A somewhat lackluster urban exploration spot. A former German power plant that even served as a museum in the past, but is now abandoned. Although, if I’m not mistaken, events are still held there occasionally, and it’s clear that the site is still at least somewhat maintained. We were supposed to stop by there on our way to the excavator, and another group of urban explorers—who had apparently already been there and knew the way in—were supposed to show us around. However, after visiting the excavator, they basically stood us up, to put it politely, and couldn’t even properly describe how to get into the main building. So we went there on our own and managed to explore only part of it—the adjacent building, where, however, there is an old locomotive and a model of the entire power plant on display. Since we arrived at the site with absolutely no information and weren’t sure if anyone was guarding the premises, or if there were cameras or sensors there, and we couldn’t find an entrance from the overgrown rear section, we decided to give up out of fear of hefty German fines, planning to return another time and properly research everything beforehand. This decision turned out to be a very lucky one, because the moment we climbed over the fence out of the grounds, a German security company’s car was already parked in front of the main gate. I doubt they were there because of us—if they were, they probably would have caught us by now—it was likely just a routine inspection, but I wouldn’t have wanted to run into them inside.

A place that’s fairly well-known in the media and not hard to find. The owner assembled his collection of cars a long time ago, intending to restore them one by one. However, due to a car accident, he ended up in a wheelchair, and since then the cars have been sitting motionless in the middle of the forest, not far from his house. The place has an incredible charm, and since I’m interested in cars myself, I’ve wanted to visit for a long time. Besides, there are also several relatively rare and unusual models there, which are unfortunately in rather poor condition

A man convicted of the brutal murder of his wife was reportedly living in this house. According to newspaper articles, the murder took place relatively recently, but the house looks as if it has been abandoned for much longer, so I assume he was already living elsewhere at the time of the murder. Of course, that doesn’t rule out the possibility that he might have owned the house or lived there a long time ago. Most of the belongings and furnishings are still inside, but the house is in quite a state of disarray. I didn’t dare go up to the top floor because of the condition of the floor. It wasn’t until later that I found out the electricity in the house is still supposed to be working and you can turn on the light in one room—too bad, I’d love to try it. For some reason, I feel like that always adds a certain charm to a place.

An old abandoned camp isn't exactly a fascinating place. So I decided to visit at night for the spooky atmosphere, and it certainly didn't disappoint.

It was built in the mid-1920s for Czech-speaking pupils. About 20 years ago, the local schools were merged, and it has been dilapidated ever since. Not much of the furnishings remain, but it's still a nice place to visit. Unfortunately my phone betrayed me on the way, so I have to use the photos my partner took.

I don't know if it belongs here, but it's abandoned and I've seen it in a couple of albums:)

This time a location I know nothing about. Possibly a former auto body shop, judging by the wheel balancer and the C-bombs. Such a small urbex for a few minutes, but I was pleasantly surprised at how much equipment and rather valuable stuff was left there, considering the location. Of all the urbexes in the area, it's definitely the best preserved.

We went here rather blindly, with the information that there were supposed to be buildings of former freezers and a brewery and a large underground underneath. However, no one expected it to be this big. Several floors of cellars and huge, old corridors underneath. The buildings are in a state of disrepair, there is nothing left of the original equipment, the roof has long since fallen off in many places, apart from debris and occasional piles of rubbish, there is actually nothing here. But the underground labyrinth still has an amazing atmosphere.

For me a really good urbex, it's just a pity that we had to leave after a while. According to traceable information, the chemical plant has been operating since 1933, the site is even a bit older and the buildings housed other companies before that. In the last years of operation, detergents and degreasers were produced here. It finally closed in 2009, some parts of which look like their demise came many years earlier.

