Urbex - Charbonnage du Hasard

Urbex – Charbonnage du Hasard

This is a very old abandoned coal mine. It is particularly interesting, first for the architecture of the buildings, which looks like a castle, but mostly because it is a complete coal mine, every buildings are still standing, the showers, the offices, the technical buildings,… There are also a lot of relics to be found there like miner shoes and miner jackets, respirator, mine wagon,… All in all a very nice place, als very well known in the urban exploration community, even though it’s been vandalized.

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Urbex - Mondi Packaging

Urbex – Mondi Packaging

This is an abandoned factory of an international paper and packaging company. Pictures of this set shows only the main building, which is a beautiful one. There were other warehouse around it but they were of little interest. Now all the warehouse have been demolished, and I don’t know what they’ll do with the main building. I don’t think they’ll demolish it, as it stands alone among the ruins of the warehouses for a few weeks now. I guess they would have demolished it sooner if that’s what their intention was…

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Urbex - Chateau Amon Re

Urbex – Chateau Amon Re

The “Chateau Amon Re” is also a well known place in the urban exploration community. It is a beautiful castle in a very good state. There are absolutely no trace of vandalism (at least when I went there…). It’s been classified as a historic place, probably due to its architecture. I don’t know what are the plans for it, but when I explored it, it was of course still abandoned, and with no trace of renovation for the near future. Its nickname “Amon Re” comes from a room in the castle where the walls are covered with egyptians drawings.

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Urbex - Charbonnage HP

Urbex – Charbonnage HP

This is an abandoned coal mine somewhere in Belgium. This site closed its doors in 1976. The buidings are in a really bad state. This is very sad as the architecture of the buildings was quite particular. Of the few buildings still standing on the site, we can note the offices and the shower buildings. There are also two little buildings further in the site.

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Urbex - Eurofonderie

Urbex – Eurofonderie

This factory produced pieces for agricultural equipment. It was then reconverted in producing auto parts, but in 1994, it closed its doors. It is since left abandoned and is the playground of soft air players and street artists. Part of the factory has burned a few years ago. Its fate is still uncertain.

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Urbex - Depot SNCB Monceau

Urbex – Depot SNCB Monceau

This is an old depot of the belgian rail company (SNCB). It was used as a locomotive graveyard. Inside the depot and on the railway tracks in front of it, one could find a lot of old locomotives. I went back there recently, the depot is for sale now, and all the old beautiful locomotives have disappeared. There just stood two locomotives on which it was written “sold”. I guess they sold it for the steel…

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