Hey, i'm from Famagusta and i'm actually suprised to find this video. By the way i want to state that last few photos of the town are recent photos form the walled city of famagusta and not from varosha. Thanks :)

My home until 1974. I was there during the invasion. Yes, it is abandoned and guarded. The old part of Famagusta is still occupied, but the Varosha district (where I lived) is abandoned apart from a hotel on the seafront used by the Turkish army. I hope to return one day.

@bfinley7411

10 жыл бұрын

Must be very hard to see your home look like it does now. Very sad and I'm sorry to hear that. That place is still amazing and insanely captivating.

@tower_studios_dave

10 жыл бұрын

Thaks for the comments and the sentiments. Yes, it's heartbreaking to see it as it is now. It was such a beautiful town. It is now occupied and being used as a political pawn in the ongoing situation surrounding the division of the island. I hope to return one day and see my childhood home. I have lived in England since I was evacuated out of the island during the war

@olbiomoiros

6 жыл бұрын

Dave Massey call it Ammochostos plz

@olskoolbandito

5 жыл бұрын

@zadose Turkish army has invaded the land and refuse to let rightful owners back...even though they were a Guarantor power for Cyprus....its basically a land grab..

@campbub

5 жыл бұрын

Dang Dave ! I’ve been watching cypress documentaries all day.. such a beautiful island, and people ... I would love to visit someday. Did they make you move to England? I assumed that the refugees, moved to different parts of the island . I said a prayer for the whole situation 🙏🏻

I served with the Irish UN in Cyprus in 1968. It was a beautiful Country then Famagusta was a lovely City Pity to see it in such a mess.

@beamills9205

8 жыл бұрын

+Joseph Kane , where the moors invade ....becomes a 3rd world hell hole.....read history......

@lancelotxavier9084

8 жыл бұрын

+brenda mills No need to invade in modern times.Moors can annihilate simply by settling in a area.

@vtecpreludevtec

8 жыл бұрын

+Lancelot Xavier popping out zillions of kids on the dole,that get halal food at school,free!

@olbiomoiros

6 жыл бұрын

Joseph Kane I think the UN should leave, they are the ones who stabilised us like this and drawn the line on the map

@olbiomoiros

6 жыл бұрын

Joseph Kane shouldn’t make it a mess then

I served with the UN in the buffer zone in Nicosia in Cyprus in 1991. We patrolled the zone 24 hours a day. Most of the buildings were booby trapped but the ones we could get into were very creepy. Especially at night.

@cityinjection8554

9 жыл бұрын

bruffmeister1 Un - turkey- britain- usa . those are who caused the war in Cyprus

@bruffmeister1

9 жыл бұрын

Tnt Maar I do not know the causes. I was there to maintain peace.

@cityinjection8554

9 жыл бұрын

bruffmeister1 you were a UN member and you didn't know who the stackholders are ?! very bad

@bruffmeister1

9 жыл бұрын

Tnt Maar We needed to know the strategic points on the ground and strong points held by the Turkish and Greek forces. We neede to know the limits of the buffer zone and our rules of engagement. We knew that Turkish forces invaded the island. The politics were not my concern. Only maintaining the peace which has been achieved since the invasion.

@cityinjection8554

9 жыл бұрын

yea..and steal our land !

This music is so beautiful it takes me to another world

@DarkCreatorn

9 жыл бұрын

golddigger007 Thats good! :)

@marialuciamalagulini1978

9 жыл бұрын

DarkCreatorn

@SMgirlsarah

9 жыл бұрын

+golddigger007 The music is by Loreena McKennit. She is an awesome musical talent.

@deciduousbob1

8 жыл бұрын

+golddigger007 I think that is the soundtrack to "The Mists of Avalon", just in case you want to check it out.

@DarkCreatorn

8 жыл бұрын

Mystical Dream

I hope they will demolish Varosha and make it a green area , can't you see that all those ugly buildings completely buried the coastline with cement ?

