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Yesterday I stumbled upon a really interesting website, urbex.nl. The website is dedicated to ‘urban exploring’, something I honestly never heard of before. Urbex activists explore abandoned places all over the globe: old castles, to-be-demolished industry zones, abandoned train stations and much more. This “hobby” raised my attention especially after looking at some pictures on that website (especially the residential ones, like the ‘ghost’ castles in Namur). Wouldn’t it be great to explore such a huge place, without anybody interrupting your adventure?

So I had to try it myself. There is a little abandoned farm just over the bridge where I live, approx. 1km from my home. I used to cycle in that area when I went to high school, and the building always got my attention when passing by. I decided to grab some quick pictures, hopefully without disturbing any temporary inhabitants. The result? The photo on the left.

As you can see, there are fences in front of the building, recently added, I suspect to keep falling parts off the road. A lot of rich people (meaning huge penthouses) live in that area, they wouldn’t like to have a little scratch on their big Mercedes SUV, wouldn’t they. This farm was built near (but now you can say in) the woods, not in the residential area. Problem: entering the building without damaging anything. The fences are closed, climbing would raise suspicion (and might tear my clothes, heh). Luckily I found a way through the trees at the back of the house.

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