Fabijoniškės Explained

Fabijoniškės
Settlement Type:Eldership
Pushpin Map:Lithuania
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Fabijoniškės
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2: Vilnius County
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Vilnius city municipality
Population Total:37006
Population As Of:2021
Population Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:4.1
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Fabijoniškės located in the northern part of Vilnius, is one of the newest districts of Vilnius municipality, built in the late 1980s to early 1990s in the territory of former Fabijoniškės village.

Fabijoniškės was the production site of the HBO miniseries Chernobyl during filming in 2018, where the district was used to portray the city of Pripyat.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://osp.stat.gov.lt/en/gyventoju-ir-bustu-surasymai1 gyventojų ir būstų surašymas
  2. News: 'Radiation would have damaged the film kit': where Sky's Chernobyl was really shot. Elliott. Annabel Fenwick. 2019-06-04. The Telegraph. 2019-11-01. en-GB. 0307-1235.