Tour Report: The Lonely Jaguar

This was more or less a one-shot location. It was the first of four spots on a tour through Northern Germany in March of 2019. We had heard of this place, but never found the time to check it out, but when we were planning the tour, we thought that it was a good opportunity to put it on the list.

The house is located right at the edge of a small town with neighbors on one side and a field on the other, so to avoid being spotted right away, we had to approach from the field. We managed to find a parking place that wasn't too far away, but still low profile enough, and walked along the fence. When we had almost reached the end of the property, we found a hole in the fence and went in.

There was a lot of undergrowth, so it was hard to move around, but we made our way to the carport. And there it was - a beautiful old Jaguar Mark 2.

Of course, it wasn't in the best condition - there was plenty of rust on the outside, and parts of the interior had been stripped, but I was sure that the car could (and should) be restored. Someone else sure thought the same, because only a few months later, the car was towed away.

Also on the premises was a garage and a barn - both inaccessible - and a gazebo which supposedly was open, but we couldn't reach it because of the undergrowth surrounding it. The house itself was beautiful, but there wasn't any way in as well, so we had to be content with a few outside photos and the photos of the Jaguar.

It was a great start for our day trip!

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Tour Report: Rusty McBoatface

I had gotten a tip regarding the remains of an old brick port somewhere in the Northeastern part of Germany. A friend of mine showed me photos of an old rusty barge withering away between the trees, and I was convinced that I had to go check it out.
When we were on our tour with Nordgriller urbex back in October of 2017, we put the old barge on the list. It was pretty close to the railway bridge, so we planned it as our final spot for the day - and hoped for a sunny afternoon...
We weren't disappointed. I had gotten the coordinates for the barge as well as coordinates for a parking spot nearby. Nearby in  this case meant that we still had to walk for what felt like about forty-five minutes through the forest until we got to the barge.
The way was okay, though. It was a path that seemed to be used fairly often by dog walkers and the people living in the area. It led along a small channel that had been the connection from the brick port to the next larger river, so it already was part of our "historical" route towards the old ship.
After all - a lot of the bricks that were produced here and transported along this route were used to build the beautiful "Speicherstadt" (warehouse district) of Hamburg.
On the path along the channel, we also crossed the remains of an old bridge. The bridge itself was gone, but we still could see the abutments. Judging by the vegetation following the bridges remains, it used to be a railway bridge that was used to transport bricks and/or materials from and to the brickyard.
After a while, we reached the remains of the brick port. The brickyard itself had been torn down long before our visit and turned into a solar plant, so next to the old barge, only a few walls of the brick port remain and pay witness to the once busy industrial facility.
As we arrived, the sun began to set, and the scenery was filled with a beautiful light.
We took our time and walked around to get the barge from every possible angle before starting our walk back through the forest.
This really was a worthwhile location, and we really enjoyed this short trip!


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Tour Report: The Gravel Pit

The second day of our tour together with Freddy from Nordgriller Urbex back in November of 2016 took us to a region of Germany where we hadn't really explored before, so we were excited to see what our search for abandoned places would bring.

My mother-in-law was with us; she has been joining us for some tours over the past couple of years now and she's gotten more and more curious with every explore she was on.

And we got lucky - the first spot that we had decided on was an open air location, and the weather was really nice. There were some clouds at first, but the sun started showing as soon as we pulled up towards the old gravel pit early in the morning.

We gathered our gear and just walked right on to the premises. It seemed like it was sort of public, because every fifteen minutes or so, some car would drive through there or cyclists would ride around on the sand roads...even some joggers used the place as a training course...

But that didn't bother us. The place is pretty big, so we were on our own all the time and could climb around on the rusty old processing plants and conveyor belts.

Some parts of the floorboards were really rusty, especially towards the tops of the machines, so it got a bit dangerous to climb up there, but the view was really nice and was at least to some extent worth the risk.

We spent a total of about three hours or more exploring the place, and I'm sure we haven't discovered everything, but there were still some spots that we had planned, so we had to get back to the car and leave. But I'm sure that we'll have a revisit at some point in the future!

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New Video: Tour of the Border '17

Hi everyone! I just put up a new video on my Youtube-Channel.
It's just a short overview of the tour I took this past Sunday together with my wife and our firend Freddy from Nordgriller Urbex.

Check it out here:

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Ferropolis

On the day of our departure, I managed to persuade my parents to make a little detour on the way home to visit Ferropolis - the City of Iron.
This huge strip mine has been turned into a museum and event center with five gigantic excavators arranged to form an arena of rusting iron.
The mine itself has been flooded over a period of five years and is now an artificial lake.
Although this is not a "traditional" urbex location, it was a more than fascinating site to visit.
The weather had a great part in the photos. The rain was on and off, and it was pretty windy, so the clouds in exchange with the blue sky added some extra drama to the look og the photos.
My parents were fascinated as well, especially my father, who in his younger years originally had wanted to study mining and metallurgy before moving on and becoming a pharmacist, enjoyed this stop.
At the end of our visit, we drank a nice coffee and drove the remaining 400 kilomters home.


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