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Adam X Alla Italia Belgium Urbex Urban Exploration ceiling shot looking up paintings artwork carving statues windows

Explores #88 and #88a (revisit): Alla Italia health spa, Belgium – August and September 2014

November 28, 2014

Explore #11 of the Gigawatts & Megalolz Tour The final day of our Belgian weekender was another stupidly early start, so that we could make our entrance to this beautiful former spa whilst still under the cover of darkness. As with The Grand Hotel Regnier I also ended up paying a revisit to this location a month or so later, so have combined my shots from both visits into this single report. History I can’t say much about this location,…

Explore #87 and #87a (revisit): Grand Hotel Regnier, Belgium – August and September 2014

November 10, 2014

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Belgium, Derps and Miscellaneous, Industrial & Commercial Sites, Palaces, Castles & Mansions, Recommended Reports - some selected highlights

Explore #9 of the Gigawatts & Megalolz Tour The penultimate location on Day Two of our trip was this wonderful old hotel, set in a beautiful gorge in the South Belgian countryside. History The Grand Hotel Regnier was built around 1904, but sadly it has been closed for many years since the business went bust. The elderly owner still lives nearby, and mourns the continuing and inevitable decline of this once grand building. Our Explore I had wanted to visit…

Adam X Urbex Urban Exploration Orient Express internal carriage

Explore #86: Orient Express train, Belgium – August 2014

November 8, 2014

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Belgium, Derps and Miscellaneous, Industrial & Commercial Sites

Explore #8 of the Gigawatts & Megalolz Tour. After Powerplant Gigawatt and Hotel Allegria, the third location on Day Two of our tour was this wonderful old train, slowly decaying in a siding in a still-live train yard somewhere in Belgium. I haven’t been able to find any history of this train I’m afraid, so I’ll crack straight on with the photos. My abiding memories of the train were the itchy-as-hell seats, and the absolutely sweltering heat – it was…