Tour Report: Children's Home "Algae Bloom"

It was December, and we had planned a short explore for our traditional annual Christmas tour. Just like in the years before, our plan was to go West and check out a few spots along the North Sea.
As always, we were accompanied by my mother-in-law, and this time our friend Freddy from Nordgriller Urbex was also with us.
The first location that we had on our list was an abandoned children's home. A friend of ours had visited this place about a year before us and had given us a few hints regarding the entry, so it shouldn't be too tough.
It was the typical weather for the region and the time of year - rain and wind. Lots of it. But that wasn't going to keep us - after all, we knew how to get in, so we wouldn't have to be outside for too long.
At least that's what we thought.
Finding the place was easy, but the access wasn't accessible anymore. There was no way in. We walked around the building for about half an hour, and we checked every door and every window, but nothing was open.
Luckily, the location consists of two parts. There is a swimming pool that belonged to the children's home - and that building was open!
So after all, the first location was at least a partial success - and the swimming pool was really nice. The humidity inside had caused a nice growth of moss and algae on many of the surfaces, so I managed to get something of that green that I like so much :)
About an hour after entry, we left the place again and drove off to the second spot.


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Tour Report: School Hostel B.

Early in December of 2017, we embarked on a short tour through Northern Germany together with our friend Freddy from Nordgriller Urbex.
The first location that we wanted to explore was an abandoned school hostel. It had been operated by the catholic church until its closure due to investigations into alleged cases of abuse that happened in the 1950s.
The building stood right in a residential area, so we expected difficulties in terms of parking and potentially watchful neighbors, so we first drove by to check if the coast was clear.
It was easier than we had thought. There was a place to park right near the location, and there were no fences around the place. Trails around the building and broken windows told the obvious story of teenagers from the neighborhood using the abandoned building as a playground.
We found an open door around the back and entered.
Our expectations regarding the level of vandalism were met - there was a lot of graffiti of rather low standard, but surprisingly enough, the destruction wasn't too extensive.
There was still a lot of stuff from the hostel's time of operation, so there were a couple of nice details to be seen.
What I liked most about the place was the decay.
Some of the ceiling lights had been thrown in, so ample amounts of rain had made their way into the building and soaked some of the walls and the furniture. The humidity brought some nice and colorful decay - even in the winter time.
After about an hour and a half, we were done exploring all the rooms, so we did one last walkthrough for a short video of the place (link after the photos); then we returned to the car and drove off to the next location we had planned...


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And here's the short video I made towards the end of our explore: