Deserted buildings are rare in The Netherlands. Especially in the area where I live where every square meter is immediately reused and civilized. Some can be found in the harbour where new housing projects are planned. Some lie along the rivers ouside Rotterdam and some are situated along along the railroad-tracks that are swallowed by the growing city.

I found most buildings by luck or by systematic exploration. Just drive through al the interesting spots and look. A bicycle is ideal for this. Sometimes you find information at the "City Information Centre" where they publish all the new building projects. And artist often make art in old buildings so keep an eye on the art-projects.

Always bring a plastic bag to take a few "archaelogical finds" home with you. I usually collect: bits of concrete, stones, bolts and nuts, old letters etc. Anything that sheds a light on the history and the occupants of the building.

• First Duisburg expo in 2008. Our first visit to the Ruhrgebiet. It deserves a lot of return trips.
• Duisburg is a wonderful area full of surprises - this is our second expedition in 2008
• Caught a lot of interesting - often deserted - objects between Berlin and Dresden.
• The modern ghost town of Etzweiler - strange town, just recently deserted
• Deserted building - and broken glass houses - with an uncanny feeling
• Border phenomena - and a russian rocket owned by a german artist
• A deserted border crossing between The Netherlands and Germany
• Deserted buildings along the Rhine - Germany - Railways, quarries and slate-mines

• Infiltration of the city hall of Charleroi
• The famous deserted metro of Charleroi

• Some deserted spots and buildings I found in spring 2003. Here.

• American military transmitter station - Hoek van Holland - Will be demolished in 2001

• An expedition to the "mystery factory" in the Botlek industrial zone.
• Another look at the mystery factory - we even got inside. Then we looked around the silo's.
• Nestle factory - Piekstraat - (3) Farewell - roof-views & action pictures - fun-climbing the steel structures
• Nestle factory - Piekstraat - (2) Action pictures from our TV-recordings - climbing fences & rappeling
• Nestle factory - Piekstraat - (1) The initial discovery - romantic pictures & walls with holes

• Hanno Fertilizer Terminal - Sluisjesdijk - (1) The discovery - big rusting installations - now demolished
• Hanno Fertilizer Terminal - Sluisjesdijk - (2) The expo with Dan Armstrong
• Hanno Fertilizer Terminal - Sluisjesdijk - (3) Dan Armstrong's pictures - on the big machine
• Hanno Fertilizer Terminal - Sluisjesdijk - (4) This was a romantic place to roam, unfortunately it is (almost) all gone now.
• Hanno Goods Terminal - Katendrecht - Long rows of 1950 warehouses - now demolished

• Wilton-Feijenoord Wharf - Nieuwe Waterwegstraat - From the expo with Kaspar - deserted workshops
• Wilton-Feijenoord Wharf - Nieuwe Waterwegstraat - Inside the dock, under the pumping station and an Urban Adventure scarecrow.
• Wilton-Feijenoord Wharf - Nieuwe Waterwegstraat - From the expo with Dan Armstrong - large russian ship
• A trip through the harbour with Roberta - Bridges, birds and ghost ships

• Fortress "Rijnauwen" - 19'th century fortress with long tunnels
• Fortress "Vechten" - Another 19'th century fortress
• Historic and personal notes about the fortresses

• Schiecentrale - St Job Haven - My first abandoned building - roof view & elevator room and pumping station

• Heijplaat Power Station - Waalhavenweg - An industrial cathedral

• The deserted gardens and railways near the Sint Franciscus Gasthuis. Recently the area has been cleared and all the beauty is gone.
• Infiltration of the city hall and the deserted metro of Charleroi
• A deserted firestation - Butaanweg - A nice tidy building, with pictures taken by the original inhabitants