Operation Baguette

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

July 18, 2014

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…

Explore #63: Lycée V, Belgium – June 2014

July 8, 2014

Adam X

Belgium, Schools and Educational

Explore #8 of the Operation Baguette tour It was only 7.15am when we arrived at what was already our second location of the day – this abandoned school, located slap-bang in the middle of a busy Belgian town. I haven’t been able to locate much history on this place, other than it used to be a girls’ school and now it’s closed and is being slowly reclaimed by nature. The light, colours and textures of this place had always really…