The Château Nottebohm comprises an area of over 58 hectares, within the center an abandoned villa, built in 1908-1909 by the family Nottebohm from Antwerp. Château Nottebohm served as a country retreat for the family and was regularly inhabited until 1943.
Belgium Urbex
Belgium Urbex, a mecca for explorers. After the Netherlands, Belgium was the country where I explored in the early years of my urbex adventures.
Château Nottebohm and Château Noisy were the highlights when I started in 2014. I’m glad I was able to visit both with my son and partner in crime Twan, before they were demolished. We visited more places, for example in Charlerois and Liège, among others.
From disused coal industry to fully furnished small houses, Belgium is still the place to be in terms of urbex.
Top 5 Belgium Urbex Locations:
- Château Nottebohm (BE)
- Sanatorium Du Basil (BE)
- Salve Mater (BE)
- Black Cokes (BE)
- Château Lindenbosch (BE)
Château Goorhof at Grobbendonk, Belgium – Abandoned Castle
This abandoned castle with chapel was founded in 1876 by the wealthy Antwerp shipowner Frans Huger. It is located in a park with century-old beech and chestnut trees. Today nothing remains of the beautiful place that nineteenth-century Goorhof was under the previous owners.
Sanatorium Du Basil
Vanaf 1855 werden er in Europa talloze sanatoria opgericht voor de behandeling van tbc, in de volksmond ook wel de ‘tering’ genoemd.
Het Sanatorium du Basil kenmerkt zich niet alleen door de mooie ligging en prachtig uitzicht, maar ook door de unieke architectuur. De bouw ging van start omstreeks 1900 en het sanatorium opende zijn deuren in 1903. Ondanks dat het gebouw reeds enkele jaren leegstaat is het nog steeds in wonderbaarlijk goede staat. Binnen is het nagenoeg leeg, maar er is slechts een minimum aan vandalisme en graffiti