Belgium

Le Dentiste

An abandoned dental practice with a beautiful wooden staircase. Someone had once made an energetic start on a renovation, while…

Cooling Tower IM

I had not found an opportunity in time to visit the associated power station. Fortunately, the cooling tower was still…

Horror Labs

Horror Labs was a former veterinary school. The nickname came from jars of preserved animal specimens left in a dark…

Villa Hector

Villa Hector was one of those places that eventually attracted, figuratively speaking, busloads of visitors. Almost nothing remained in its…

Cimetière des Paix

Abandonment is not only visible in houses and factories. Cemeteries in economically struggling regions show signs of decay too.When relatives…

Cemetery of the Insane

At the beginning of the twentieth century, a psychiatric hospital was established in a former castle. For many patients at…

Agnus Dei convent

Half burned out, partly collapsed and photographed endlessly already. Plenty of objects had been staged as well. Enough reasons to…

HFB: Haut Fourneau B

HFB — Haut Fourneau B — was a large steel complex. On our first visit, we were able to spend…

Opel Factory

Many people once worked on new cars in this former Opel factory in Belgium. When production moved elsewhere, closure followed,…

Pinokkio

This old lime kiln was also known among urbex photographers as Lime Factory. When I looked back at my photographs,…

Hospital Exodus

The photographs may suggest otherwise, but Hospital Exodus was already out of use when we visited. It was one of…

Preventorium Dolhain

Preventorium Dolhain was once a clinic for people with tuberculosis, including many children. As the disease became less common in…