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Fun with 'GeoGuessing' urbex YouTuber exploration locations!

"One giant leap

BACKWARDS

for mankind"

-- Buzz Armstrong

 

 

1. Shiey - Mission Through Deep Under-City Passage Tunnels

Shiey and Anton (BadCat) entered the underground tunnels from a manhole cover next to a park bench on Lesi Ukrainky Blvd, near Hospitalna Street.

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Google Maps - Google maps shows images from 2015 with a homeless person sleeping on the bench next to the manhole. Since these Google images were taken, the fencing has been removed.

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2. Shiey - Mission To Secret Russian Space Research Station -

 

Google Maps - The Ionospheric Research Station (Instytut Ionosfery Nan Ta Mon Ukrayiny) is located on a road called Taranivsʹke Shose, that runs West from the city of Zmiiv, Ukraine.

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3. Shiey - Train Surfing Journey To The Black Sea | Part 3

 

Google Maps - Walking along Baseina Street.

 

Google Maps - Ibis gun shop to buy pepper spray, propane, and food.

 

Google Maps - The overpass above the train tracks where he hopped his first train along Kharskivs'ke Highway.

 

Google Maps - The rail yard with storage lockers.

 

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Google image from 2015

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The train crossed the Petrivsʹkyy Zaliznychnyy Mist bridge.

Passing under this bridge as the train exits Kyiv.

Riding past the "KYIV" sign. Google Maps. At one point passed this body of water.

 

After 195 km of train surfing, Shiey jumped off in the city of Kozyatyn. He walked past this store. After spending the night near the Misʹke Kladovyshche cemetery, he went to the Mahazyn "Mechta" grocery store to buy supplies. He exited the store here (Google maps)...

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Later, Shiey encountered stray puppies at the train yard...

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On Google maps you can even see the graffiti on the concrete beam...

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Shiey then caught a train for about 120 km to Zhmerynka where he spent the night. Here he shows his location on Google Maps.

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The clump of trees where Shiey spent the night outside Zhmerynka, Ukraine....

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Google Maps shows this sign. Shiey walking back to the train station in Zhmerynka, Ukraine.

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Google Maps - Shiey finally arrived at Sunset Beach in Odessa, looking back at the Mini Hotel Mirage (Мини отель Мираж) and the Palm Hotel.

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At the end of Shiey's video "ILLEGAL FREEDOM: Journey Across Bosnia & Herzegovina" he visists "Forest Park Velika and Mala Petka" in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

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The park has a dead end bike path that leads South to a nice view of the Adriatic Sea.

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Google maps actually has a user's 360 view of this exact location...

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GIFGAS - The Great Escape - Poison, Shiey, and a third train surfer escaped train station security in the city of Brenner, Italy. They climbed into the hills from the Forst Pizzaria patio. Google Maps. Later, they reached an Italian/Austrian border gate. The big clue to finding this location was the "Brenner" sign that they passed before arriving at the train station.

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Shiey - Train Surfing Journey Across Europe - They started in Brussels, then traveled about 98 km to explore a popular Urbex abandoned factory in Seraing, Belgium (South of Liège). Google Maps

 

Ally Law and friends climbed to the top of the 54-floor / 615-foot high Lumpini condominium building in Bangkok Thailand, before being escorted down by security. They eventually made a run for it and escaped security to avoid a "fine". You can find this building at Sukhumvit 24 Alley. Google Maps

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Russian roulette has taken on a new form. Instead of a revolver, it's the 'blue beams' (Google Maps) found about 30 floors up in the sky in the Shchukino District of Moscow at Aviatsionnaya Street and Novoshchukinskaya Street. It is here that Oleg Cricket leaps up onto the safety wall, then jumps down onto the outside beam. Overshoot it and you die.

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Oleg Cricket's harrowing skyscrapper slide was atop the JA Oasis Beach Tower in Dubai on Al Mamsha Street (AKA 'The Walk') near Al Yolat Street. Google Maps

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Oleg Cricket jumping between roof rafters of the "252 Church Condos" located at 8 Mercer Street in Toronto, Ontario. Google Maps. Despite appearing to be the full 30 or so stories from death, the rafters that he jumped on are "only" about 3 or 4 stories above safety. The last rafter is right on the edge. Overshoot that one and you're falling all the way to the street.

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Oleg Cricket walking on decorative louver of the 55-floor, 684-foot Marina Heights building in Dubai. Google Maps.

