Netherlands Urbex Archives

Farm Koufurderrige (NL) -abandoned by accident

February 22, 2020 by Pepper

The history of this farm, located on a provincial road in a remote area, cannot be traced.

Ship Graveyard HAZ (NL) – Abandoned ships in a small town

October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 by Pepper

This ship graveyard is at a small village, close to the Wadden Sea. The residents want to force a dyke breach to restore the connection between the sea and the village, in the hope tourist will find their forgotten town.

Oasthoek Ouwedyk (NL)

May 3, 2019May 3, 2019 by Pepper

Somewhere on the longest street in the Netherlands, with residents who are a colorful mix of born Ouwedyksters, cosmopolitan Dutch people and artistic dropouts.

Château de Al Mère (NL) – waiting for the guests to arrive

March 14, 2019 by Pepper

Château de Al Mère is a half-finished castle, meant to be a hotel: construction started in 2000 but was stopped in 2002, after which the structure was turned into a modern ruin. The castle is still waiting for its first guests to arrive…

Nursing Home Snippendael (NL) – Up to the white light of eternity

March 10, 2019 by Pepper

Here, upon these ghostly shadows of men and women
There are no smiles
Singly, they mingle, with the greyness of the walls
And at strange angels, they travel on to nowhere

Buorkerij Goudûle (NL) – Nice abandoned farmhouse in the middle of nowhere

March 5, 2019February 16, 2019 by Pepper

I discovered this abandoned farmhouse, hidden in the middle of nowhere, while searching at Maps. The first time here I couldn’t get in, but now everything was open, so entering was no problem.

Farm Westerkleaster (NL) – part 2

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 by Pepper

This abandoned farm, in the middle of the Frisian meadows, was bought by a monastic community after the farmer’s death. There has to be a lot of restoration and sadly enough, there’s no investor up to now.

Farm Westerkleaster (NL) – part 1

February 5, 2019October 28, 2018 by Pepper

This abandoned monumental farm, built around 1850, is situated in the middle of Frisian meadows. We are not only here in an abandoned and derelict monumental farm, but the area around this farm is also historically and archaeologically of special significance.