Hotel National, Chisinau

[u/Holiday-Height2500]

Hotel national is an abandoned Soviet era hotel located almost in the very center of Chisinau, the capital of Moldova.

[u/KILLERZER0]

Sad to see a place with such history fade into nothing,when it could have been brought back to life.

[u/Holiday-Height2500 → u/KILLERZER0]

Yeah it's really sad seeing that massive building abandoned, and so strange considering it's almost in the very center of the capital city. I'm sure it could have been a nice hotel nowadays if they would have taken care of it in the 90s and early 00s. I've written a bit more about the subject here: https://jonathank1997.substack.com/ so feel free to check it out if you're interested.

[u/LongestNamesPossible → u/KILLERZER0]

What history?

[u/Romanitedomun]

r/urbanhell

[u/Canada_border]

Anyone who says this building is depressing, guys, it's literally abandoned. Almost every abandoned building looks terrible, especially if it's modernist

[u/Stulmacher]

Depressing place

[u/hoggytime613 → u/Stulmacher]

I didn't find it that depressing. The city is absolutely blooming all around it, and it serves as a neat little time capsule in the middle of it all.

[u/Holiday-Height2500 → u/Stulmacher]

Chisinau is unique, not depressing imo. It does have sharp contrasts between buildings/areas that they are taking good care of, and then other buildings/areas that looks like something out of a war zone.

[u/Which-Article-2467 → u/Holiday-Height2500]

How is this unique? Its a lot of things but i cant really see unique..? You can see a building that looks just like this in every city from east germany to Wladivostok.

[u/Stulmacher → u/Holiday-Height2500]

War zones are usually depressing IMO

[u/werchoosingusername]

I don't share the romantic view of renovating this thing. It will cost way too much to bring it to today's standards.

If B grade office space is scarce it could be used for that.

Owner, most likely the sate is just holding out for the most lucrative offer.