czechia

So life got crazy, I blinked and now the big europe trip is but 2 weeks away and Im frantically trying to prepare everything all while studying and reading up on abandoned sites, bunkers, catacombs etc... While having a couple of urbex maps the many many spots...is a bit overwhelming ... I'd...

Another batch of images from my backlog of trips around Europe. Again with the usual suspects @Camera Shy @Cloth Head and @host Having visited Poland earlier in the year (report to come), searching for places had turned up quite a few around the Germany/Czechia/Poland border. So, the decision...

Well it's been a while since I've posted anything here! After a recent trip around the lands of the former Austro-Hungarian empire with @Camera Shy & @Cloth Head, I've got the enthusiasm to actually go through roughly 10 years of sites and actually get some reports done. First up was a small...

The sugar factory was built in the mid-nineteenth century. The characteristic factory complex is one of the oldest in the region and one of the few preserved to this day. Over the years, it has been modernized and expanded many times. The plant closed in the 1980s. Full set (26 pics): LINK

For years forgotten power plant produced electricity for paper mill. Located in a small town in a mountain valley, operated until the 1990s. The building on the riverside is taken over by nature. Full Set: LINK

The factory was owned by the most eminent Czech businessmen of the 19th century. Carpets were produced here and then exported all over the world. During World War II, the machines were used to produce blankets for the German army. The post-war nationalization of the plant resulted in the...

A little history on the place The Stadion Za Lužánkami sits in the city of Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic. The stadium was constructed between 1949-1953 and in the 1960's to 1970's was the largest football stadium in the then Czechoslovakia. The stadium still holds the...

History/Background: This Art Nouveau villa was built in 1905 on the southwest edge of the Pisárka district of Brno, Czech Republic. It served different functions before it was abandoned - it was initially constructed as a German school, then was repurposed into a pub and inn in the 1920s then...

I have waited so long to get into this place, I visit Jicin every year and finally – thanks to my mate Steve and special thanks to Stěfán who made this possible – we spent over two hours viewing reminders of communism and a lovely old building. It was built in 1655 as a Jesuit College, it...