The unseen about urban exploring, rooftops and abandoned industrie

	Carrière Citroën Someone must have forgotten where he parked his car.
	Carrière Fox After years of harvesting lime and mushrooms they all left and never looked back.
	Quarry Kaboem When things don't make the progress you want use some TNT and get the following result :
	La carrière vide Apparently, the plumb rule wasn't even invented during construction.
	Crane therapy Not from my hotel room
	Cable works Miles and miles of electric cables, communication networks, fiberglass and leaking gaspipes mixed with some odor of sewer.
	Music Hall At least there was electricity
	Father Ray Abandonned ? Don't think so. The catholic era is just over and nobody wants to live like this anymore.
	Kino Black To much hospital's; to much cinema's; to much anything here in Belgium
	La carrière oubliée 40 meters below groundlevel...
	Lightworks What do you do when someone left the door open ? We searched the hole place just to tell him. Sadly we couldn't find him ;)
	Filature Dollhouse No machines have been harmed; or stagging has taken place. So no doll's in here.
	Syrian Embassy Not sure why they left here. This place would suits my needs.
	Krematorium More then 100.000 corpses where turned into ashes in less than a century
	Cinema Globe Nothing sheduled in the near future
	Buzludja The monument was officially opened in 1981 as soviet propaganda of the USSR's supremacy over evil capitalism and technology.
	Powerhouse Elia Sometimes a place looks so atractive; abandoned or not, you just want to see it.
	Maginot Line 2 More than 1,200 metres of underground galleries connect the entries to the farthest bunker, at an average depth of 30 metres
	Bureau Central Used to be offices of some nearby industrial site belonging to one of the richest family's in France.
	Ghost ships A whole fleet silently rusting away. The only sounds you hear onboard is the continuous cry of seagulls and the sound of crumpling steel that falls down when you climb the stairs.
	Château du F Large and impressive from the outside; almost like Versailles. But the inside shows only a small glimps from how it was in the past.
	Theatre A After the last show it was used as a storage place. Now waiting for a new performance.
	Bel Air Quarry dating back from 1780. The arches are build by Italian laborer.
	PC Reboul Old Command post of Lieutenant Colonel Reboul from WW1
	Air-raid Shelter Build during the Second WW 30 meter below groundlevel. Build to "accomodate" 8000 people.
	Red Sands Project The Maunsell Sea Forts were small fortified towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War to help defend the United Kingdom. The forts were decommissioned in the late 1950s and later used for other activities.
	Powerplant L Coalfired powerplants becomes obsolete since carbon tax is a hype.
	Villa Sbertoli Part of an old sanatorium. From the looks of it already a long time ago since someone was threathed.
	Quarry 78 Hidden in a mountain there are nummerous paintings and pieces of art just waiting until a lonely traveller passes by and reveals their beauty under the light of a burning Coleman. Only temperary are they lit untill you pass by and leave them again in the dark, waiting and waiting.
	The little Cathedral Amen
	Quarry C Who needs a guide in such a place... I wouldn't mind to get lost here, but unfortually I didn't. (Who says that I can't read a map)
	Syncronisation Studio Analog time has come to an end
	Piscine Dramatique A swimmingpool combined with a cinema. It didn't work in th end.
	Powerplant Mickey A little powerplant cramped with tubes and valves
	Monastery Annabel Small convict with a nice chapel
	M & D Academy Some very empty art school
	Carrière De Coolen A small, but beautifull limestone quarry. Not everything went very well with the lightning since I had to do al the running by myself without being cought by the camera ;)
	Maison Heinen A old farmhouse...Nobody left for taking care of
	Coal plant If you find Beringen a dangerous place; then this must be hell. The stairs are present but are of no use at all.
	TBM Schanulleke Drilling a traintunnel 30 meter below sealevel, 8 meter in diameter and under a river; for sure a job for the Germans.
	Château Amon-Re Sometimes you think that it will be very boring until you actually have a look.
	Morgue H Forgotten under the protecting cover of a nearby church
