Bonus Post #2 of the ‘Love Bears’ Tour

Here are a few more ‘non urbex’ shots, taken at various spots in and around Tbilisi…

Nutsubidze Plato 1 Apartments
Located in the Saburtalo District of Tbilisi, this trio of brutalist apartment blocks were designed by the architects Otar Kalandarishvili and Guizo Potskhishvili and constructed between 1974-1976. The apartments are still occupied to this day, with its lifts operated by coin, and the ‘sky bridge’ walkways falling into disrepair along with the rest of the buildings…

Nutsubidze Plato I 1 O. Kalandarishvili G. Potskhishvili apartment blocks skywalk sky bridge Brutalist architecture Tbilisi Georgia Soviet era Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

Entrance front Nutsubidze Plato 1 I Saburtalo District apartment blocks skywalk sky bridge Brutalist architecture Tbilisi Georgia Soviet era Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

Nutsubidze Plato I apartment blocks skywalk sky bridge Brutalist architecture Tbilisi Georgia Soviet era Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

View from bridge Nutsubidze Plato I apartment blocks skywalk sky bridge Brutalist architecture Tbilisi Georgia Soviet era Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

Standing on the bridge, it wasn’t exactly reassuring to see this hole going straight through the concrete!
Hole in bridge looking down Nutsubidze Plato I apartment blocks skywalk sky bridge Brutalist architecture Tbilisi Georgia Soviet era Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

Detail balcony Nutsubidze Plato I apartment blocks skywalk sky bridge Brutalist architecture Tbilisi Georgia Soviet era Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

Side view Entrance front Nutsubidze Plato 1 I Saburtalo District apartment blocks skywalk sky bridge Brutalist architecture Tbilisi Georgia Soviet era Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

View of other apartments Nutsubidze Plato 1 I Saburtalo District apartment blocks skywalk sky bridge Brutalist architecture Tbilisi Georgia Soviet era Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

apartment blocks Brutalist architecture Tbilisi Georgia Soviet era Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

Drone aerial view side Nutsubidze Plato 1 I Saburtalo District apartment blocks skywalk sky bridge Brutalist architecture Tbilisi Georgia Soviet era Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

I then launched my drone to capture some different perspectives of the apartments. This shot gives a good view of the three blocks and sky bridges between…
Drone aerial view side Mavic Pro 2 DJI Nutsubidze Plato 1 I Saburtalo District apartment blocks skywalk sky bridge Brutalist architecture Tbilisi Georgia Soviet era Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

Detail shot of apartments Drone aerial view side Nutsubidze Plato 1 I Saburtalo District apartment blocks skywalk sky bridge Brutalist architecture Tbilisi Georgia Soviet era Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

Drone aerial view side Nutsubidze Plato 1 I Saburtalo District apartment blocks skywalk sky bridge Brutalist architecture Tbilisi Georgia Soviet era Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

Drone aerial view side Nutsubidze Plato 1 I Saburtalo District apartment blocks skywalk sky bridge Brutalist architecture Tbilisi Georgia Soviet era Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

Looking straight down from above Drone aerial Nutsubidze Plato 1 I Saburtalo District apartment blocks skywalk sky bridge Brutalist architecture Tbilisi Georgia Soviet era Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

Drone aerial view side Nutsubidze Plato 1 I Saburtalo District apartment blocks skywalk sky bridge Brutalist architecture Tbilisi Georgia Soviet era Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

Laguna Vere Swimming Pool

We hoped to explore this semi-abandoned swimming pool, but on arrival discovered that a local business was now using the site to store vehicles. So I made do with a couple of very quick drone shots, and we were on our way…

Looking down over the bleachers, with the city in the background…
Stands bleachers drone from above aerial Laguna Vere swimming pool Tbilisi Georgia Soviet era Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

Stands bleachers drone from above aerial Laguna Vere swimming pool Tbilisi Georgia Soviet era Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

The long-disused water slide…
Water slide drone from above aerial Laguna Vere swimming pool Tbilisi Georgia Soviet era Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

Sunset over Tbilisi
One evening we clambered cross country to find this rather excellent vantage point over Tbilisi, and spent an enjoyable hour or so watching the sun set as we sipped neat rum from our hip flasks!

Georgia Tbilisi Night photograph photography sunset beautiful landscape best Adam X AdamXPhotos lights colourful architecture architectural

A drone shot…
Drone from above aerial DJI Mavic Pro 2 Georgia Tbilisi Night photograph photography sunset beautiful landscape best Adam X AdamXPhotos lights colourful architecture architectural

…and another shot from terra firma.
Georgia Tbilisi Night photograph photography sunset beautiful landscape best Adam X AdamXPhotos lights colourful architecture architectural

We then celebrated our final evening in Tbilisi with copious amounts of delicious traditional food and wine at a local restaurant.

Just as we were about to call it a night, our Airbnb host accosted James and me, and insisted that we join him for some of his homemade wine. We shared a whole jug of this mooonshine, only for him to produce a second jug. Our groans of drunken protestation fell on deaf ears, and we used google translate to toast yet more rounds “To friendship!”, “To freedom!”, “To women!”, “To Georgia!”… you get the picture…

Mechanics’ Garages / Workshop, Tbilisi
I’m a huge fan of Soviet-era murals, so the following morning I made it my mission to hunt down these ones at a Mechanics’ Garage on the outskirts of Tbilisi. James stayed in the car, barely alive with the mother of all hangovers from the wine the night before…

Soviet mural car cars mechanics garage workshop retro cool architecture Tbilisi Georgia Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 2019 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

Soviet mural car cars mechanics garage workshop retro cool architecture Tbilisi Georgia Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 2019 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

Soviet mural car cars mechanics garage workshop retro cool architecture Tbilisi Georgia Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 2019 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

Soviet mural car cars mechanics garage workshop retro cool architecture Tbilisi Georgia Adam X AdamXPhotos Urbex Urban Exploration 2018 2019 Abandoned Access History decay ruins lost forgotten derelict location creepy haunting eerie security

It was then time to bid a fond farewell to Tbilisi and head out into the Georgian countryside on the hunt for more abandoned architecture… more reports coming up very soon!

Thanks for stopping by.

Adam X