See out the apocalypse in style: Russian Cold War bunker is turned into luxury nightclub. Tickets are £600, but hey, you can't take it with you...
- Bunker No. 42, now a tourist attraction is located 56 metres (184 feet) underground in central Moscow, near the Kremlin
- The organisers said there has been strong interest in the party which will start at midnight tonight
By JILL REILLY
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But in Russia, a Cold War-era bunker designed to save Soviet leaders from a nuclear attack is gearing up to host a 24-hour party for those who want to escape the apocalypse.
Seeing out the world in style will cost you - partygoers are being charged £600 a ticket ($1,000) to attend.
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Party like no tomorrow: A Cold War bunker in Moscow designed to protect Soviet leaders in case of nuclear attacks will host the ultimate doomsday party
Entrance to the doomsday party: Upon entering the bunker, built in 1956, visitors will be whisked 18 floors down in an elevator
Hot ticket: Russians willing to pay £600 a ticket to escape the apocalypse, which, according to New Age prophesies will attend
Bunker No. 42, now a tourist attraction full of red alarm lights, is located 56 metres (184 feet) underground in central Moscow, near the Kremlin, and can accommodate up to 300 people.
Upon entering the bunker, built in 1956, visitors will be whisked 18 floors down in an elevator.
'Many people would feel much calmer if they could spend this critical day enjoying maximum comfort and safety,' said Alexei Pavlovsky, a tour guide at the bunker.
The organisers said there has been strong interest in the party which will start at midnight tonight.
Mr Pavlovsky said the idea of holding a party at the bunker, which has served as a museum since 2006, came from visitors keen to mark the end of an era in the Maya Long Count calendar due at sunrise on December 21 - an event interpreted by some groups as the end of days.
Disconcerting: This is not photoshop, it's how the tunnels meet in the underground space
Deep down: Bunker No. 42, is located 56 metres (184 feet) underground in central Moscow, near the Kremlin
'We don't have control over things such as the end of the world. But we are ready for pretty much everything,' said Mr Pavlovsky
Attention: In the bunker loudspeakers blast out the old Cold war warning: 'Attention! Attention! The enemy has carried out a nuclear attack!'
Party HQ: One of the rooms is decorated with red satin chairs and bright lists
Full house: The nucelar bunker can accommodate up to 300 people
'We don't have control over things such as the end of the world. But we are ready for pretty much everything,' he said.
'There'll be a children's room with cartoons, for adults there'll be movies, talks dedicated to the end of the world and tours of the museum. There'll be live broadcasts from other bunkers in other countries.'
Upon entering the bunker, built in 1956, visitors will be whisked 18 floors down in an elevator to a warren of rooms where loudspeakers blast out the old Cold war warning: 'Attention! Attention! The enemy has carried out a nuclear attack!'
'The bunker is rather big, but everything here is arranged in a way that makes people feel safe,' said Anna, a student visiting the bunker on Wednesday.
'This is a comfortable, cosy place to spend not just a day, but a whole war and even the end of the world.'
Other resorts across the world are offering refuge for those fearing the doomsday predictions.
A hotel on the slopes of Mount Rtanj in Serbia is selling itself as the best place to survive the apocalypse, basing its promise on the mystical powers that locals say have flooded the area since the mountain swallowed a castle belonging to a well-to-do sorcerer, trapping him inside .
Meanwhile police in France have blocked Doomsday followers from reaching a ‘mystical mountain’ which they believe will be the only place to be saved when the world ends on Friday.
Thousands of devotees have flocked to the tiny village of Bugarach, southern France, praying that aliens will rescue them when the apocalypse comes.
They claim the mountain contains a garage for UFOs that will whisk them to safety ‘in another dimension’ while the rest of the planet perishes.
Bugarach mayor Jean-Pierre Delord today (wed) appealed to cult fanatics to stay away from his village, with a population of just 189.
He said: 'I am making an appeal to the world - do not come to Bugarach.
'This is no laughing matter. If 10,000 people turn up on December 21, our village will not be able to cope.
After one hippie died climbing the mountain earlier this year, Mr Delord quipped to the French media: 'The end of the world came a bit earlier for him than he expected.'
To see more photos of the bunker go to moscowwalks.
Popular: The end-of-the-world party, after receiving a large number of requests from Russians
Maze: The bunker has lots of underground tunnels - there was no internet or telephone connection in such a depth below ground
'The bunker is rather big, but everything here is arranged in a way that makes people feel safe,' said a visitor
Control room: The new defunct operation base in the bunker
Behind the scenes: 'This is a comfortable, cosy place to spend not just a day, but a whole war and even the end of the world,' said Anna, a student visiting the bunker
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