It is a "pseudo-renaissance" castle that was converted into a factory convalescent home sometime during the previous regime. Since the beginning of the 90s it was operated as a hotel, probably until 2006 (I haven't found much information about it, so I'm guessing). However, the plans were ruined by the economic crisis and so the hotel (castle) including 2 adjacent cottages is still dilapidated...

another, not very interesting quickie, a kind of local pass. It should be a former monastery, which was used by the army during the previous regime and has been decaying ever since. The pentagram on the attic gives it a rather creepy atmosphere. And the turret has a nice view of the surrounding area.

We have visited this famous Urbex castle, located near Mělník, before the new owner bought it. We had already heard that it was probably already secured and that the people taking care of it were quite aggressive. But today we saw it for ourselves. I would just like to stress that we did not go into the castle, which has no trespassing signs around it, out of respect for the people trying to save it. But on our last visit we missed a couple of buildings located outside its walls and since today was a drive by we decided to take a peek. We came along a path where we didn't have to climb over a fence or pass a no trespassing sign (yes we saw it, but it was located just behind the buildings we wanted to enter and prohibited access to the "castle site". Since the construction site was not marked in any way, we figured it was the sign that marked it and it starts after it) We entered the building through the wide open door, walked through the few accessible rooms and quietly left the same way. ( I don't rate whether we had anything to do there or not, I think every urbexer knows the risks and knows they are on thin ice. I'm not addressing the fact that the owner is policing his property, I fully understand that. (I'm only addressing his behavior...) As we were sitting in the car getting ready to leave a van pulled up and the driver confronted us about what we were doing there. Of course we tried to apologize and explain our penchant for urbex as politely as possible. Unfortunately it was futile, he wouldn't even let us finish. After a while he said that if he saw us again he would beat us up or shoot us, that he didn't care. My still polite response by asking him if it was necessary for him to threaten us with death here led him to shouting and swearing at the oxen. After our last effort to calm the situation by saying "sorry but don't yell at us" he started to climb out of the car and all indications were that he wanted to confront us physically and not just verbally. At that moment my friend hit the accelerator and drove off, which was probably the most sensible solution, otherwise the situation would have only escalated more... WITH THIS POST I JUST WANT TO WARN OTHER URBEXERS NOT TO GO TO THE CASTLE OR ITS SURROUNDINGS. Apart from our, still relatively calm, incident, I read on one urbex group about another group of urbexers who were probably attacked by the same person with an iron bar. I guess it's not really worth it...

Another late-night quickie. The house is located on the edge of a village which, like any other, is surely full of observant neighbours. And running around at night with a torch is certainly not inconspicuous.

I don't normally go to urbex at night, but this one wasn't even planned. While wandering around at night we came across a couple of houses shrouded in darkness. Expectations weren't high, and in the end they weren't surpassed, but the actual album probably deserves it. After all, I've been to "worse" urbexes...

I had already seen the abandoned castle, located at the end of a village, last year, but I didn't get inside (although, as I found out today, the shaft next to the castle leading underground, which last time I thought was a remnant of a cesspool and preferred not to go into it, led to the cellar). Today, for the second time, however, I succeeded. Unfortunately, there is not much left inside, the building shows the beginnings of a never-finished reconstruction, during which all the remaining equipment was cleared out. Only two out-of-tune pianos dominate the interior.

The Baroque castle, which is unfortunately in a rather deplorable state except for the chapel

although the boats have probably not been repaired here for quite a long time, the area looks as if it is still partially used. One of the buildings is probably a hostel and there are several parked machines, which are definitely not abandoned. Getting into the halls is a bit of a challenge, but nothing impossible. Apart from a few presumably marine engines and gensets, there are also 3 large river boats and a police boat... Eventually there was a climb up one of the cranes.

Definitely the best preserved place I've visited so far, the tap is still running and you can even turn on the light in one room. The building is located very close to the gatehouse of one of the complexes, where a guard still sits, it is directly adjacent to a building that is still in use, and through the windows you can see in not only from the premises, but also from outside, where quite a few people move around during the day, this is probably enough to deter vandals and thieves. Some of the rooms are all cluttered up, but some of them could just be swept up slowly and you wouldn't even know that they have been abandoned for several years.