Filed under: Breweries, malt | Tags: abandoned, architecture, belgique, belgium, decay, exploration, industrial, industry, malt, malterie, maltery, malting, photography, plant, urban, urban exploration, urbex
Filed under: Steelworks, foundries, blast furnaces | Tags: abandoned, aciérie, allard, architecture, belgique, belgium, decay, exploration, industrial, industry, photography, steel, urban, urban exploration, urbex, work, works
Filed under: Other | Tags: abandoned, architecture, belgique, belgium, casino, dance, decay, exploration, gompel, hall, photography, urban, urban exploration, urbex, youth
In its hay days a beautiful casino, later on a dance hall for the local youth, nowadays abandoned.
Filed under: Hospitals, institutes, asylums, schools | Tags: abandoned, architecture, belgique, belgium, college, decay, ecole, exploration, photography, school, urban, urban exploration, urbex
Filed under: Other (industry) | Tags: abandoned, architecture, belgique, belgium, Catala, decay, exploration, factory, industry, paper, Papeterie, photography, urban, urban exploration, urbex
Filed under: Food | Tags: abandoned, architecture, belgique, belgium, decay, exploration, factory, industrie, industry, photography, plant, refinery, sugar, suiker, urban, urban exploration, urbex
Abandoned sugar refinery somewhere in Belgium. The buildings on the heavily polluted site are being demolished, making space for future projects.
Filed under: Military | Tags: abandoned, airport, architecture, belgique, belgium, decay, exploration, luchthaven, Militair, Military, photography, urban, urban exploration, urbex
Filed under: Castles | Tags: 1700, abandoned, air, architecture, belgique, belgium, bunker, castle, chateau, decay, dragon, exploration, german, occupied, photography, raid, urban, urban exploration, urbex, war, World
This little castle from around the turn of the 18th century was abandoned only a couple of years ago. One of its most interesting features can be found in the garden, where German troops who occupied the building during the war, built an air raid bunker.
Filed under: Mining | Tags: 1923, 1967, 1972, abandoned, architecture, belgique, belgium, Charbonnage, coal, colliery, decay, exploration, fontaine, industry, martinet, mine, miners, Mining, monceau, photography, plant, shaft, urban, urban exploration, urbex, washing
Built in 1923, shaft number 4 of the Monceau-Fontaine, called the ‘Martinet’, was used until 1967. Together with the coal washing part, the buildings were left abandoned in 1972.
Filed under: Hospitals, institutes, asylums, schools | Tags: abandoned, architecture, art, arts, belgique, belgium, college, crafts, decay, exploration, kunst, photography, school, urban, urban exploration, urbex
Filed under: Other (industry) | Tags: abandoned, alternator, alternators, architecture, belgique, belgium, decay, electro, electronic, engine, engines, exploration, industry, manufacturer, mechanic, mechanics, photography, plant, plants, power, shed, sheds, train, trains, urban, urban exploration, urbex, workshop, workshops
The huge abandoned workshops of what once was one of the biggest manufacturers of electro mechanics worldwide. The company, which was specialised in electronic engines for trains and alternators for power plants, was already found in the 1880’s, although it got its name when it changed hands around 1900. Around 1990, the group went bankrupt and fell apart into different concerns of which only one is still active today.
Filed under: Transport | Tags: abandoned, architecture, belgique, belgium, decay, exploration, graveyard, loco, locomotives, photography, trains, trainyard, Transport, urban, urban exploration, urbex
Abandoned locomotives trainyard. About 50 of these quite modern locomotives are left to rot at the place.
Filed under: Castles | Tags: abandoned, architecture, belgique, belgium, castle, chateau, decay, exploration, Huize, photography, urban, urban exploration, urbex
Filed under: Other (industry) | Tags: abandoned, architecture, belgique, belgium, beton, city, concrete, decay, exploration, harbor, harbour, i-beton, industrial, industrie, industry, photography, sea, stortklaar, urban, urban exploration, urbex
With more than 20 plants across Belgium, this concrete producing group is one of the biggest in the country, producing more than 2,5 million m³ of concrete on a yearly basis. However, as times evolved, some concrete plants had to close, the ‘Nord’ one in a harbour-city close to the sea was one of them.
Filed under: Military | Tags: abandoned, airport, architecture, belgique, belgium, decay, exploration, facilities, luchtmacht, militaire, Military, photography, sporting, urban, urban exploration, urbex, vliegbasis
Built around 1920, this was one of the first Belgian military airports. The airport was closed in the mid 90’s. The airstrip is still being used by a local flying club but the barracks and sporting facilities were left abandoned.
