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I recently went on a tour of Project Riese and it got me wondering about whether there are actual active underground cities I could visit. Is there a place that's available not only for a tour, but where one could live for some time without coming back to the earth surface?

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You can join the 100k to 1M people living underground Beijing in a network of bunkers covering around 85 km² called Dìxià Chéng, where you can sleep and eat:

A man working in a kitchen

A hallway with clothes hanging to dry

A woman at a computer with a smiling little girl sitting in her lap, in a bedroom

(Image sources: DailyMail and Medium)

Follow-up question: Where can I find a map of the Underground City (Beijing)?

More ideas on Wikipedia: underground city and underground living, but I think Dìxià Chéng is the most populated underground complex.

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Franck Dernoncourt
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Canada is known for its tunnel systems in many downtowns that let pedestrians avoid snow and ice above. For example, there is the RÉSO in Montreal and the PATH in Toronto.

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You might be interested in Coober Pedy, South Australia.

Coober Pedy is renowned for its below-ground dwellings, called "dugouts", which are built in this fashion due to the scorching daytime heat.

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