LuxUrbex - Urban Exploration and Urbex Photography in Luxembourg

There have not been new explorations since this week-end because I was sick over the last few weeks. Fortunately I am back for good and ready for new explorations. That's what I did already twice this week-end to a closed, but not abandoned, hospital in Germany. I first went there with Michael and his girlfriend together with Carina and Gennaro. Today I returned back together with some very nice guys from Philadelphia (USA), Matt, Kevin and Mark together with two friends from the Netherlands, Martino and Bart, and Gennaro. Both explorations were very short although the place is really huge, but there are not so many things to see there. You may have a look at the first pictures in the Krankenhaus gallery under Public Infrastructure.... As always... stay tuned... more pictures will follow shortly.

And may be you should also have a look in the Centrale U Gallery. I have added some pictures and I am still processing some others. But due to my sickness I was not really motivated to work a lot on post-processing.

This week-end the daylight saving time has been changed and I had arranged with Andy, Simone, Edy and Gennaro to visit a recently abandoned coal mine in Germany. We went up very early and met at 7 o'clock in the morning to start our trip. Due to the time change I went to bed earlier to be fit for that long trip and photo session the following day. We have planned our route well and also analysed the best way to get on the territory of the colliery. So, we arrived before 11 o'clock at the colliery and we have stayed for about 6 hours in the buildings taking some very nice pictures. Unfortunately we did not find the locker-room and the room where the miners lamps have been charged but I think these buildings were in use that day. The lamps were on in some of the smaller buildings and as we approached them we were seen by security guards. After a small chase and race we could escape them and leave the territory without being caught. That's the first time we decided to run instead of trying to negociate with the guards and I think it was a good idea because it was late and we had still a long trip back to Luxembourg. Waiting for the police and get arrested on a sunday after-noon is probably the worst thing that could have happened to us at this time because we were really tired and glad to drink a beer together and leave early to be at home at about 10 o'clock PM.

The pictures can be found under Zeche Tausend Feuer in the Industrial Gallery. The name is fake in order to protect the place.

Finally the winter said goodbye and the new exploration season has already started in a very eventful way. After the latest visits of Chambre du Commerce and Chateau du Loup I went together with my fellow urbex companions Andy, Simone and Ben to a electrical power station known by the pseudonym ECVB. This building complex is large enough to stay there the whole day. Unfortunately the weather was really awful yesterday, so I could not take advantage of the amazing outside views I had from the upper floors and the roof of the building. But it is probably not the last time I visited this place because we had not enough time to visit everything.

Up to now I have only processed the first picture I have uploaded in the gallery ECVB Power Station in the Industrial Gallery. I have still to process a lot of pictures from this location and also from the locations I visited the last week. So, as always, don't forget to get back recently to see the latest additions for ECVB.

And finally, I did some industrial speleology this saturday. Unfortunately the mine I intended to visit in Moulaine has been closed very well and I could not take new shots of some pictures that failed the last time I was there. But I was not very sad to see this mine closed because it is one of the most beautiful mines to visit in the whole region and the fact that it has been closed is a way to protect it from thieves too. So we decided to visit another mine. But I will not disclose the name of the mine we have visited and pictures are only accessible to registered/trusted spelunkers. But I have made the pictures of Moulaine publicly available because the mine is not accessible anymore.

Yesterday was a very long exploration day. I left Luxembourg together with Gennaro at 8 o'clock. We had 3 locations on our list, Chambre du Commerce, Chateau du Loup and ECVB. It is nearly impossible to do those 3 locations in one day if you intend to take good photographs and not only snapshots (this kind of evidences to tell the others that you were there too ). So we decided to start with Chambre du Commerce because this is the most difficult and dangerous location of those three. I was very lucky because I have met Suspiciousminds, NeQo and Christophe in front of the building and we managed to get in all together. The three fellow urbexer did not stay very long into the building because there is a very high risk to get seen and arrested there. I have heard multiple stories of Urbexers that have been caught there these last days. I stayed there for more than one hour and after Gennaro has seen a security guard, we have decided to leave this hot place before being caught. Even the neighbors call the police if they see intruders in the building. But I think I have done some very nice pictures that can be found in the Chambre du Commerce Gallery under Public Infrastructure.

As the reconversion of Chateau du Loup has now just started, we decided to continue to this castle and to keep ECVB for another day. It is the second time I went there but this time I could gain access to the building and I think, both of us have made some very nice pictures from this location and we made the acquaintance of two very nice explorers that went there the same time as we did.. The pictures can be found under Chateau du Loup under Residential.

I was back at home at 8 o'clock PM and I quickly sorted out the best pictures. Now I am still processing the pictures and I will add pictures in both galleries as soon as I have processed them. So don't forget to come back regularly to check for new additions.

Although I have planned to do less explorations and to enlarge my photographic horizon by experimenting in other directions, I always get back to urban exploration. And the more I try to change my habits, the more explorations I do. Urbex is a strange little addiction.

So, this Sunday I went back for the third time to the university to visit the next building of the campus. I am still processing my pictures but I have already uploaded the first in the University gallery under public infrastructure. And again, Andy, Simone and Gennaro were my companions for that day.

Today I made a little trip through Luxembourg and I have visited four abandoned houses together with Misch. We have seen some farming houses and some small abandoned family houses. The highlight of the day was the Maison Thiry. I have already uploaded the first two pictures under Others in the residential galleries.

Be sure to come back regularly because I have still to process a lot of pictures concerning both locations.

Yesterday, I went together with some fellow urbexers, Andy, Simone and Gennaro to an abandoned university. The exploration was quite adventurous and I think that all of us made some nice pictures although we have visited only one of the four buildings thoroughly. This means that we will have to go back to continue our exploration very soon because the place is really huge and I am sure the other buildings contain some more amazing architectural treasures.

I am still processing my pictures but I have already started to upload a couple of them. You may find the pictures under Public -> University.

Don't forget to come back regularly to check for new pictures of the University and Black Darling.