This takes me back, use to live in Famagusta in 1972 and left just before the invasion. I would love to go back there and tour the place, would love to see where I use to live there - what it is like now. yeah I know it will be derelict, but would still love to see it. I can remember going to the beach and just playing there yep I was a kid then. getting our Kebabs from the guy who always walked the beach selling them. I can still see him now in my memories. He got to know us very well and always kept some for us. I just wish that the politicians would learn that what they think is right for the people is not always what the people want. My message to the politicians is to bury the hatchet and just let the people have back what is rightfully theirs, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots lived next door to each other and got on together. yes there are those whom would argue but that happens everywhere. So my message is lets get this place back to being populated again and let our children and grandchildren have the fun that we did.

@ReeF1987

9 жыл бұрын

It's nice to see that there is people out there who knows that it wasn't the people's war it was a political war my grandmother always told me that even in the war when Turkish people was shot my the army Greek neighbours of the same street will take them in and protect them and in Turkish streets where the Greeks where getting shot by the army turks will take there Greek neighbours in and protect them we did live happily and yes every one argues it's normal now that we live separately doesn't make us happier

@KCTattooist101

4 жыл бұрын

It's government who's to blame for apartide

If I ever go there I'm going there with either a quad or petrol go kart. Just think how awesome it would be flying around the turns sideways on and finding carparks to fly through especially multistory ones. Then relax flying through the mall at 100mph.

Beautiful music...Thanks for the video

i wish there is actual video not just pictures.

Really enjoyed these photo slides and the music was beautiful. Perfect together.

@DarkCreatorn

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It's nice to get comments like this :)

@TheProfessional15

3 ай бұрын

The video lacks music LOL

Doesn't look that scary to me. Try Detroit Michigan in broad daylight. Man that place sucks.

@DarkCreatorn

8 жыл бұрын

+456swagger People keep talking about detroit.. perhaps I should make a vid about that too?

@456swagger

8 жыл бұрын

Yea, Or maybe one of those little shit towns like Arkansas.

@DarkCreatorn

8 жыл бұрын

456swagger Haha alright

@ehrendilyt6265

8 жыл бұрын

+456swagger F*ck u that's just mean and disgraces people that live in quiet towns in Arkansas.

@456swagger

8 жыл бұрын

+XenoGaming It's not possible to disgrace someone. A person can only disgrace oneself. Using obscene words like "fuck you" is one example. Best wishes filthy mouth. I bet you live in Arkansas.

would be awesome to turn somewhere like that into a paintball venue

@DJNITROALLY

9 жыл бұрын

i agree it would be super awesome

@DJNITROALLY

9 жыл бұрын

forget the helicopters bring in the anks and custom made paint ball nuke

Cool video and thumbs up liked for you.

So sad, and scary.we need to treasure our world before it all becomes this way.. TY for sharing and it was beautiful to watch and the music was perfect. Very respectfully done... Look forward to seeing more hidden old gems.. Be amazing if one day these once lively places could be filled again.. 😉

@DarkCreatorn

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you soo much! It's pretty weird that cities as big as this just gets abandoned.. if you're interested you could check my other ghost town videos on my channel :)

@goofusmaximusII

9 жыл бұрын

Robyn London I agree with what you've said.

To the author of the video : Dude ... the most big and scary place is the city of Pripyat and the whole zone there,it's the most remarkable place you can see ...

@EuropeYear1917

10 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing... The Chernobyl Zone of Alienation, especially Pripyat puts this guy's video to shame for sure.

@bertThugh2

10 жыл бұрын

HM The Tsar of Russia So.....that's what your remarks are about? Competition? Obviously neither you nor Bogey Stalkier know shit about this location on the video, because, strangely, ya'll don't have anything to say about it. Pripyat is old stuff. Everybody knows about it. Not "remarkable." Seen it once, seen it, period. Yawn.

Nice video 📹

Really?! Thank you soo much for sharing! It's really sad tho :(

those empty buildings were our play grounds when we were young, used to sneak in with a friend of mine all the time :) great childhood.....

@markolondon12

10 жыл бұрын

I would have liked to be the friend..:). Sneak in...

@Benjagainfranklin

10 жыл бұрын

would have loved that :)

@sachinnabatsing3549

9 жыл бұрын

why they left and how many poeple was living overthere

@yunus83

9 жыл бұрын

LOL, YOU ARE JUST DUMB !!!!!!

