Tour Report: Chalk Factory 48 [DK]

We had explored an abandoned farmhouse and barn during our tour in early February 2018, and we had explored an abandoned mill. While we were sneaking through the old mill, it had started raining, and it hadn't stopped when we were done there.

My friend "Lost Places in Schleswig-Holstein und Umland" and I conferred if we should continue and decided to roughly drive in the direction of home and check out one more location on the way. It was an old factory that we had seen a few times driving by on the way somewhere else and always deemed "not so interesting" - but it was a possibility for a location with relatively short ways and ample parking space.

And it was. The place was near the off-ramp from the freeway on the edge of an industrial park. Since it was Sunday, there was no one around, and we could freely choose a place to park.

The old factory wasn't even fenced in. The place was wide open which made entering easy not only for us, but over the years apparently also for lots of teenagers, people dumping trash and graffiti "artists".

Anyway, we first checked out the main factory building. It wasn't huge, but there were still a few remains of the production machines - and a lot of chalk dust.

Afterwards, we went to check out the outside parts of the facility, and towards the end, we took a look in the storage rooms.

The attribute "not so interesting" is almost fitting. The place itself doesn't have much to offer in terms of photography - but if you look closely, there are some things to be found. And since it was on the way, it wasn't even a detour for us, so it was a worthwhile explore after all!

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Tour Report: The Mill in the Meadow [DK] [Revisit]

The second location that my friend "Lost Places in Schleswig-Holstein und Umland" and I visited on our short tour through Denmark two years ago was also a place that I'd visited once before - an old mill that my wife and I had discovered during a summer tour the year before.
Just like the first time, we had no trouble at all. We were able to park right in front of the location, which was pretty good because it started raining.
The access also was still the same - the door was open.
Unfortunately, some nicer details were missing, such as a few of the rusty vintage oil cans and the old telephone.
It's sad that these things were gone, since usually I'm too excited during a first visit to get all the details - which is why I really like revisits to get a closer look.
I still took the time to get a few shots that I'd missed the first time.
It was a pity that we only found the baby strollers in the basement after we'd packed everything back into the car and didn't want to get back out into the rain...
...but luckily, there was going to be another visit at this place in the future - so stay tuned!


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Tour Report: The Mill in the Meadow [DK]

We visited this abandoned mill in July of 2017. Every other year, my mother-in-law's family is holding a family reunion in Denmark. The last one was held on the island of Fyn, and we had planned to use at least some of the time to explore the abandoned side of Denmark.

My wife's mother came up to Kiel a couple of days before the reunion to stay with us. On the first day of the reunion (when everyone gathers at the place that we rent for the celebration), we first drove up North because I had gotten a tip regarding a nice little place that might be worth an exploration.

The detour wasn't too long, so we decided to check out this mill on the way up to the reunion.

As we started our drive, the weather looked good. However, as we drove North, more and more clouds darkened the skies and it started raining, and it didn't look like it was going to stop anytime soon.

But rain is something that has never spoiled an exploration for us, so we drove on towards our destination somewhere in the Danish countryside.

We could spot the mill from pretty far away; it stands lonely right next to a small river that used to power the mill works. And there was a parking spot right in front of the door, so we didn't have to walk too much through the pouring rain.

We got out of the car grabbed our gear and quickly walked to the large gate of the mill's barn - the gate was open.

The place had obviously been abandoned for quite some time, and the local populace has used it to dump some trash in it; but there was still a lot to discover, and the old wooden machines were all still there. It felt like a little time travel to see all the old wooden machines and transmissions, just like they'd been set up when the mill was built in the 1870s.

Some parts of the floors are a bit dangerous to walk on, and some floors already have started to collapse, but we still spent about two hours in there to check out all the details that could be found. There were even old Danish exercise books that belonged to children going to school. There were a lot of things to be discovered, and I did return twice since our first visit, so you can look forward to some more photos in the future.

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Old Mill N.

After exploring the old vacation camp deep in the forest, we walked back to the car. Upon arriving, we decided to take a look at the obviously abandoned building right across the bridge from where we parked. It was only a short walk, and we didn't expect much of the building which we assumed was a former mill. Entering was easy enough - the door was open.
From the inside, it looked like the last use was something like an office building or apartments or something like that. The only signs of the original use could be seen on the outside.
The interior was less than spectacular. Empty rooms, empty halls, some trash lying around. We were back out in a matter of about half an hour, which was good, because it was getting late and we still had to drive back to the hotel and find ourselves a nice place to have dinner.


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