Belgium
The Last Bus Stop.
by Huib on Feb.09, 2010, under Abandoned, Belgium, Urban exploration
The first exploration this year, and the first in a long time… Sorry that I forgot to update 
Somewhere you can find this beautifull place, it isn’t really old or real urbex but its a cool place, the busses stand inside a building still in use so we entered it with some risk.
While looking arround we noticed that there where some lights burning, and sounds comming from the outside, there was even a dog barking and I really hate dogs…
I don’t really love all the picutres I made, but some of them rock and the location did rock
Dadipark
by Huib on Oct.17, 2009, under Abandoned, Belgium, Leisure
This abandoned themepark made a small town famous. The story starts in October 1949 when priest Deweer opened a small park. In 1950 it started as a test under the name Daiselpark.
In the year 2000 it all went wrong, when a boy lost his arm in a toy jet and people started complaining about the security. From then on, fewer people visited the park every year.
In 2002 the park closed. It was planned to be closed for a year but in 2003 it didn’t open again and the place that once brought so much joy is now rotting away. Nature is trying to take it over and there are no future plans for this beautiful place.
Hofstade
by Huib on Oct.03, 2009, under Abandoned, Belgium, Leisure
The history of this domein in Hofstade starts in the year 1910. Because more people where using the train, the national railway company wanted to add a new line for freight trains. For safety of motorways and the Leuven canal the railway is placed on an elevated bank. The ground to build the banks is taken from the lands south of Hofstade. The work stopped in 1912 when the First World War started. During these years the digged holes filled with water creating two lakes. After the war the digging continued and the lakes grew.
In the 1920 the domain became a touristic paradise. More and more people went there in warm summers to search for cool water. In 1925 the city of Mechelen claimed the lakes; they needed them to provide the city of water. The lakes were fenced off and armed guards protected the place.
It took until 1933 before the domain got public again. A private company run the place and opened a small beach and some catering buildings around it. The following years the place got busier every day, about 35.000 people enjoyed the beach on a sunny day.
The open air swimming pool was built on the old beach. The pool is 100 by 50 meter and was 1.60 meters deep. This open air pool was the biggest in Europe for several years.
Today the domain is still used for sport and recreation by a organisation named Bloso, but the glory years are gone. The swimming pool got abandoned in 1990 when the new beach opened. Now the fresh blue tiles took place for grey concrete with dark dirty water, a sad ending for a place that brought so much joy.
Hélène des Champs Lingerie
by Huib on Sep.20, 2009, under Abandoned, Belgium, Textile
Close to the abandoned DeWE factory in Belgium there is a lingerie factory specialized in bigger sized quality lingerie. In 1998 the company went bankrupt and had to leave the factory and 20 employees lost there jobs.
Currently Hélène des Champs brand is produced by a new company in a new building.
Noisy
by Huib on Aug.03, 2009, under Abandoned, Belgium, Residental
A while ago Vinnie and I traveled a long way to Castle Noisy, we went there because every urbexer need to go there someday so we travelled 2.3 hours to go there. I liked the location and I liked the trip, but it isn’t a real beautifull location, I think we all would agree that only the outside it beautifull.
Some history:
The official name of the castle is Château Miranda, later named Home de Noisy.
The first owner was Graaf de Liedekerke-Beaufort, he lived in the castle from 1816 to 1890. During the French revolution, the family of the Count from Liedekerke-Beaufort has left the nearby castle of Vèves to hide in a farm outside the village. After the revolution, the farm took the name of castle and finally became this gigantic house. The castle is built in 1866 by an English architect called Milner.
After WWII inherits of this family leave the castle. From the 1950’s the castle is used for 20 years by the national railway company NMBS. The castle was used as a home for the children of the NMBS employees.
After the 1970’s the castle was used for sport and activity camps for children. In 1991 the castle is abandoned.