11 Forgotten Industrial Ruins That Are Now Unique Art Installations

7. Salina Turda, Romania: Salt Mine Amusement & Art

This ancient salt mine has undergone a surreal transformation into an underground theme park and art space. While featuring attractions like a Ferris wheel and boating lake deep within its caverns, minimalist light installations accentuate the immense scale and the abstract patterns carved by decades of salt extraction. The lighting design highlights the natural and industrial textures, turning vast chambers into contemplative spaces alongside the amusement. It’s an ingenious, if unconventional, blend of preserving industrial heritage, creating tourism, and using artistic lighting to enhance the otherworldly subterranean environment.