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Explore #47: Powerplant IM, Belgium – April 2014

May 13, 2014

Explore #5 of the 3 Eurovirgins and a Europro tour Next up on my Belgian weekender with the lovely guys and gal from Desolate Nation, Richard Gowen Photography and Rebecca Litchfield Photography was this vast industrial behemoth. Originally built in the 1920s Powerplant IM was once one of the largest coal-fired power stations in Belgium. The plant was extended to include gas power in the 1970s, but suffered negative media attention from the likes of Greenpeace, and was “mothballed” in…

Explore #46: Eglise SV, aka Church of Bones, Belgium – April 2014

May 12, 2014

Adam X

Belgium, Churches and religious

Explore #4 of the 3 Eurovirgins and a Europro tour After only a few precious hours of sleep our alarms were sounding at silly o’clock for day two of our Belgium exploring weekender. Despite the early hour I found it surprisingly easy to get up, thanks to my excited anticipation of what we had planned for the day, involving no fewer than 6 different sites. 🙂 First up was this beautiful old abandoned church. When it closed the bodies buried…

Explore #45: Zone Braams, Belgium – April 2014

April 29, 2014

Adam X

Belgium, Military Sites

Explore #3 of the 3 Eurovirgins and a Europro tour After exploring the CDC and Monastere Mont G, this was our third and final explore of Day One of our Belgium weekender. We might even have fitted in another explore, had it not been for spending the best part of 2 hours stuck in horrendous traffic jams going around the Brussells ring road – not what was needed after 32+ hours and counting without any sleep. History This former NATO…