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School closed for Christmas (NOR)
It sure doesn’t look like it’s Christmas in about two weeks, but all these pictures was taken today. As my Christmas holiday is pretty early this year, I suddenly had time to visit this abandoned school just before every school in the country close for Christmas. In this case, the school never opened again. And it […]
SEA VIEW SANATORIUM – PART 2/2 (NOR)
Here comes part two of my pictures from Sea View Sanatorium. If you want to see part 1 and read some of the info about the place, click here. The view from 3rd floor. Bottles found on the property. The poster says “Most of the child accidents can be avoided”. An old projector in a […]
Sea View Sanatorium – Part 1/2 (NOR)
The Norwegian summer seems to be long gone.. That’s too bad, as the fjords and valleys looks better in sunshine than in rain. This trip was made to one of Norway’s most famous fjords, where an huge old sanatorium was built in 1902, when tuberculosis was ravaging Europe. The building itself was built 500 meters […]
Underground gunpowder factory (SWE)
It’s been quite some time since the last time I posted anything on here. For different reasons, there has been little or no time for that. But now that I’m back, I’ll give you a famous Swedish gunpowder factory. If you’re interested in urban exploring, you’ve probably seen the place before or been there. If […]
Faded Walls – Part 2 (NOR)
Here is the last part of pictures from this place. This is from our second visit. It turned out we didn’t fully investigate the house the first time. Some times you just get the feeling that you missed something, or you want to go back because you got some pictures you’re not happy with or […]
Faded Walls – Part 1 (NOR)
Okey, so here are some pictures from my first Urban Exploring trip of the year. The cold and dark winter has made UE-trips a bit more challenging. But now the snow is gone and the temperatures are rising above well above 10 degrees! A friend of mine, who also joined this trip, discovered this particular […]
Something unsettled and forgotten (NOR)
These are some of the pictures my friend and I took on the first location of our Saturday-trip. (The first batch of pictures from the second location can be seen here: The Green Lantern”) I have decided, out of respect for those that lived here, to keep this location a secret, and therefore I will […]
The Green Lantern (NOR)
The winter has arrived, and the temperature is dropping below zero, so why not spend these cold days on urban exploring? When you’re out exploring urban areas, you’ll start asking yourself questions concerning the place you’re exploring, and these questions needs answers! A huge part of urban exploring actually involves history. This warm Saturday of […]
Nursing home (NOR)
This is a nursing home about an hour away from Oslo by car. We visited this location on the same day we visited Lier Mental Hospital. At first we couldn’t find a way in, but with just a little creativity we managed to get in through a window. The place was, unfortunately, strongly affected by […]
Lier Mental Hospital (NOR)
These are a collection of pictures from the mental hospital in Lier, Norway, built in 1920. Because of it’s fame, not only in the UE-community but also in the general public, and considering the fact that it will soon be demolished, I couldn’t be bothered with keeping the location secret. Since winter is right around […]
Roots in the past 