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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Famous ghost town in Belgium. Stuck between the big harbour of Antwerp and a seriously aging nuclear powerplant, the small town of Doel is slowly dying due to the project of future enlargment of the harbour infrastructures. There are only a few inhabitants left and the town is now the playground of street artists.
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Abandoned house somewhere in Belgium. I found this house by pure luck, while driving to another location. My daughters were on the rear seats when the older one told me “Look, an abandoned house !”. I stopped, and quickly looked through the windows of the house to see if it was worth it. A few days later, I was back there…
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Abandoned train station somewhere in Belgium. I didn’t had the opportunity to explore the old station in itself, as it is now used by a local association, but a little bit further on the old tracks there are still some decaying locomotives and wagons…
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Abandoned coal mine somewhere in Belgium. Well, it was a really small coal mine, and there’s only a building left. It seems that someone is using this place to store old decayed cars and trucks…
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Abandoned castle somewhere in Belgium. This is a very old castle with a very long history that has seen many changes, and it’s not the first time it’s been left abandoned.
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Abandoned water mill somewhere in Belgium. A friend of mine told me about this old water mill and wanted to show it to me. A proposition which I gladly accepted !
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Abandoned train repair shop somewhere in Belgium. I had this place on my todo list for some time already, but I always had another place to go explore. I’ve finally decided to go there and take a look at it, or more exactly, it was on my way home that day…
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Abandoned house of a dentist somewhere in Belgium. Most people don’t like to see the dentist, and I have to admit that it’s also my case, but this time I went there quite happy and curious, the reason was that I was going to explore an old decaying dentist’s house.
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Abandoned coal mine somewhere in France. I have to admit that I really have something for the mining industry. I don’t really know why, maybe because it’s been a big part of my country’s history, maybe because of the very hard work it represents, and also maybe because it is the symbol of social struggles and the fight of the people for their rights…
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