@yunus83

9 жыл бұрын

WHICH ONE?

was there a few weeks ago,did notice the odd parked up pre 74 car that has just been left to rot,ive got to say the its an absolute gem off a place and was nice to relax with a lovely large efes beer in the town centre.

The music is mesmerizing.

Can't agree more! This place was a real famous tourist attraction and now it looks like that...

I am impressed by the big amount of satelite-antennas to be seen at 2:08. Didn't expect any private sat-antenna in the mid-1970's...

@richardeaton944

5 жыл бұрын

I noticed this too. They look post 1974 to me.

Back in October last year I went on the open part of the famagusta beach infront of the abandoned hotels, I actually swam in the sea aswell. It was so creepy with those abandoned hotels just a couple of metres from where I was.

I would love to sneak in, and pretend to be in "I Am Legend".

@Lord_Dranek

10 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA I was thinking a similar thing but more a zombie apocolypse haven

@theurbanjungle1893

9 жыл бұрын

Lord Dranek same difference

@supercyberfunk

9 жыл бұрын

The Urban Jungle In "I Am Legend", they were pretty much a vampire/ zombie hybrid. That's an interesting mix, in my opinion.

@traceysayar7523

9 жыл бұрын

supercyberfunk vampire / zombie hybrid .....yeah does sound like turks ...lol

@olbiomoiros

6 жыл бұрын

supercyberfunk you are not allowed to go there, especially if you are a Cypriot

Nice video

whats the name of the song that is in the video i would like to try and find it if i can

Mists Of Avalon Theme I LOVE IT

Music used? if it is worth useing in your video then i thnk it should also be worth mentioning and honoring the artist. !

I don't want to take away from this completely amazing video (really nice job whoever put this together!) but can somebody please tell me: WHO IS THE ARTIST / WHAT IS THE SONG &/OR SOUNDTRACK....loved it!!!!!!!!!!

I went here as a child and I found it so interesting! Was only about 11 years old and I remember standing on the beach next to one of the abandoned hotels and I was mesmerised by how eerie and empty it was, never seen anything like it. Would love to go back!

@hayleyhopwood2881

10 жыл бұрын

if I lived in the US id be going to the grand canyon and newyork, never had detroit michigan on my list of places to go haha

@SuperMartin021

9 жыл бұрын

JEFF COFFMAN i agree in a way i live 30 mins from the city and there are parts you cant drive through without be shot lol

@edfinnesey7372

9 жыл бұрын

Martin Pelka All thanks to decades of liberal democrat government. Detroit is obama's vision/dream for the rest of America.

@SuperMartin021

9 жыл бұрын

i do love the city and the people there. you just need to be carefull where you go. i have been treated great by detroit whenever i visit but i never go without a resident of the city

Cool!

Went here today and I have to say its quite remarkable too see. And the beach is amazing then when you look behind you and see the old abandons buildings is quite surreal.

Thanks for the story!! So you can visit the st nicholas cathedral?! :0

OMG How did u take out this video?

wow theres a few people in the pictures

I love the music track. What's it called?

Yeah exactly! Imagine waking up in a ghost town..

Perfect music for this video........ Who's it by??

What a shame. Looked like this was a very nice place. My neurologist (Cenk Sengun) is from Cyprus and I'm damn fortunate to have such a great doctor. Respect from the United States of America :)

My girlfriends mum an family. Lived ther in 1964, then left sum Time later an its never been mentioned tht this happened. Fascinating to c this.

It's weird if you look at Google Earth the South end of the city, where these pictures were taken, is called the Ghost City. But there is a distinct line where it becomes a modern city to the North with beaches, marinas, shipping etc. Even the ground cover goes from brown and spooky to green and luscious.

Sad, such a waste of what once was a beautiful place to waste. The cathedral itself, Beautiful ..Saw comment on homeless, So True. Thank you for this ..

If there is any question left of joining the EU by Turkey, this film is the answer .....

@ursus911

9 жыл бұрын

***** thats exactly what I wanted to say. Turkey is not Europe, and if they don`t get out of Cyprus and stop helping IS, they will never join EU......

@ursus911

9 жыл бұрын

***** Sorry, wrong tempus: IS AT WAR since 500 years with short interuptions...

@ursus911

9 жыл бұрын

***** Sorry, it should be Irony. 'I meant,that the war with Ottomans, turks and muslimism is still going on. I´m far away to critisize anybody because of language. Mine isn´t english either.

