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Explore #236: Adria Palace, Budapest, Hungary – September 2018

April 22, 2020

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

Explore #5 of the ‘Lightweights & Heavyweights’ Tour The final explore of our long weekend in and around Budapest was a gorgeous neo-baroque ‘palace’… History (abridged and rewritten from here and here) Built between 1900 and 1902, the Adria Palace was designed by Artúr Meinig as the headquarters of the Adria Royal Hungarian Sea Navigation Company. It has a twin building in the Croatian port of Rijeka which still retains it original function, being the headquarters of the Jadrolinija shipping…

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Explore #235: Inota November 7 Thermal Power Plant, aka Blade Runner 2049 / Shephard’s Power Plant, Hungary – September 2018

April 14, 2020

Adam X

Hungary, Industrial & Commercial Sites

Explore #4 of the ‘Lightweights & Heavyweights’ Tour After our impromptu but very enjoyable mooch around Hajmaskér Barracks we headed back in the late afternoon to have another crack at infiltrating this large decaying power plant. A recce earlier in the day had been aborted due to numerous workers being on site undertaking demolition works. History (translated, abridged and rewritten from Wikipedia) Construction of the Inota thermal power plant began in March 1950, with the installation of various technical equipment…

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Explore #234: Hajmaskér Barracks, Hungary – September 2018

February 29, 2020

Adam X

Hungary, Military Sites, Recommended Reports - some selected highlights

Explore #3 of the ‘Lightweights & Heavyweights’ Tour After our bucket list explore of Kelenföld Power Station we enjoyed a well-deserved McDonald’s breakfast, and then headed out of Budapest. Our next target was another huge derelict power station, but upon arrival there we found that demolition had started and the place was crawling with workers. So we decided to move on to another site we had pinned on our map – an abandoned military barracks… History (abridged and rewritten from…