Urban exploration of military and penitential places
Abandoned blockhaus somewhere in France. Between the two world wars, France built a gigantic defensive structure called the “Ligne Maginot“. It was composed of a lot of bunkers and forts and was supposed to protect France of another German invasion. Unfortunately for them, History proved them to be wrong…
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Abandoned military airfield in somewhere in Belgium. A few months ago, I went back to this abandoned airfield for a second visit as the first one had been quite short, and I just noticed that I hadn’t updated the gallery yet with the new pictures. Now it’s done !
I’ve updated the gallery of the Fort de la Chartreuse, as I went back to this old abandoned fort to show it to a friend of mine. It had already been a few years since my first visit there, and there were not much changes there, it’s just slowly decaying more and more…
Abandoned castle somewhere in Belgium. This is a well known urbex location. This castle was built in 1881 by a lawyer. During World War two, the germans used it, they built an airfield and used it for the Luftwaffe. It was an important point in their strategy. After the War, the airfield was used by the belgian army, and the castle served as the officer’s mess. In 1996, the place was abandoned, but it is still part of a military domain.
Abandoned military communication center somewhere in Belgium. This base has been built in 1969, during the cold war and was used by the NATO. Except for the dome with the radar, there was not much left to see, only some empty rooms, as the place had only already been ripped off. Nevertheless, it’s not everyday that you get the chance to see a radar of this size ! All in all, a nice little exploration, but a bit frustrating…
Abandoned prison somewhere in France. An exploration in one of the dark side of our society. I never visited had the chance to visit a prison before, and this was a really impressive one ! When I came back home, I was totally exhausted, both mentally and physically. I have to admit that I spent seven hours in the belly of this beast…
Abandoned military airfield somewhere in Belgium. This airfield was used as a training ground for the air cadets and has been abandoned for many years now. Part of it, mainly the airstrips, are now used by leisure civilian aviation. The place looks very interesting, there are a few buildings, warehouses and of course a control tower, but unfortunately, I haven’t been able to explore much of it, as I had to flee because the military police came while I was there. I’ll have to get back there one of these day…
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.