	Morgue S Closed morgue since it was to far away from the main hospital
	A Sugar Plant This plant looked like it was abandoned a very long time ago; but nothing seemed like it was. Although there was electricity; the place was covered in black darkness covering dangerous holes and slippery floors.
	The Spinning Mill Taking pictures in the dark is always a time consuming business; and this was no difference on this location until we finally worked out where the light switches where.
	Castello di Cinderella A real maze inside
	Manor Amelie Into the same family since 1800
	Il Scuneo Black power
	I Piccioni Chiesa Only the pigeons are visiting this place on a regular base
	Powerplant Ω It looks like a museum but it was a real factory a long time ago
	WW2 Bunker Intented to be used as an hospital but it ended as a "Testanlage" for missiles
	Hotel Torrance Seems that they left this place in a great hurry
	Château Clochard The owners liked very much classic music
	Kraftwerk For making electricity; or just the juice for the factory ?
	Rapunzel It started with a legal visit to the park...
	Villa Hector We had to wait a very long time to get in; but our patience got rewarded
	Bath Build for the era of the communist party
	Seven Kings Pool Deserted swimminpool in the UK
	Bakersfield Now you know from where these delicious cookies came in the good old times.
	Sugar Torre Sugarfactory in the middle of Italy on a blistering hot day
	Stabilimento Alluminio Aluminium producing plant from 1927 - 1983. It had his own hydroelectic power plant
	Greenland A semi-abandoned theme park where people still come to have a drink and have some fun although most of the attractions are closed or in disrepair.
	The Fresco Castle Thanks to the dry weather the castle and his paintings are still in a good condition
	Cinema Diana In a bussy town lays this forgotten cinema. The movie ended and no more light touched the screen since years.
	The Coronet A dark and very unfriendly enviroment for your health. While entering this place (during the night) we heard gunshots and a horn of a car that started to blow constantly.
	London subway Only a small glimpse of the underground. Way to bussy to venture in an unknown adventure
	August 2010 The Fairytale Castle There are no words for this..........
	August 2010 747 - 200 Jumbojet A 747 Jumbojet just sitting there on the tarmack of a bussy airport and hoping to ever fly again
	August 2010 Château Venetie Soon this pearl will be reconverted so that more people can join this beauty.
	August 2010 Monastery DR Rain, closed roads, an abandonned location and 3 dumb guards; That's all you need for a nice weekend stroll.
	July 2010 Hôpital RS A real sucker to get in and even more to get out again
	July 2010 Maginot Line More than 1,200 metres of underground galleries connect the entries to the farthest bunker, at an average depth of 30 metres
	29 May and 21 July 2010 The day started very calm; until a friend offered me 2 coolingtowers; a wet one and a disused one. Today I returned the favor and offered him another one.
	July 2010 Amy Whinehouse A old building full with tile lined concrete tanks used to store wine in it
	July 2010 Ghost Mansion Doors open; lights on and nobody there....
	July 2010 Theresianen Monastery Monastery build in 1667 and closed in 1783. After this it was an army hospital, barracks and eventually offices. Now empty for almost 20 years.
	June 2010 Chatillon A car graveyard since second world war
	June 2010 Bergwerk & Zeche 5 times Got an invitation to explore in the core of the former German industry. 19 hours, 6 locations...Pic's online.
	June 2010 Rochendaal This one was already some years on my to-do list and since I was in the neighborhoud; I checked the place out.
	June 2010 El Diabolo, Chatillon, Piscine de la Nageur and Caestert A small infiltration with Sylvain and Foantje in some tunnel and as desert a rooftop in Brussels. I visited also a cargraveyard, an abandonned restauration of a swimming pool and a cool exploration of Caestert quarries. One advise if you go there : bring a light coat since it was rather chilly there. Pics online.
	June 2010 A rooftop What do you do when it is hot.... You get out on the roof offcource and grab some beer. Pic's online
	The Cinema Two attempts where needed to get in this one. But look at the result :-)

Carrière Citroën

Someone must have forgotten where he parked his car.

