Pyramiden Farm
THE ABANDONED FARM AT SPITSBERGEN This is the abandoned farm in Pyramiden, a deserted Russian mine village in the far North. The town and farm were abandoned in 1998. Dutch explorers Willem Barents...
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THE ABANDONED HOLIDAY CAMP IN POLAND This holiday center for children was probably built during the times of the Polish People’s Republic. It was abandoned in 2009 The entrance of the parc Children...
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THE ABANDONED LABORATORY IN BELGIUM This is the abandoned ‘Pathologische Anatomie & Dissectie’ at the Gent University Hospital. This huge building housed the departments Pathology and Dissection....
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THE ABANDONED GLASS FACTORY IN FRANCE This are the old buildings of Vergo, or VErrerie de GOetzenbruck. Built in 1721, the glassworks made glass for watches and spectacle lenses. The factory in better...
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THE ABANDONED VILLA IN BELGIUM This huge villa was abandoned after a fire destroyed the top floor and roof. The fire in the villa started due to a short circuit in an electrical installation of an...
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THE ABANDONED GLASS FACTORY IN BELGIUM This is the Glaverbel Roux factory, the oldest glass furnace in Belgium. It was abandoned in 2015 and was demolished the following years. The factory in better...
View ArticleCokerie d’Ougrée
THE ABANDONED COKES PLANT IN BELGIUM This cokes factory was founded by the ‘Société Anonyme d’Ougrée-Marihaye’. This Liege-based steel company owned several mines and blast furnaces. The active...
View ArticleCentrale de Deux-Acren
THE ABANDONED POWER PLANT IN BELGIUM Centrale de Deux-Acren was a kerosene powered turbojet power plant in the small Belgian village. Its iconic Art Deco control room was taken down in 2019. The...
View ArticleCarrière de Quenast
THE ABANDONED QUARRY IN BELGIUM Carrière de Quenast is the largest open pit quarry in Europe with an area of 140 hectares and a maximal depth of 125m. The quarry was used to extract Porphyry to make...
View ArticleQuinta do Conde de Sucena
THE ABANDONED HOUSE IN PORTUGAL Quinta do Conde de Sucena is an abandoned house in Portugal. It used to be a beautiful manor house with many architectural details. This is the one of the many...
View ArticleNPEA Ballenstedt
THE ABANDONED SCHOOL IN GERMANY This ‘Schulungszentrum Großer Ziegenberg‘ in Ballenstedt is a complex of buildings that has been a school for two political systems in the 20th century. First it was a...
View ArticleCemitério de Máquinas a Vapor
THE ABANDONED TRAINS IN PORTUGAL This is the ‘Cemitério de Máquinas a Vapor’, a train graveyard on the shunting yard of Estação das Devesas in Vila Nova de Gaia. The trains were stored here in 1993...
View ArticleTskaltubo Bathhouse No. 5
THE ABANDONED BATH HOUSE IN GEORGIA ‘Tskaltubo Bathhouse No. 5’ is an abandoned bath house in the spa town Tskaltubo in Georgia. The city was designated as a balneotherapy centre and spa resort by the...
View ArticleChâteau du duc d’Epernon
THE ABANDONED CASTLE IN FRANCE The ‘Château du duc d’Epernon’ is a abandoned castle. It was built on the site of a long gone medieval castle. The castle is located in Fontenay-Trésigny alongside the...
View ArticleAudytorium Wydziału Chemii
THE ABANDONED SCHOOL IN POLAND ‘Audytorium Wydziału Chemii’ or, the auditorium of the Faculty of Chemistry was built in post-war Poland. It is a real pearl of the modernist architecture of the Polish...
View ArticleHotel Medea Tskaltubo
THE ABANDONED HOTEL IN GEORGIA ‘Hotel Medea’ is an abandoned hotel and sanatorium in the spa resort Tskaltubo, a village in west-central Georgia. The once-grand concrete structure was built in 1954...
View ArticleQuinta da Vinha
THE ABANDONED FARM IN PORTUGAL ‘Quinta da Vinha’ is an abandoned wine farm in the north of Portugal. The farm was a small castle built in Art Nouveau or Jugendstil style. The abandoned ‘Quinta da...
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THE ABANDONED MINE ON SVALBARD This is an abandoned Russian mine on the island of Svalbard. In 1998 the mine was closed and the village of Pyramiden abandoned. The old mine According to old archives...
View ArticlePyramiden Cafeteria
THE ABANDONED RESTAURANT ON SVALBARD This is Pyramiden Cafeteria, the restaurant of the local Soviet mine. The village and buildings were abandoned in 1998. The cafeteria After the Second World War,...
View ArticlePyramiden Cultural Palace
THE ABANDONED THEATER IN SVALBARD This is the Pyramiden Cultural Palace. In other words, a cultural complex with a library, for example a gym, a music school and an auditorium. Lenin in front of the...
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