@ursus911

9 жыл бұрын

switzerland

@Nextolic

9 жыл бұрын

sarrois It is the Turkish PM who wants to join the EU not the citizens of Turkey if you were to read and follow news. They don't want to join an obviously sinking ship.

So very sad!!.I've been to Cyprus many times and have been to the border control at famagusta and look over to the ghost town

1:52 look at the chairs under the umbrella, who are those people? and there are motorboats to.

@beamills9205

8 жыл бұрын

+eloy rivera , the turks...the invaders....

@oliviabell4829

8 жыл бұрын

don't be dumb that was a before pic also it is spelled too

@oliviabell4829

8 жыл бұрын

Dave Campe dude I'm sorry it's just I was stressed at that moment

@mattduncan3607

8 жыл бұрын

+1000CupquakeFriends it is a hotel for Cyprus military troops and there family now

this is a beautiful place to live

That is amazing

At 2:11 the image shows what appear to be small satalite dishes on many of the roofs. Can anyone explain this to me. As of 1974 there wasn't satalite TV was there?

Did I see satellite dishes in roof tops? Didn't know those were around in 1974..... or 1984..... or.....

@LizzieBeezie

9 жыл бұрын

shady Lnu What you saw are recent photos of that area. Guess they kinda turned than into some tourist attraction.

@l.a.picasa

8 жыл бұрын

I noticed the same thing. and several cars, newer, parked in lots. Right before I saw the satellite dishes I was thinking 'out of all the people in the world, someone HAS to be living there.' I know they filmed part of a movie there...Goldmember maybe? pretty sure it was a 007. Maybe that brought a few people.

@sammni

7 жыл бұрын

L.A. Picaso He got confused at the end with the walled part of Famagusta that have Turks living init now. Was there in 2012. Muslim invasion of a small nom Muslim country it's a European shame. The Turks have used a 1100 year old church as a mosque. First thing they did

@stevenherrold5955

7 жыл бұрын

i wonder how close this is to the truth or has the publisher of this video stretched the truth just a wee bit ? another thing not all of the before and after were the exact same scene so how do we know he didn't fake some of this

AUSCON / UNFICYP UN OP30 1985 - 1986 🇦🇹. ... my best ZS - soldiertime was there ..... greetings to all gekkos and all Cypriots and the ASIZ Troops 🍀🍀🍀✌️😁✌️🍀🍀🍀. God with you all ......... ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

wow , that is scary ... darn those Turks

Wow id spend days exploring that.

Watch......1974 cyprus conflict ambiguous differences. Great insight into the feelings between greek and turkish cypriots.

Almost looks as bad as Detroit.

@EuropeYear1917

10 жыл бұрын

Nah... Detroit is worse - it's still populated, yet large areas look even worse than that video...

@CheapSceneStudio

4 жыл бұрын

I live in detroit. Its not this bad

i just seen a gaint size ice container for making ice cubes amazing

looks like a nice place. not too large of crowds.

I lived in Famagusta when i was a kid, we lived less than a mile from there( My dad was in the RAF) That church is St.Nicholas Cathedral-Lala Mustafa Paşa Mosque which is within the walled city, this area was always Turkish controlled and that area is not in the restricted / no go zone.

Indeed, please the music credits!

Interesting

Well coming to think of it, i have ideas for a horror/post apocalyptic series, which is kind of like silent hill meets 28 days later. the plot involving this guy who finds the hotel he only just checked into deserted which leaves him no choice to defend himself arming himself with anything useful, later meeting a group of survivors (college students on their summer break) hiding out whom he must work with to survive and to eventually head to a safezone with. should get all this stuff written down while its still kept in mind

@neil5611

8 жыл бұрын

sounds awesome, dont post it, write a script then sell it to Warner Bro's. Dont miss out on millions of dollars with that idea.

@andrewkang7157

8 жыл бұрын

+Enel Dulcio that will be ideal, I actually dream this stuff by accident and it becomes all ideal.

what is the name of this song????