Carrière Fox

After years of harvesting lime and mushrooms they all left and never looked back.

Quarry Kaboem

When things don't make the progress you want use some TNT and get the following result :

La carrière vide

Apparently, the plumb rule wasn't even invented during construction.

Crane therapy

Not from my hotel room

Cable works

Miles and miles of electric cables, communication networks, fiberglass and leaking gaspipes mixed with some odor of sewer.

Music Hall

At least there was electricity

Father Ray

Abandonned ? Don't think so. The catholic era is just over and nobody wants to live like this anymore.

Kino Black

To much hospital's; to much cinema's; to much anything here in Belgium

La carrière oubliée

40 meters below groundlevel...

Lightworks

What do you do when someone left the door open ? We searched the hole place just to tell him. Sadly we couldn't find him ;)

Filature Dollhouse

No machines have been harmed; or stagging has taken place. So no doll's in here.

Syrian Embassy

Not sure why they left here. This place would suits my needs.

Krematorium

More then 100.000 corpses where turned into ashes in less than a century

Cinema Globe

Nothing sheduled in the near future

Buzludja

The monument was officially opened in 1981 as soviet propaganda of the USSR's supremacy over evil capitalism and technology.

Powerhouse Elia

Sometimes a place looks so atractive; abandoned or not, you just want to see it.

Maginot Line 2

More than 1,200 metres of underground galleries connect the entries to the farthest bunker, at an average depth of 30 metres

Bureau Central

Used to be offices of some nearby industrial site belonging to one of the richest family's in France.

Ghost ships

A whole fleet silently rusting away. The only sounds you hear onboard is the continuous cry of seagulls and the sound of crumpling steel that falls down when you climb the stairs.

Château du F

Large and impressive from the outside; almost like Versailles. But the inside shows only a small glimps from how it was in the past.

Theatre A

After the last show it was used as a storage place. Now waiting for a new performance.

Bel Air

Quarry dating back from 1780. The arches are build by Italian laborer.

PC Reboul

Old Command post of Lieutenant Colonel Reboul from WW1

Air-raid Shelter

Build during the Second WW 30 meter below groundlevel. Build to "accomodate" 8000 people.

Red Sands Project

The Maunsell Sea Forts were small fortified towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War to help defend the United Kingdom. The forts were decommissioned in the late 1950s and later used for other activities.

Powerplant L

Coalfired powerplants becomes obsolete since carbon tax is a hype.

Villa Sbertoli

Part of an old sanatorium. From the looks of it already a long time ago since someone was threathed.

Quarry 78

Hidden in a mountain there are nummerous paintings and pieces of art just waiting until a lonely traveller passes by and reveals their beauty under the light of a burning Coleman. Only temperary are they lit untill you pass by and leave them again in the dark, waiting and waiting.

The little Cathedral

Amen

Quarry C

Who needs a guide in such a place... I wouldn't mind to get lost here, but unfortually I didn't. (Who says that I can't read a map)

Syncronisation Studio

Analog time has come to an end

Piscine Dramatique

A swimmingpool combined with a cinema. It didn't work in th end.

Powerplant Mickey

A little powerplant cramped with tubes and valves

Monastery Annabel

Small convict with a nice chapel

M & D Academy

Some very empty art school

Carrière De Coolen

A small, but beautifull limestone quarry. Not everything went very well with the lightning since I had to do al the running by myself without being cought by the camera ;)

Maison Heinen

A old farmhouse...Nobody left for taking care of

Coal plant

If you find Beringen a dangerous place; then this must be hell. The stairs are present but are of no use at all.

TBM Schanulleke

Drilling a traintunnel 30 meter below sealevel, 8 meter in diameter and under a river; for sure a job for the Germans.

Château Amon-Re

Sometimes you think that it will be very boring until you actually have a look.

