🌙 Abandoned town of Doel

in #photography7 years ago (edited)

Last summer I visited the abandoned town of Doel, that is supposed to be haunted. See, it got drained quite some years ago when the government wanted to expand the harbor.

I went there with some friends, wanting to see what all the fuss was about. This adventure ended up with us in the midst of a post-apocalyptic looking setting, where amazing artists shared their work on the old, left behind buildings.

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We are all brothers underneath the skin.

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The old asylum, daunting as ever.

If ever possible, I urge everyone to go and experience this place!

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I'd love to see more. Please post 'em if you got 'em.

Thanks, that's always nice to hear! I think I maybe do, will dive in to the archieves for them..

Amazing! Awesome pics, I'd love to go there, or to any other "haunted" place

It really did have a sense of being haunted to it, especially the old church and graveyard beside it!

The last time I was in Belgium was in 1971, I was getting ready to go on a 6 week, 9 country bicycle tour.

That's awesome! I once did one from The Netherlands to Spain when I was 16, which I already found pretty intense. Which countries did you end up crossing?

We did a loop- Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Yugoslavia, Germany, Netherlands, and back to Belgium. Here is an old post with some of the story. https://steemit.com/poetry/@beginningtoend/cycling-the-lepontine-alps