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Explore #79: Villa Directeur, Belgium – August 2014

September 25, 2014

Belgium, Industrial & Commercial Sites, Palaces, Castles & Mansions

Explore #1 of the Gigawatts & Megalolz Tour Another summer weekend, another trip to Europe. This time back to Belgium for a great 3 days packed full of varied and interesting locations and loads of laughs – megalolz even! We rolled off the ferry around 1am and were greeted with torrential rain and the fiercest lighting storm I’ve seen in a long long time – the kind where you can’t help but go “woah!……… WOAH!!!!!…… …… WOOOOOOOAAAAHHHH!!!” with each spectacular…

Explore #65: Maison du Doctor Gentil, Belgium – June 2014

July 18, 2014

Adam X

Belgium, Farms, Country Cottages and Smaller Houses, Industrial & Commercial Sites

Explore #10 of the Operation Baguette tour After three successful explores already that morning time was running short on the last day of our France and Belgium weekender, but we figured that we had just enough time to try this former eurology doctor’s house and clinic located in a small Belgian village. I don’t have any history on the place, but it appears to have been uninhabited for a while, with many personal possessions remaining. Our Explore To be honest…

Explore #64: Prison 11, Belgium – June 2014

July 14, 2014

Adam X

Belgium, Industrial & Commercial Sites, Military Sites

Explore #9 of the Operation Baguette tour After a thoroughly enjoyable explore of Lycée V it was straight on to the third location of the day at this former army barracks. For some reason the site is codenamed ‘Prison 11’ by European urbexers – possibly because of the small outbuilding which has some very old cells where unruly soldiers were once interned? History The barracks on this site date back to the late 1800s, with great emphasis placed on the…