Morgue H

Forgotten under the protecting cover of a nearby church

Morgue S

Closed morgue since it was to far away from the main hospital

A Sugar Plant

This plant looked like it was abandoned a very long time ago; but nothing seemed like it was. Although there was electricity; the place was covered in black darkness covering dangerous holes and slippery floors.

The Spinning Mill

Taking pictures in the dark is always a time consuming business; and this was no difference on this location until we finally worked out where the light switches where.

Castello di Cinderella

A real maze inside

Manor Amelie

Into the same family since 1800

Il Scuneo

Black power

I Piccioni Chiesa

Only the pigeons are visiting this place on a regular base

Powerplant Ω

It looks like a museum but it was a real factory a long time ago

WW2 Bunker

Intented to be used as an hospital but it ended as a "Testanlage" for missiles

Hotel Torrance

Seems that they left this place in a great hurry

Château Clochard

The owners liked very much classic music

Kraftwerk

For making electricity; or just the juice for the factory ?

Rapunzel

It started with a legal visit to the park...

Villa Hector

We had to wait a very long time to get in; but our patience got rewarded

Bath

Build for the era of the communist party

Seven Kings Pool

Deserted swimminpool in the UK

Bakersfield

Now you know from where these delicious cookies came in the good old times.

Sugar Torre

Sugarfactory in the middle of Italy on a blistering hot day

Stabilimento Alluminio

Aluminium producing plant from 1927 - 1983. It had his own hydroelectic power plant

Greenland

A semi-abandoned theme park where people still come to have a drink and have some fun although most of the attractions are closed or in disrepair.

The Fresco Castle

Thanks to the dry weather the castle and his paintings are still in a good condition

Cinema Diana

In a bussy town lays this forgotten cinema. The movie ended and no more light touched the screen since years.

The Coronet

A dark and very unfriendly enviroment for your health. While entering this place (during the night) we heard gunshots and a horn of a car that started to blow constantly.

London subway

Only a small glimpse of the underground. Way to bussy to venture in an unknown adventure

August 2010 The Fairytale Castle

There are no words for this..........

August 2010 747 - 200 Jumbojet

A 747 Jumbojet just sitting there on the tarmack of a bussy airport and hoping to ever fly again

August 2010 Château Venetie

Soon this pearl will be reconverted so that more people can join this beauty.

August 2010 Monastery DR

Rain, closed roads, an abandonned location and 3 dumb guards; That's all you need for a nice weekend stroll.

July 2010 Hôpital RS

A real sucker to get in and even more to get out again

July 2010 Maginot Line

More than 1,200 metres of underground galleries connect the entries to the farthest bunker, at an average depth of 30 metres

29 May and 21 July 2010

The day started very calm; until a friend offered me 2 coolingtowers; a wet one and a disused one. Today I returned the favor and offered him another one.

July 2010 Amy Whinehouse

A old building full with tile lined concrete tanks used to store wine in it

July 2010 Ghost Mansion

Doors open; lights on and nobody there....

July 2010 Theresianen Monastery

Monastery build in 1667 and closed in 1783. After this it was an army hospital, barracks and eventually offices. Now empty for almost 20 years.

June 2010 Chatillon

A car graveyard since second world war

June 2010 Bergwerk & Zeche 5 times

Got an invitation to explore in the core of the former German industry. 19 hours, 6 locations...Pic's online.

June 2010 Rochendaal

This one was already some years on my to-do list and since I was in the neighborhoud; I checked the place out.

June 2010 El Diabolo, Chatillon, Piscine de la Nageur and Caestert

A small infiltration with Sylvain and Foantje in some tunnel and as desert a rooftop in Brussels. I visited also a cargraveyard, an abandonned restauration of a swimming pool and a cool exploration of Caestert quarries. One advise if you go there : bring a light coat since it was rather chilly there. Pics online.

June 2010 A rooftop

What do you do when it is hot.... You get out on the roof offcource and grab some beer. Pic's online

The Cinema

Two attempts where needed to get in this one. But look at the result :-)