Seminary burned down

Posted on May 2, 2021May 4, 2021 by Charles van den Reek

This old seminary burned down to the ground and became an urbex photography location.

Some of the windows where holding on strong.

Complete devastation

Nature is already taken over the building.

The old stairwell and it’s gorgeous windows feld majestic.

Water is pouring into the rooms and gave very nice reflections.

People have been watching outside from this same spot…

Mold was growing and taking over the rooms as well.

Excuse me, do you know where I can find the restroom?

This specific scene did feel like a movie, the curtain silently waves on the incoming wind.

Walking outside I could not resist taking a photo of the stairs again.

Other Urbex photography shoots
Riviera Plants Company in Le Muy, France
Abandoned factory NordRhein Westfalen
Station Montzen, Belgium
Urbex ikea wheels
Village of Doel, Belgium
Dirty Factory in Liège

Dirty factory in Liege

Posted on May 2, 2021May 4, 2021 by Charles van den Reek

This Dirty factory in Liege was absolutely one of my most coldest and dirtiest Urbex factories until now.

The weather was extremely cold for the time of year and the sky looked cloudy and sad. The factory is located in a part of Liege where you don’t pick up positive vibes, to be honest.

Very big machines, several floors deep. Amazing, really.

This massive control panel really showed a lot of decay. I always imagine myself that people worked here, probably their whole lives.

Storage hall with a nice reflection.

Let’s take a look at the offices, going up the stairs first until we arrive at the ‘penthouse’ level.

Here we are, office hallway with a lot of decay as well.

This felt like another planet, the cold, the dirt, the loneliness.
End of Dirty factory in Liege in Urbex Photography.

Other Urbex photography shoots
Riviera Plants Company in Le Muy, France
Abandoned factory NordRhein Westfalen
Station Montzen, Belgium
Urbex ikea wheels
Village of Doel, Belgium
Seminary burned down

Urbex Redemptorists church

Posted on March 17, 2021May 4, 2021 by Charles van den Reek

This Urbex Redemptorists church was on my top 3 wish list for a while. I finally got the chance to wander around for hours.

The church is abandoned since late 2000’s but in very good shape.

If you spend some time in a beautiful building like this you notice that the light is different and can change every minute.

Like this one, the light was absolutely gorgeous!

If you look at old masters paintings I can truly admire their use of the light. Sometimes I try to look at an object like they did, follow the light, the lines, and place the object in the center of attention.

Going up to the bell tower I noticed the stained glass reflection in the ladder.

Stained glass windows do give the most wonderful light effects.

Wander around the hallway

Stairwell after stairwell, the most fantastic architectural master pieces.

Look at that high contrast, beautiful isn’t it.

Other Urbex photography shoots:
Riviera Plants Company in Le Muy, France
Abandoned factory NordRhein Westfalen
Station Montzen, Belgium
Urbex ikea wheels
Village of Doel, Belgium
Seminary burned down
Dirty Factory in Liège

Belgium ghost town Doel

Posted on January 26, 2021May 4, 2021 by Charles van den Reek

Abandoned village in Belgium in black and white

Imagine, your entire life you lived in a village, a village called Doel in Belgium. The village is locked between the nuclear power plant and the river Schelde, which represents the Port of Antwerp, a big industrial ship sail route.

And then….the city of Antwerp says you have to leave the village because they want to enlarge the river Schelde to accommodate wider and deeper shipping routes. Let that sink in, you have to leave the village where generations lived their lives. Mind you, still, a number of families are living in this ghost town Doel, please respect their privacy.

The road to the Doel nucluar power plant.

Gij zijt mijn doel
Translates into ‘You are my goal’

When taking this image I did think about The Beatles, could they have passed on this sidewalk?

In the backyard there was a little barn. Do you spot the stuffed animals in the water? Lovely and sad as well, I did think about the kid who actually played with these. These stuffed animals feel abondonded like the entire village of Doel and it’s former citizens.

Driving towards the gas station I left my house in a mess, I have to think about a paint job I guess.

Finally, I did reach the local gas station, but wait….it’s no longer in service. Thanks, Avia! Then let’s take the bus.

Just outside the ghost town of Doel, there was this bus stop, so let’s wait for the next one.

Belgium ghost town Doel

Fort de la Chartreuse in black and white urbex photography

Posted on November 10, 2020May 4, 2021 by Charles van den Reek

Fort de la Chartreuse in black and white gives a beautiful drama to the already cool Urbex photography location.

