Rapture (city)



"We're there in Rapture. It's a newly-built underwater city. If I were there, maybe I should've checked that place out for sure. It's deep underwater, but it's urbanized, of course."

--Su Ji-Hoon, Saving Elizabeth

Rapture (also known as the North Atlantic Project and the Rapture Colony) is a massive underwater city forged by the personal dreams of Andrew Ryan to escape from the political, social and religious anxieties of a post-World War II world. It was established on November 5, 1946, and finished in late 1951. It is located at 63° 2' N, 29° 55' W, which places it at about 433 kilometers (269.054 miles) west of Iceland's capital, Reykjavik.

Rapture's Purpose
''“I am Andrew Ryan, and I am here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? 'No,' says the man in Washington, 'it belongs to the poor.' 'No,' says the man in the Vatican, 'it belongs to God.' 'No,' says the man in Moscow, 'it belongs to everyone.' I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose… Rapture. A city where the artist would not fear the censor. Where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality. Where the great would not be constrained by the small. And with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city as well.''”

--Andrew Ryan, Saving Elizabeth