Incredible underground salt mine in Poland needs to be seen to be believed

Unless you’re travelling to Destination F**ked, international travel’s probably gonna be bit pretty bloody minimal for the foreseeable future. Still, thanks to the internet, books, movies, and a solid imagination, you can still get a little bit of escapism in. To help you with that, we thought we’d show you a bunch of epic photos from a UNESCO World Heritage-listed salt mine in Poland.

We’re gonna guess that you’re first thought at hearing the phrase ‘salt mine’ included was something along the lines of ‘get me the f**k out of here.’ That’s okay, we get it, but we also reckon you should know us better than that.

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We wouldn’t go showing you a bunch of boring s**t. This isn’t just us any old mine. Yeah, nah, you might be aware that some of Europe’s salt-mines are pretty f**ken shmick, but according to plenty of reports, the Wieliczka salt mine, near Krakow in Poland is the duck’s f**ken nuts.

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Yeah, nah, this joint’s fair dinkum pimped out. At its deepest point, it’s 1072 feet below ground, and it’s also got a s**tload of cool features like underground lakes, 2,000 chambers, and chapels equipped with enormous chandeliers. And it’s all made of salt.

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First opened in the thirteenth century, it’s changed from being one of the country’s most important economical locations to being a tourist attraction, but even back in the day, it drew a visit from bloody Copernicus. You knew the bloke who said, ‘yeah, nah, the sun’s at the centre of the universe; not us.’

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All that aside, though, the mine’s just f**ken bewdiful. Have a squiz at some of the chapels and s**t that it’s got hiding within its depths.

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Just, while you’re in there, keep an eye out for balrogs, cave trolls and kobolds.

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Final thought: Yeah, nah, seeing cool s**t like this is one of the best things about travelling the globe. That might be off the menu for a while, but at least you can have a vicarious crack at it here. Let us know what you reckon in the Facebook comments.

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