belgium

Here’s four small sites from the Wallonian region of Belgium. Not meritworthy of individual reviews, but they make a nice quartet. They’ve never been covered on here before and probably won’t be covered again. Big up to @Bikin Glynn for a couple of the locations. 1. Old out-building, Walcourt...

1. The History Poudrerie de Doische is located on the outskirts of Matagne-la-Grande, in the province of Namur, Belgium. It was once a thriving gunpowder factory during the boom of the Belgian explosives industry, which played an important economic role from the late 19th century onwards. The...

Ardenne Hotel I dont have any history on this one but like many in the region this place has fell foul of lack of custom & became redundant. Its a shame as tucked on the edge of a small town in the ardenne region of Belgium its a sublime location. Explored this one on a road trip back early...

1. The History Power Plant IM was originally built in 1921 in the Monceau-sur-Sambre neighbourhood of the Belgium city of Charleroi. After its completion it was one of the largest coal burning power plants in country. Water was let into the cooling tower where it would be cooled by the wind that...

1. The History The modernist leisure centre of Amicale Solvay is located in Couillet, in Belgian city of Charleroi and was built to celebrate the company’s 75th anniversary. It takes its name from Ernest Solvay (1838-1922) and his brother Alfred who chose Couillet as the location to set up their...

On our visit to belguim we went to a this location after finally gaining access soaked in grease and oil due to previous explorers soaking the floor in oil and grease. Entering one section seeing the old vintage trains and carragies was pretty surreal aeeing the size of them and the scale of...

Église Saint-Georges Popped in this lovely little church on a recent solo jaunt overseas. Nestled in a sleepy village its a beautiful place but has been appearing a lot on the net & is far too easy to find. Fortunately the nature of the village means most people respect this location...

1. The History Located in Cheratte, a district of the Belgian town of Visé in the Walloon Region in the province of Liège, the coal mine of Hasard de Cheratte opened in 1907. Also known as Charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte and Cheratte 10, it was owned by the Company Société anonyme des...

1. The History The former NATO Control and Reporting Centre radar station in Glons is located in the Liege province of Belgium. It was established in 1955 and it served for 66 years as a critical air defence monitoring centre for Belgium and Luxembourg, as part of the NATO Air Defence Ground...

1. The History This is a large laundry situated in a Flemish region of Belgium. There’s next-to-no information on this large site. I haven’t even been able to find the name of the business; however, it appears to have finished operations and closed down somewhere between June 2018 and August...

1. The History The former Scholteshof restaurant and hotel complex is located on an 11-hectacre estate to the north of the Belgium village of Stevoort, near Hasselt. Built in 1742 and formally the home of the Bailiff of Steevoort, the former 18th-century farmstead was acquired by legendary...

1. The History Wergifosse mine is located 3km south-west of the town of the Belgium town of Herve in the Liege coal-mining area. The construction of the mine began in September, 1870, in response to the European-wide rise in the demand for coal. It was built by the Herve-Wergifosse Coal Mining...

Charbonnage du renard Well known place this but its still rather cool Charbonnage du Renard was a significant Belgian coal mine It grew into one of the region's largest coal producers during the 18th and 19th centuries. Like many Belgian mines, it faced closure during the coal crisis after...

I visited this site on 17 Nov 25 as part of a wider visit to Charleroi. I was quite short of time so I only visited the cooling tower and some of the adjacent ancillaries. Parking was very easy (about 100m up the road) and it was pretty much a walk in with no signs of security. As I was on...

I visited this well-documented and iconic site in the late evening of 17 Nov 25.as part of a wider recce to Charleroi. I probably arrived just a little too late to explore as the light was failing - but managed a few pictures before the lack of light stopped the explore. Access is supremely...