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Across the way on the next block, Oleg Cricket did a rock climbing-style stunt along the Marina Pinnacle building at Al Sharta Street. Google Maps.

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Oleg Cricket - Crazy Morning Workout ON THE EDGE - YouTube - This insanity, including BMX biking, took place on top of the 34-story Ramada Hong Kong Harbour View Hotel, at 239 Queens Road West in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong - Google Maps

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Oleg Cricket - On the 32-floor 443 foot high Times Tower at 393 Jaffe Road in Wan Chai, Hong Kong - Google Maps

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Oleg Cricket - The key to finding the location is in this picture. We have a basketball court next to a highrise building, near an undeveloped hillside. On the 39-story Royal Terrace building at 933 King's Rd, in the Quarry Bay area of Hong Kong Island - Google Maps

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Usamalama - Varso Tower, Warsaw Poland. Google Maps

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Shiey - Escaping Power Plant AFTER Security Forces Rush In - Google Maps

 

Shiey - Journey Across Island of Sardinia - T Hotel Cagliari - Google Maps

 

Mission To Giant Sunken Machines in Flooded Valley - This one had me stumped for a while because I wasn't using all of Google maps' capabilities. The website Urbextour.com has a picture of one of the machines that Shiey, Anton and Urban Odysee climbed on, and they say that it's 'near' the city of Oleksandriya. Urban Odysee's video shows them driving South on highway H08 from Kyiv with remaining mileage of 397 km being consistent with driving to the area of Oleksandriya. I still questioned whether Oleksandriya was the correct nearby town because Urban Odysee described the hotel they ended up at as being in a "little, tiny village outside of the quarry". Oleksandriya has a population of 93,357. Not exactly a little, tiny village! To be sure, I decided to search for the cheapest hotels in Oleksandriya. BINGO! Sure enough, they likely stayed at the Hotel "U Fedora". Some of their rooms have the exact same bunk bed funiture and chairs as seen in Urban Odysee's video of the trip. Nightly rate for three? About $20!

 

Then I needed to figure out what direction they drove out of town the next morning. They left Oleksandriya on the M22 road. Google Maps

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Still I could not find any water filled lake like that of the quarry. Google maps does not show the site as being filled with water... that is, until you switch to satellite view. Then I was able to find the quarry. At that point I learned a lesson in GeoGuessing. Switch to satellite view as needed!

 

Anyway, later they reached the small village of Likarivka (population 101) and followed train tracks to the excavators.

The excavators are about 3 1/2 miles North of the city of Oleksandriya. The big excavator, made by Azovmash (headquartered in Mariupol, Ukraine -- currently invaded by Russia), is about 750 feet long. Google Maps

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From the video "Yes officer, I'm going to jump..." -- Shiey and Anton harrowing climb to other side of building from about 24 floor up - Located at 1 Yordanska Street - Google Maps - At one point Shiey points out the Moscow Bridge in the distance. Then you just have to look for similar highrise buildings near a lake that matches the one shown in the video.

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Also from the from the "Yes officer, I'm going to jump..." video -- Shiey hangs over the side of a building - Google Maps -

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Shiey - Journey Inside Abandoned City | Part 3 - Like the Twilight Zone, Shiey walks past his long-lost twin brother on a street called Merķeļa Iela in Riga, Latvia. Google Maps

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Shiey - "The most cryptic building I ever explored. (Story)" - They explored the Riga World Trading Center in Riga, Latvia. This site is only about 2.4 km from where Shiey passed his long lost brother (above).

 

"Journey Through Modern-Day Ghost Town of Italy | Part 1" - City of Fozza. Shiey parked here, then spent the night on the roof of this home on Via Arco Indiretto street. Later, he chilled out on this roof.

 

"ILLEGAL FREEDOM: Journey Across Chernobyl Exclusion Zone" - Walking at start of video. Subway ride to this location. Waiting here outside what is now a sporting goods store at 28 Lesi Ukrainky Blvd for Anton to get the radiation meter. Later they walked to a store called 'AlpSport' located here at 11 Dehtiarivska Street. Then they take the 45 minute / 44 km 'stalker taxi' drive to the village of Cheremoshna. Along the way they pass this intersection along a highway that runs North/East, and pass this building. Here is the stalker taxi drop-off point. There are likely other drop-off points a little further up the road. This is the likely Uzh river crossing location, which is about 3.8 km from the drop off point. The cleared path leading to and especially out of the river is a dead giveaway (just like in the video). Bridge crossing the small Illya river. Upon returning from the mission to the taxi pickup point, Shiey and company passed these homes in Cheremoshna.

