A daredevil's playground: Stunning drone video shows thrill-seekers ICE SKATING over a flooded prison

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A former prison has become an unlikely ice skating destination for thrill-seekers. 

Rummu prison in Estonia was once home to Soviet inmates forced to work in the nearby quarry - but it has since been abandoned and flooded, making it a dangerous attraction for divers in warm weather and ice skaters when the cold sets in.

The spectacular playground for daredevils has now been captured in full, thanks to a mesmerising video of two skaters gliding among the dilapidated buildings.

The former Rummu prison in Estonia has become an unlikely ice-skating destination for thrill-seekers

The prison was once filled with Soviet prisoners forced to work in the nearby quarry - but it has since been abandoned and flooded 

In the clip, some of the prison buildings are seen above the frozen lake while others lie submerged beneath the surprisingly clear ice.

Skaters Meelis Võsu and Alari Teede wrote on Facebook of their experience: 'Ice skating above underwater prison was a siiick experience - the water [and] ice was so clean that you could see everything underneath your feet. 

'As well parts of the old prison, [there were also plenty] of fish underwater.

'The ice was about three to seven cm thin and the water was pretty deep though, so if you go it's better have some safety gear with you.'

The site is now a tourist attraction for divers in warm weather... and ice skating in colder climes 

The spectacular nature of the site has now been captured in full, thanks to a new video of two skaters gliding among the dilapidated buildings 

The quarry was formed in the 1930s for open mining of limestone and Vasalemma marble and inmates at Rummu prison carried out the excavation of the water-drained quarry and the processing of the limestone.

But when Estonia gained independence in 1991 and the Soviets left, many of their institutions were abandoned, including Rummu prison and the quarry.

Without anyone to pump the quarry free of ground water it rapidly seeped back in, filling the site and many of the mining machines and some of the buildings were swallowed whole by the rising waters.

Meelis Võsu and Alari Teede are filmed skating around the large frozen lake

The quarry was formed in the 1930s for open mining of limestone and Vasalemma marble and inmates at Rummu prison carried out the excavation of the water-drained quarry and the processing of the limestone

The ice was about three to seven cm thick and the water was quite deep, so it presented a very real danger to the skaters 

But what was once a place of misery and suffering is now a place of leisure and today the site attracts numerous tourists willing to tackle the high walls and barbed wire that surround the prison.  

The territory is private property and the area comes with numerous danger warnings as the lake bed contains pieces of thick concrete, tree branches, machinery, and barbed wire.

Even professional divers have advised against going there.

In August 2014, a 17-year-old girl injured her back when jumping into the water off a derelict building and on July 21, 2016, a 35-year-old man was found drowned in the quarry. 

The territory is private property and the area comes with numerous danger warnings as the lake bed contains pieces of thick concrete, tree branches, machinery and barbed wire 

Some of the prison buildings are seen sticking out of the frozen lake while others lie submerged beneath the surprisingly clear ice 

When Estonia gained independence in 1991 and the Soviets left, many of their institutions were abandoned, including Rummu prison and the quarry