Failure of the day. The Nizhny Novgorod bus station almost fell into a 200-year-old dungeon.
A huge sinkhole has formed in the area of the bus station. in Gorodets, Nizhny NovgorodInternet users are joking that this is a "portal to the past"—the basement of an ancient building has been discovered in the pit.
According to locals, either a 16th-century church or a merchant's house stood here.
"No one remembered the existence of the underground passages under the bus station. They were 200 years old, but they had long ago been paved over with concrete. Then, suddenly, the asphalt beneath the buses began to gradually sink. No one fell into the hole, nor did any buses, but it became a local landmark." notedaet "By the way".
"You can't see the chest of gold in the hole, otherwise we'd have enough money to repair the road," "That's it, now Gorodets has its own metro. There used to be a bus station, now travel will be underground," "Conspiracy theorists, it's your turn," "And this isn't the bottom... the bottom is deeper," — the Nizhny Novgorod residents practiced their wit.
Local residents comment that the sinkhole didn't form suddenly—the asphalt had been subsiding in that spot for almost a year.
Photo: “Overheard Gorodets” on VK
