Hospice Général de Douai
THE ABANDONED HOSPICE IN FRANCE The ‘Hospice Général de Douai’ did never had a medical function, but was a place that housed the poor and homeless. The old façade The Hospice aimed to put beggars to...
View ArticlePavilhão Cirúrgico Novo Sanatório
THE ABANDONED SANATORIUM IN PORTUGAL This is ‘Pavilhão Cirúrgico Novo Sanatório’. It is the surgery building of a sanatorium in Portugal. It was built in 1902 and abandoned almost 100 years later....
View ArticleAtelier Loco d’Ougree
THE ABANDONED TRAIN WORKSHOP IN BELGIUM Atelier Loco d’Ougree are the rail repair workshops of ‘Cockerill-Ougrée’, a big steel plant in the Liege region. Aerial view of the site The first industrial...
View ArticleAgnetendal
THE ABANDONED SCHOOL IN BELGIUM This is the Agnetendal, an old monastry that housed a secondary and boarding school and two primary schools, the ‘Kloostertuin’ and the ‘Preud’homme’ school. The school...
View ArticleLocomotivas da Linha do Corgo
THE ABANDONED LOCOMOTIVES IN PORTUGAL These are the old locomotives of the Linha do Corgo, abandoned at Régua Station. The Corgo Line, originally called the Corgo Valley Line, was a rail link between...
View ArticleHotel Kurpark
THE ABANDONED HOTEL IN GERMANY This is ‘Hotel Kurpark’ an old abandoned hotel in a small German health village Bad Meinberg. This village has for many years been one of the most famous German spa...
View ArticleSanatório de Paredes de Coura
THE ABANDONED SANATORIUM IN PORTUGAL The ‘Sanatorium Presidente Carmona’ was better known as ‘Sanatório de Paredes de Coura’. It was a health institute owned by the railroad company. The sanatorium in...
View ArticleLaboratorio de Energía Solar Termoeléctrica
THE ABANDONED POWER PLANT ON THE CANARY ISLANDS In 2008 company Lysply started building this power station. ‘Laboratorio de Energía Solar Termoeléctrica’ was built to generate solar power. The solar...
View ArticleCasa do Camião
AN ABANDONED FARM IN PORTUGAL Casa do Camião is an abandoned farm house in the North of Portugal. The house is built on a hill surrounded by vineyards and olive trees. The old truck, used for...
View ArticleCompagnie de l’Electrographite de la Meuse
THE ABANDONED GRAPHITE MANUFACTURER IN BELGIUM This is the former CEGRAM factory. It produced graphite electrodes. These electrodes are used in the metallurgy, almost exclusively for the iron and...
View ArticleSalle des Compresseurs
THE ABANDONED COMPRESSOR HALL IN BELGIUM This is the ‘Salle des Compresseurs’. It was the compressor building of an old mine in the Charleroi region of Belgium. The old compressor hall Each extraction...
View ArticleHuize Hulshout
AN ABANDONED HOUSE IN BELGIUM Huize Hulshout became abandoned after there was a huge fire at the upper floor. The attic completely burned down, leaving the rest of the house covered in ashes and...
View ArticleCasa da Praça
THE ABANDONED HOUSE IN PORTUGAL Casa da Praça is the oldest house in Frazão, a small village in the Municipality of Paços de Ferreira. The manor house was built in the 17th century. It is considered...
View ArticleEmpresa Fabril do Norte
THE ABANDONED TEXTILE FACTORY IN PORTUGAL Empresa Fabril do Norte is an abandoned textile factory in Portugal that closed its doors in 1994. The factory in better days In 1885 the first mills form...
View ArticleHotel Zlatorog
THE ABANDONED HOTEL IN SLOVENIA Hotel Zlatorog is an abandoned hotel in the most touristic part of Slovenia. It was built in 1951 and abandoned almost 60 years later. The hotel pool in better times....
View ArticleInofer Productions
THE ABANDONED FACTORY IN BELGIUM ‘Inofer Productions’ in Mechelen was a press shop for non-ferrous metals. The company went bankrupt at the end of 2013. Malterie Vandermolen Originally the building...
View ArticleHeilstätte Grabowsee
THE ABANDONED HOSPITAL IN GERMANY ‘Heilstätte Grabowsee‘ is a former lung sanatorium. It was founded in 1896 by the German Red Cross. Later it was used as a military hospital and as a movie set....
View ArticleVEB Halbmond-Teppiche
THE ABANDONED FACTORY IN GERMANY ‘VEB Halbmond-Teppiche’ is an abandoned carpet factory in Oelsnitz, a small town in the heart of Vogtland. It made carpets in the orient style. 1930 In 1880, Karl W....
View ArticlePyramiden Swimming Pool
THE ABANDONED POOL ON SVALBARD This is the northernmost swimming pool. The Pyramiden Swimming Pool used to be part of a small Russian mining settlement on the Svalbard island chain called Pyramiden....
View ArticlePyramiden School
THE ABANDONED SCHOOL AT SPITSBERGEN This is the abandoned school of Pyramiden. A small deserted mining town on Svalbard. A view at the school building The Russian mining settlement of Pyramiden was...
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