did-you-kno:
“ There’s an amusement park in Transylvania that’s 400 feet below ground.
Photos: Shutterstock/RossHelen/RaduBerean
Photo: Cristian Bortes
This converted salt mine in Turda, Romania is one of the world’s oldest, having been mentioned as...

did-you-kno:

There’s an amusement park in Transylvania that’s 400 feet below ground. 

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Photos: Shutterstock/RossHelen/RaduBerean

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Photo: Cristian Bortes

This converted salt mine in Turda, Romania is one of the world’s oldest, having been mentioned as early as 1075.

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Photos: Cristian Bortes / Enrico Strocchi

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Photos: Cristian Bortes

The man-made cavern is always 54 degrees with 80% humidity, and is relatively free of allergens and bacteria.

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Photos: Cristian Bortes

It was a working mine starting in the 17th century until it became a cheese storage facility and a bomb shelter in 1932.

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Photo: someone10x

60 years later, it was transformed into a magical underground amusement park.

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Photo: Salina Turda

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Photo: someone10x

Visitors can go bowling, ride on a Ferris wheel, row around the indoor lake, or play mini golf, ping pong, and basketball.

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Photo: someone10x

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Dang that’s a lot of room for cheese storage. You could fit in like, 24 wheels.

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