I'm curious is this place still abandoned today? Thanks

@KTLaz

9 жыл бұрын

Of course since 74 Varosha is in no mans land most other parts been stolen though by the stinking Turks

''The satellite dish has been around since the mid 70's and was used for Space Missions from the USA and the UK - it was not till the mid 80's when the Satellite TV system was revealed, bringing TV from around the glode directly to your TV via the Astra satellite.'' I found that on google so that picture is probably taken shortly after the town was abandon.. because the guards started to remove objects after 74 and those were probably not removed yet. Idk if they are still there or not..

That is spooky!

I find that really weird too!

Right now and I need a cool place to live at.

its very beautiful place before!!!but now they're forgotten and abandoned

this music though ! what is it ?

The music's beautiful. Is it Dead Can Dance?

@DarkCreatorn

9 жыл бұрын

nope it's mystical dream but i slowed it down and changed the pitch :)

Can anyone remember Andy Capps bar? I have some photos of my dad and his work mates there prior to the invasion.

what music is this???

is all the people stuff remain in the buildings to this day?

@herodotusgeorgiou5367

7 жыл бұрын

kripz velli most of the stuff beds electricals where shipped to Turkey after the war.

turkish invaded but it didnt develop it? why did they invade it then?

@jordannixon5287

6 жыл бұрын

So turkeys a super power now😂🤔

This must be amazing to into a abandoned city and explore

I love how this person uses "got abandoned" instead of "was abandoned"

what music is this, I love it

@ianstrathern8929

5 жыл бұрын

Loreen mckinnett

love this song I wonder why all these places become abandoned

Cool

this is a beautiful city

Honestly this is kind of heart breaking for me and I don't know why. Maybe it's the music but I feel like I wanna cry.

@dawnatilla

9 жыл бұрын

Sarah Gonzales emotions . need looking at objectively. they aren't always right and usually lead to somewhere else. a memory perhaps or unresolved issue.

gives me the creeps!😟😖

What is the song name????

No tengo ni idea. Gracias :)

Lots of rooftop satellite dishes at 2:05, which means occupied residential dwellings.

I am from there, and you won't believe how beautiful it was before! (BTW this should be the next generation of call of duty zombies map)

What's the name of the song/artist?

@DarkCreatorn

10 жыл бұрын

Mystical Dream..

At 1:51 there's body's there!

Like seriously... There are so many homeless people in the world and then you have have these huge cities which are abandoned.. Perfectly good buildings wasting away and people who are freezing there asses off, the priorities of the world are very fucked up atm... Understandable if the reasons for abandoning are because of BIO HAZARD but alot of these places are not... #ANNOYED

@ulrichrafa3012

9 жыл бұрын

+Hunee Bee you must certainly be aware that it's actually not the problem, it won't solve anything even if you allow homeless people in those area.. this is an economic issue and even if people went to that place how would they got food, and how would they got electricity , job ...

@cyprusisgreek389

8 жыл бұрын

+Hunee Bee This town is inside the Buffer Zone... No one is allowed to go there, because of the turks

@fishngearz

8 жыл бұрын

+Bigfoot I expected you would be posting Bigfoot videos lol

@williambaratheon1435

8 жыл бұрын

+FancyArms9mm big foot exist and there are several type of this creature...

@rbagel55

8 жыл бұрын

+William Baratheon Yeah right, and I saw a Chupacabra flying in my back yard last night -haha !

this city is such a mystery, its been 40 years now and the city is strangely preserved better than normal, if you look at Hashima Japan, or Prypiat Ukraine, those buildings are pretty well destroyed, here they look good for 40 years of being untouched, and they are near salt waters that could decay steel when it evaporates.

What is the name of that haunting music playing?

@Kiluanahugs

8 жыл бұрын

+Apo0 The song is Mystics dream by Loreena Mckennet

@Apo0

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

You had a shot of Nicosia airport???

Music by Loreena Mckennit. Beautiful. Well recommend a listen.

The entire city is under strict military surveillance. I wanted to visit back in 2010, but it was way too risky for me.

Song name?

1:50 that beach bit isn't abandoned, I was there a couple weeks ago :P

Is verosha bigger than chernobyl? Im xonfused be the title says biggest and scariest ghost town

Indeed!

Can someone give me the TL;DR version as to why it's a no-go zone?

Very Spooky and Very Sad..