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Orthodox Church of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the centre of the city of retorts. The city is located in the immediate vicinity of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Memorial stone of the city with the Lithuanian and Russian inscription "Here the city is built for the power engineers of the nuclear power plant. August 1975". The city is located in the immediate vicinity of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Visitor Sven Heiduk from Oberhof (Thuringia) stands in the central control room of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant and points to the button for the reactor emergency shutdown. Ignalina is identical in construction to the reactor at Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Visitors stand in the central control room of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant and point to the button for the reactor emergency shutdown. Ignalina is identical in construction to the reactor at Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: A group of visitors listens to the explanations of the tour guide in a corridor of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. Ignalina is identical in construction to the reactor at Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Museum curator Olga Rozhkova from the Cultural Centre holds a photo album with pictures of the construction of the Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Visitors look around the central control room of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Visitors stand on top of the shut down nuclear reactor during a guided tour of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. Ignalina is identical in construction to the reactor at Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Entrance to the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Visitors stand at the button for the reactor emergency shutdown in the central control room of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. Ignalina is identical in construction to the reactor at Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Visitors stand on top of the shut down nuclear reactor during a guided tour of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. Ignalina is identical in construction to the reactor at Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Memorial for the victims of the Second World War, recorded in the test-tube city. The city is located in the immediate vicinity of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: The Information Centre of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: A model of the Ignalina nuclear power plant, taken at the Information Centre of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Children play on a playground in front of a residential building in the centre of the test-tube city. The city is located in the immediate vicinity of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Control consoles in the control room of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: The pedestrian zone with blocks of flats in the centre of the retort city. The city is located in the immediate vicinity of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: The pedestrian zone with blocks of flats in the centre of the retort city. The city is located in the immediate vicinity of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Tourists view a model of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in the Information Centre of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Blocks of flats in the centre of the test-tube city. The city is located in the immediate vicinity of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Museum curator Olga Rozhkova from the Cultural Centre holds a photo album with pictures of the construction of the Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Memorial stone with the Lithuanian and Russian inscription "For the builders of the city of Visaginas, the specialists of the Ignalina nuclear power plant, the liquidators of the Chernobyl disaster. 1973-1986-2009 . Ignalina is identical in construction to the reactor at Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Memorial stone with the Lithuanian and Russian inscription "For the builders of the city of Visaginas, the specialists of the Ignalina nuclear power plant, the liquidators of the Chernobyl disaster. 1973-1986-2009 . Ignalina is identical in construction to the reactor at Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Orthodox Church of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the centre of the city of retorts. The city is located in the immediate vicinity of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Children play on a playground in front of a residential building in the centre of the test-tube city. The city is located in the immediate vicinity of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: The fountain at the beginning of the pedestrian zone in the centre of the retort city. The city is located in the immediate vicinity of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Dolls with white overalls for visitors and employees are displayed in the information centre of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: During a tour of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant, a group of visitors passes a former employee of the power plant on a staircase. Ignalina is identical in construction to the reactor at Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: The power plant operator takes a souvenir photo of visitor Sven Heiduk from Oberhof (Thuringia) at the button for the reactor emergency shutdown in the control room of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Blocks of flats in the centre of the test-tube city. The city is located in the immediate vicinity of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Pedestrian zone with blocks of flats in the centre of the retort town. The city is located in the immediate vicinity of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: View from a park to the orthodox church of Saint Panteleimonas. The city is located in the immediate vicinity of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Blocks of flats in the centre of the test-tube city. The city is located in the immediate vicinity of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: In the control room of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant, a visitor points to the button for the reactor emergency shutdown. Ignalina is identical in construction to the reactor at Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: A group of visitors listens to the explanations of the tour guide in a corridor of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. Ignalina is identical in construction to the reactor at Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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07 November 2019, Lithuania, Visaginas: Blocks of flats in the centre of the test-tube city. The city is located in the immediate vicinity of the decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant. This is identical in construction with the reactor in Chernobyl, which was damaged in 1986. Since the once largest Soviet Union pier in Lithuania served as the backdrop for the successful mini-series "Chernobyl", Ignalina has become a new tourist attraction in the EU country. (to dpa "Chernobyl" drives nuclear tourism in Lithuania and Ukraine") Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

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