Abandoned powerplant somewhere in Belgium. This powerplant is a well known urbex place. It is a very impressive location with a wonderful cooling tower next to it. This is a real industrial labyrinth, and one can spend hours in it. It has two old turbines and a newer one, so this powerplant has two control room. The older one, controlling the two old turbines, is an absolute beauty, that has unfortunately been heavily vandalized. This is a very dangerous place, mostly because copper thieves are very active in it, the kind of people you don’t really want to meet…
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Urbex – Ecole Blaeps
Abandoned school somewhere in Belgium. This school must have been abandoned for a few years only, if not for a few months, because it is still visible occupied in street view on google maps. Except for the great number of graffitis covering its walls, it is still in a quite good state, and was a very interesting explore with a sport hall, and also a theatre with a stage.
Courant d’Art – Exhibition
The commune of Somme-Leuze is organising an artistic walk called “Courant d’Art” which will be held on the sunday 14th of july 2013. Several artists will be present there and I’m one of those !
Urbex – Usine Shelt
An abandoned factory somewhere in Belgium. This was a steel rolling mill. The main hall is really impressive with a width of 30m and a length of about 500m. It is a really quiet and peaceful place with a lot of vegetation. There’s a water basin which looks like an very big mirror. A very nice urbex location, even though the place is empty.
Urbex – Maison Romaine
Abandoned house somewhere in Belgium. This was a wonderful exploration, mostly because everything was intact in the house, there were absolutely no traces of vandalism. There were furnitures and dishes were still on the kitchen table. The house in itself is a beautiful old country house. It is in a quite good state. I don’t know if there are plans for this house, let’s just hope it will be renovated and not left rotting.
Urbex – Depot SNCB BLC
Abandoned railway depot somewhere in Belgium. This abandoned depot lies next to a station that’s still in use. I don’t know why it’s been abandoned, and there’s not much to see in it, just mother nature reclaiming its due…
Urbex Tips #1: Gear
A few months ago, I received messages on my tumblr account asking me about some tips about urbexing. I then wrote some tutorials about it . I’ll be these tips on this website too. So today, this first post in the urbex tips serie will be about gear: what kind of gear is useful while urbexing. I won’t cover the photographic gear here, only the things you should bring with you while exploring.
Urbex – Villa Pesto
An abandoned house somewhere in Belgium. This was a very big house which must have been magnificent in its time. It has probably been used as a school or for giving conferences at a time but I’m not sure as I know nothing of its history. The house is actually for sale.
Urbex – Fort de la Chartreuse
This is an old abandoned fort in Liège, Belgium. It is freely accessible as the gates are wide open, and a lot of people take a walk in the area. It’s been built by the Dutch, and served as a german prison during WW1 and WW2. On the walls of some rooms, there are some paintings mad by soldiers, unfortunately, due to its state, the paintings are less and less visible.
Urbex – Theatre Varia
Abandoned theatre somewhere in Belgium. This is a small but beautiful theatre. I don’t know when it’s been built and for how long it’s been abandoned, but they had to repare the roof to prevent water infiltration. The stage is particularly beautiful with nice painting on the walls. Now it’s waiting for a new owner to open its doors again.