21 Historic Olympic Venues That Are Now Completely Abandoned

20. The Ski Jump – Grenoble 1968 (France)

Towards the ski jumping hill in Saint-Nizier. Original description: Tremplin de saut, JO 1968. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons @Frédérique Voisin-Demery

The 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble were a major milestone for French sports, but their ski jumping venue tells a different story. Overgrown and forgotten, the towering ramp still looms over the landscape, but it is now crumbling and unsafe. The spectator stands have been reclaimed by nature, with trees growing through the bleachers. It’s a surreal sight—an Olympic venue being swallowed by the very environment it was built to celebrate.

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