 

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ILLEGAL FREEDOM: Winter Journey Across Chernobyl Exclusion Zone" - Video starts with walking Eastbound along Stepana Bandery Ave to this McDonald's restaurant. Then to this Auchan Supermarket on Stepana Bandery Ave, 15А.

 

 

"ILLEGAL FREEDOM: Train Surfing Journey Across Serbia" - Awesome trainsurfing through the trees along the Nišava river until the dam near Sićevo, Serbia. Google Maps

 

 

Shiey - Mission To Huge Abandoned Vehicle Storage Facility - Abandoned buses stored in spaceship-like building called Autobus Park №7 - Pokynutyy Avtobusnyy Park in Kyiv Ukraine -- Google Maps

 

Shiey - Mission Across Tatra Mountain Valley Peaks - Begins walking along K Vodopádom, Vysoké Tatry, Prešov Region. Google Maps

Coming off the trail Google Maps before stumbling upon abandoned buildings about 100 yards away.

 

Journey Across Chernobyl Exclusion Zone | Part 5 - The Duga radar site located about 5 miles south of the abandoned city of Prypyat - Google Maps

 

Shiey - Snowstorm Mission To Mountain Peak Radar Station - Google maps - Looking down at loop in the road below. The tunnels they walked through from afar. Tunnels up close. Parking spot. It's about an 11.1 km walk one way (or 6.1 miles).

 

Shiey - "The Chemical Plant Ghost Town Mission - The Nairit Chemical Plant in Yerevan, Armenia. Google Maps User uploaded picture.

 

Shiey - "The Soviet Space Observatory Mission" - About an hour drive from the Nairit Chemical Plant, in Orgov, Armenia - Google Maps -

 

Shiey - Train Surfing Journey Across Montenegro ALL PARTS - They started by roofing on this abondoned building. The hop-off spot. Walking towards the sea. They camped out in this area for the night. Walking along road near bar, Montenegro - Google Maps

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GIFGAS - Trainhopping to the Adriatic Sea - They walked past Caffe Bella in Gastein, Austria. They took a train to Mallnitz, Austria. Then took a train to Villach, Austria.

 

GIFGAS - Trainhopping to Ljubljana - They ran from the Krieglach railyard security here. They climbed to the top of this hill near Malleisten road.

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BELOW: As seen on Google maps...

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Later in the day, to avoid police, they took a short 6 km taxi ride (for 20 Euros) into town and then walked across this bridge on Bahnhofstraße street in Langenwang, Austria.

 

GIFGAS - Lost in Montenegro | Part 1 - Poison, Shiey, and Checkmate stayed at the Bianca Resort & Spa in the city of Kolašin in Montenegro (Google maps). The price for 3 guests is $243 with taxes and fees.

 

 

Mustang Wanted - Walking on top of crane next to Staples Center (where the Los Angeles Lakers play) - Google Maps

 

James Kingston - Climbing the TALLEST Building in Ukraine with Mustang Wanted - This was the Gulliver Busines Center, located on Baseina Street, not far from where Shiey and Anton entered the underground tunnels. Google Maps The roof features a view of the National Sports Complex “Olympiyskiy”.

 

Usamalama - Escaping an INSANE building with a ski slope on the roof! - Google Maps - Vindmøllevej 6, 2300 København, Denmark

 

DyingLlama - escaping rooftop security (hong kong) - They climbed to the top of the Sun's Group Centre building. Here's Llama's exit point from the building.

 

This Angela Nikolau Instagram post was from the roof of a building at 3 Kwong Wa Street in Mong Kok area of Hong Kong. It looks to be about 45 stories high. Google Maps

 

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Shiey "ILLEGAL FREEDOM: Journey Across Switzerland" - They parked here before hiking to Lake Thunersee. Rock climbing and jumping into the lake at Sundlauenen DWS, found here. Vacant house on the lake.

Dylan entertained tourists with his parkour jumps across the concrete posts at the Beatushöhlen-Sundlauenen ferry terminal. Later they drove about 7 km to a LIDL store in Interlaken.

At one point they had a look at Balmer's Hostel ($75 per night). Then it was on to the Mattenhof Resort hotel ($162 per night). Finally, Shiey and Dylan camped out for the night in this alley.

The next day they stopped at the Horner Pub Hotel in the town of Lauterbrunnen. Then visited this waterfall. They climbed this lift.

