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Tunnel of Love  in Klevan, Ukraine

📸 ©Oleg Gordienko

“In the centuries-old city of #Klevan, #Ukraine, a #railroadtrack cuts through the trees shaping a tunnel, appropriately named the #TunnelofLove by locals. It's straight out of a #fairytale. Over the years, the tunnel has attracted tourists from all over the world to take a stroll or pop the question. This lover's lane traces its origins back to the Cold War. On a recent visit to Ukraine, photographer @amos.chapple with @radio_free_europe spoke with the locals and learned of the tunnel's history as a guise for a nearby military base. It stretches about four miles through an avenue of trees in Klevan, Ukraine, and was constructed at the turn of the 19th century to supply a still-prospering plywood factory at the far end of the track. Every day, train conductors transport containers along the famous route, which inadvertently helps it maintain its shape. "For the first few hundred meters the railway line looks much like any other, but soon the trees close in," Chapple writes. The track also mysteriously splits, with the left track leading to an off-limits area. Chapple learned the explanation from a local reporter. During the height of the Cold War, a time wrought with paranoia and secrecy, Soviet forces planted trees alongside the tracks to hide the transport of equipment to a nearby military base.” By #meliarobinson at @insider, image by @amos.chapple I wonder what’s happening there right now. #glorytoukraine #sosukraine #istandwithukraine #standwithukraine (at Ukraine) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbD-JI2PbGj/?utm_medium=tumblr

Tunnel of Love ( Klewań / Kelvan / Клевань -  Ukraine ) 

Klevan, Ukraine

A green amazing railway covered in abounding trees. This tunnel is believed to achieve the dreams of its visitors.  

Tunel of Love Klevan, Ucrânia.