Tour Report: School "Eastern Engineering"

The last location we explored on our tour before the first CoViD lockdown in March 2020 was originally built as a military barracks. It was only after the war that the tank garages were converted into classrooms. A residential building was also added for the apprentices of the local steelworks. From the mid-1950s, the ensemble of buildings then served as an engineering school.

The area around the school is mostly wooded and not easily visible, so we were able to get close enough by car without being spotted. Of course, we still parked a little further away so as not to attract too much attention.

There wasn't really a fence, so we were able to seep in unhindered, so to speak.

When we entered the first building, we were immediately disappointed. Most areas of the school had been almost completely vandalized. There was graffiti everywhere - most of it of no artistic value whatsoever. Windows had been smashed, doors and walls had been kicked in, and the cable thieves had also left their mark.

So there was relatively little natural decay and correspondingly few worthwhile photo opportunities. Only the auditorium with its large stage and paneled ceiling still showed that the school was once a prestigious educational institution.

And so, after a relatively short time, we made our way home. We only found out later that there is also supposed to be a bunker on the site - but who knows, maybe there will be an opportunity for another visit at some point in the future...

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Tour Report: The School of Roses

From the car graveyard, we drove west parallel to the border, until we reached the next spot on our map - an abandoned "efterskolen" (boarding school). We didn't really have any expectations, since we only knew that the school had been closed for a couple of years. As we arrived, we saw that part of the premises is being used by a catering service, so we couldn't just roam around without asking.

So that's what we did.

We knocked on the door of the catering service. It took a while, but eventually, someone answered the door. We explained where we were from and asked if we could take a look at the old school. They told us that some buildings were unlocked, and that we were allowed to check those out. They didn't allow us to enter the buildings that were locked, becuase they apparently were being used for storage and other things.

So we took our time and walked around the premises.

The parts of the school that were open where almost completely ampty and without real decay, so it wasn't as spectacular as we'd hoped - but from the outside, the buildings looked really nice - espcially when the rain clouds came and were lit by the afternoon sun.

We still had one more location to check out, so we kept this visit short and drove further west...

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Tour Report: Boarding School S.

The final spot that we chose to explore on our "escape" from the family reunion in Denmark in August 2019 was an abandoned boarding school. We had checked the place out about two years earlier, but were unable to find an access.

This time, however, we got a tip that there might be an open door somewhere on the backside of the building, so of course, we had to check it out and give it a try.

Since we didn't know what to expect, we parked way off so no one would suspect anything except a couple of tourists on a hike. We also managed to find a way onto the premises without being seen by the neighbors.

It didn't take us long to find the open door our friend had told us about.

As we entered, we were amazed at the condition of the place. At the time, it had been abandoned for at least four years - but apparently, the place was secured pretty well, so that it had been spared the fate of being raided by copper thieves.

Although the school had been used to accommodate refugees from 2012 until 2015, there was still a lot of school-typical stuff, such as books and documents, instruments in the science rooms, and even a grand piano and a drum kit.

In the basement, we found a complete exercise room. At that point, we discovered that the place still had electricity - something that is not uncommon in abandoned places in Denmark.

The only downside of the pristine condition of the place was that there was no real decay - but that is complaining at a really high level ;)

After about 90 minutes, we had finished our exploration and headed back to the car, so we would be back with the family in time for dinner.

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Tour Report: School "Heart of the Mountain"

Having started out the day exploring two underground bunker complexes in the morning, it was time for something above ground, and not too far away, we had an abandoned school on our map. The drive only took about ten minutes, and we found a nice parking spot in the shade under some trees which is good around noon on a day in late July :)

Access was really easy - there was no fence around the building, and the door was open. There also was no one around; the school lies on the edge of a small village, and in the heat, most people probably just stayed indoors.

So we entered the building undisturbed and took our time exploring everything.

The main building was in surprisingly good condition - most of the windows were intact (some were boarded up), and even the vandalism was "within limits"!

After we were finished with the main building, we found a few classrooms behind the building. These had apparently been added at a later time and consisted only of thin prefabricated parts.

It was these classrooms that offered beautiful green decay!

Though this was by far no spectacular place, it was a really nice exploration due to the mostly "untouched" condition of the place - and the very calm mood that it transported in the lazy midday heat of a summer day.

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Tour Report: Professional School K.

It was still the second day of our three-day tour through Eastern Germany in May of last year. It was still raining, and it was already afternoon, so we only had time left for one more location. A friend of ours had given us a tip regarding an abandoned school somewhere in the area, and according to the coordinates, it wasn't too far.
So this was to be our third spot of the day. The drive was relatively short, and as we arrived, we found the location right in the middle of a residential area. No fences or anything.
And it was just as easy as it looked. We chose a public parking spot right in front of the location and walked right up to the place.
The front door was open, and we began our exploration. It was a pretty neat spot which was still clearly recognizable as a former school - and it had some pretty decent decay in it.
About halfway through our explore, I stumbled into a hole in the ground, but nothing much happend. It was only a couple of months later when I started having trouble with my knee, that I went to the doctor and found out that I had partially torn my patellar tendon...
Anyway, we finished our exploration of the abandoned school and then drove back to our "urbex base" (our friend's house) for a nice dinner.


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