Shiey walked around on the edge of the JaBee Tower (32 floors and 100 meters tall). They slept on a roof next to the Swiss Mill building called Kornhaus (the 2nd tallest in Zürich at 118 metres) which they got onto the next morning. This mill supplies 30% of Swiss grain.

 

Shiey - Instagram post looking at the view from 2 Inasaridze Street in Batumi, Georgia - Google Maps

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Shiey Instagram post - Sitting in a window, looking to the East in Sofia, Hungary. Far in the background is the Millennium Center, the 2nd highest building in the city. Google Maps

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"Abandoned factory & chimney climb | SHIEY LIVESTREAM REUP" - I almost gave up trying to find this location. I was able to figure it out using a simple Google search using the right key words. The clues are spoken by Shiey during the live stream. See if you can find this location. For now, I am not disclosing it.

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Shiey Instagram post - On top of the Sofia Presse building. Google Maps

 

Shiey Instagram post - Lying down on top of a building that overlooks Adjarabet Arena in Batumi, Georgia. Likely here on Google Maps.

 

Shiey Instagram post - Riverside lookout towards Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tblisi, Georgia. Google Maps.

 

Shiey livestream in Vilnius, Lithuania with Checkmate: "A Day with shiey - Alarms & Police (DELETED STREAM 2018)" - They explored this building. They walked over and tried to get onto the roof of this building, climbed onto this roof, moved eastbound across the connected buildings and got off this roof. Then they walked Eastbound on Gediminas Avenue. After getting food at McDonald's they went through this alley and ate on this roof.

 

Shiey - Railway Journey To Capital of Georgia | Part 1 - Starting at the Khornabuji Castle - Then walked to the town of Dedoplistskaro (population 5,940). They stopped at this convenience store.

 

Shiey - Railway Journey To Capital of Georgia | Part 2 - They explorered this semi-abandoned apartment complex. Shiey climbed this steel structure in an area of Tbilisi where gypsy kids rob tourists. Looked down at an intersection from this building. He later climbed down to a patio and walked down this street.

Later, they explored this building complex with a highrise walkway.

GIFGAS - Trainhopping Across Georgia - (Private video of the same journey across Georgia)

Shiey - 4X4 Journey Across Wildlands of Georgia - They stayed at the 'Mate Hotel' in Ushguli, Georgia. Cost per night? About $28.00. Population of Ushguli: 228. Altitude: 2,100 metres (6,900 ft). That's about 500 meters higher than Denver, CO. Ushguli is third only to Kurush, Russia (population: 813), and Bochorna, Georgia (population: 1), as the highest continuously inhabited settlement of Europe.

 

 

Bad Cat Anton's tower climb South East of Lviv, Ukraine, North of Nadiina Street. This video may only be available to his Patreon subscribers. Google Maps This tower is not far from a paintball center. Perhaps people from this center took note of the tower and word got around to Anton that it would be a good tower to climb. It took some brute force searching Google maps street view for towers on the outskirts of town.

 

Bad Cat - Video called "Let's start a new journey" - The Three Towers located in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. This is a popular climb for Urbex daredevils.

 

Checkmate - "Climbing the Abandoned Chimney in the Swiss Alps" - Climbed a chimney here at Centrale thermique de Vouvry, overlooking Chessel, Switzerland.

 

The point at which Shiey makes his bus surfing escape from a security company in pursuit (become a Shiey Patreon subscriber to see this video). Google Maps - This location is only about a mile from Bella Toscana (Bakery Girl).

 

Joe Scandrett Instagram post - Head first pole slide in Brighton, UK.

 

Bito2 - "Journey across Europe | Full" and Shiey "Journey Across Europe | Part 1" - Roof (of an abandoned aircraft hanger?) used to camp out before train surfing. Google Maps.

 

BELOW: Walking to the abandoned hanger.

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BELOW: Same location from Google maps.

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Nuisance: "Security chased me for 20 minutes, until I bamboozled him" --

He was playing soccer inside a private facilty in Malta. before running from a security guard and hiding here.

 

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South on Great Siege Road

 

Turn right past Antonio's Barber Shop sign on Triq M. Caruana Street

 

Evidently they walked North on John Lopez Street thenn left on Triq San Publiju

 

The wall that Nuisance jumped down was at the Grandmaster Antonio Manoel de Vilhena Monument, found here on Google Maps.

 

 

Here is the alley that the Little Nuisance ran down on on Triq M. Caruana Street

 

Greatest Urbex Security Escapes

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