An active underground city/village?

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I recently went on a tour of Project Riese and it got me wondering about whether there are actual active underground cities I could visit. Is there a place that's available not only for a tour, but where one could live for some time without coming back to the earth surface?



Best Answer

You can join the 100k to 1M people living underground Beijing in a network of bunkers covering around 85 km² called Dìxià Chéng, where you can sleep and eat:

A man working in a kitchen

A hallway with clothes hanging to dry

A woman at a computer with a smiling little girl sitting in her lap, in a bedroom

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Follow-up question: Where can I find a map of the Underground City (Beijing)?


More ideas on Wikipedia: underground city and underground living, but I think Dìxià Chéng is the most populated underground complex.




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Are there any active underground cities?

The cities of \xd6zkonak, Derinkuyu, and Kaymakl\u0131 in Cappadocia, Turkey, are some of the most complete (and most underground) of our underground cities. Denrikuyu is estimated to have once been capable of housing 20,000 people, and actually connects to Kaymakli via an underground tunnel, eight kilometers long.

What is an underground city called?

Subterranea (geography): underground structures.

What city has an underground city?

Derinkuyu, Cappadocia, Turkey Cappadocia city, located in central Turkey, is home to no less than 36 underground cities, and at a depth of approx. 85 m, Derinkuyu is the deepest.

What is the biggest underground city?

In ancient Cappadocia, now part of modern day Turkey, the people who lived there dug incredible, honeycomb-esque cities into the soft rock\u2014underground complexes that could go stories deep.



10 Incredible Underground Cities That Still Exist




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Answer 2

Canada is known for its tunnel systems in many downtowns that let pedestrians avoid snow and ice above. For example, there is the RÉSO in Montreal and the PATH in Toronto.

Answer 3

You might be interested in Coober Pedy, South Australia.

Coober Pedy is renowned for its below-ground dwellings, called "dugouts", which are built in this fashion due to the scorching daytime heat.

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