The dark side of the home city

We`ll put on helmets, arm ourselves with flashlights and feel like survivors of an atomic war - the underground bunkers were designed for more than 4,000 people and although now it will not be possible to "hold out" in them, there is still something to see!

We will learn how Odessa was built and even try the work of a quarry, armed with real tools of the 19th century on our own.
We`ll hear about geological features and anomalies. Is it true that in the Odessa catacombs there are new types of tiny living beings?
We will also visit the “island” of lovers and a real prison - abducted women were kept here in order to be send by sea to Arab countries.

We`ll look at the partisan camp: during the Great Patriotic War, the catacombs played an important role. There were headquarters premises, warehouses for food, weapons and explosives, a communications radio station.
There was even an underground school and a church!
But we will tell you not only about heroic deeds - from a long stay in a closed space in pitch darkness and silence, people went crazy, and ...

Well, how is Moldavanka without the raiders?
Here the cream of the criminal society gathered at long tables. They planned daring crimes, educated a new generation, shared profits, and even, according to legends, hid real treasures.
And what about smuggling? Yes, it has existed here for decades!