The fort was built by the Dutch between 1817 and 1823 to defend the city.

The entrance of the first main building is creepy, which could very well be a film set.

Walking along the very long hallway’s nature is almost eating the building, trees are growing inside the building.

Every room has it’s own set of windows and therefore the light in every room is slightly different.

As you can see, these twin looking windows gives a window to nature.

A very demolished bathroom didn’t give a lot of privacy to the visitor back in the days.

Let’s enter the second building, it’s a small one and almost absorbed by nature as well.

A few years from now the entire building will colaps.

The light on the graffiti gives a very nice perspective.

Let’s move to the dungeon of Fort de la Chartreuse.

There is always light at the end of the tunnel.

Fantastic light from the outside poring trough the windows.

Stairs crumbling until nature takes back, where it belongs.

The central staircase already lost its roof.
Fort de la Chartreuse in Black and White is a wonderful Urbex photography location.

Other Urbex shoots:
On the same day I also visited “Reading between the lines”, a gorgeous piece of art in the village of Borgloon, Belgium.
Riviera Plants Company in Le Muy, France
Abandoned factory NordRhein Westfalen
Station Montzen, Belgium
Urbex ikea wheels
Village of Doel, Belgium
Seminary burned down
Dirty Factory in Liège

Riviera Plants Company Le Muy – Glasshouse graffiti

Posted on August 27, 2020May 4, 2021 by Charles van den Reek

On holiday in southern France, I spotted this Urbex location. A large number of glasshouses from a company called Riviera Plants Company Le Muy.
From the roadside, you can only see the glasshouse graffiti under a thick layer of ink.

This urbex location is easily accessible since it’s located next to the main road to Le Muy, and there are no security measures (August 2020). A lot of damage has been done to the glasshouse windows. Very carefully tried to enter the premises.

Very big utilities building, how ever, not accessible.

The office building was accessible! Looked like if the offices were abandoned in a rush. A lot of books, papers, and administrative stuff was still on the desks and in cupboards.

Notice the Registre Des Entrees & sorties du personnel. Strange to see these very, very person identifiable notes in a register for onboarding and exit personnel which is just wondering around an empty place. Not GDPR compliant;-).

At the General Manager’s office the keys and most favorite picture is still on the desk.

Overlooking the mountains of Le Muy and Vidauban in the beautiful region of the Provence. The company originated in the 1970’s, hence the old movie tape in beautiful iron cans.

Other Urbex shoots:
Abandoned factory NordRhein Westfalen
Station Montzen, Belgium
Village of Doel, Belgium
Fort de la Chartreuse, Liege, Belgium
Reading between the lines
Seminary burned down
Dirty Factory in Liège

Urbex abandoned factory Nordrhein westfalen

Posted on August 21, 2020May 4, 2021 by Charles van den Reek

Urbex abandoned factory Nordrhein westfalen – Urbex locations in Germany

Urbex photography, I love it. It’s difficult to find a real Urbex location. Today I got lucky. Originally I went for a trip to Landesschaftpark Duisburg-Nord, which is one of the Urbex locations in Germany along the Rhein route. On my route to Duisburg I did stumble upon this gorgeous abandoned factory in the region Nordrhein Westfalen.

The factory was left abandoned a while ago, the door was closed but unlocked. Meaning, I could enter the facility.

The beautiful round stairs where really decaying fast because of the water poring into the building.

The detail is truly magnificent, valves, pipes and meters, all still there.

The flooring was completely destroyed and the tanks where in the same shape. Buy hey, that is what we want on a location like this.

Surprise, even half a car was on stock.

Even more pipes, as time has done it’s work and always will do.

The hinge will remain there forever. This location came by accident since I was traveling to a whole different location in Nordrhein Westfalen. If they come to you as a surprise, you deserved them.

Other Urbex shoots:
Riviera Plants Company in Le Muy, France
Station Montzen, Belgium
Village of Doel, Belgium
Fort de la Chartreuse, Liege, Belgium
Reading between the lines
Urbex ikea wheels
Seminary burned down
Dirty Factory in Liège

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Urbex photography

Posted on April 24, 2019April 25, 2019 by Charles van den Reek

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Construction hall

Posted on October 23, 2018February 27, 2019 by Charles van den Reek

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