ipernity: Belgium (F/D/L)

A trip through Belgium mainly, but also with short sidesteps to Germany, France and Luxembourg. We visited some abandoned industrial places, some historical sites, mines and so on. The journey will be described in reversed order, beginning in Calais and ending in Germany.

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Coal mine du Gouffre - Eastern Machine Hall - 29

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Coal mine du Gouffre - Coal handling building - 30

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To finally end this series about "Charbonnage n°10 du Gouffre", the last image, here an outlook from the coal handling building, where I began the series. Happy weekend and a good start in the week ahead ;-)

a rainy day in Charleroi

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Industrial area in Charleroi - some photos inside the old factory to the left will follow.

industrial decay

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Beautiful empty old factory hall, there are plenty of such buildings in Charleroi!

Hotel de Ville

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old 1936 poster with the "Hotel de Ville" tower of Charleroi

it's a rainy day inside

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unfortunately roofs of these old factory halls can be quite leaky ;-))

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rusty art

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There is a collective of artists in this abandoned old factory hall in Charleroi. One of the artists is Nicolas Buissart or "Nico". You can hardly find a better expert of Charleroi's history, especially of it's industry. His website, where you can contact him: www.nicolasbuissart.com . He also organizes adventure tours through Charleroi. see PiP!