On the northern side of Pula bay stretches out the former Naval Base Katarina, originally built as part of the Austro-Hungarian defence system of the city of Pula and further extended during Italian rule.
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Hotel Ucka (HR) – The Dark Side of Croatia’s Tourism Boom
Located a bit further up Krk’s island coast from the famous Haludovo Palace, Hotel Ucka is a beautiful little hotel. Built in 1933 in the town of Omisalj, the pretty, faded, building had its own beach and boat launch.
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Black Cokes II (BE) – A desolate industrial site near the river Sambre
Once prosperous and influential due to mining and steel industry, now a city that looks gloomy and blows the last smoke out of the chimney of the remaining steel works.
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Moira Pula (HR) – Shipwreck near the abandoned Katarina Naval Base
The shipwreck Moira Pula is located near the abandoned Katarina Naval Base which was built during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then became Italian and during WWII it was a base for German U-boats.
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Black Cokes (BE) – A desolate industrial site near the river Sambre
Once prosperous and influential due to mining and steel industry, now a city that looks gloomy and blows the last smoke out of the chimney of the remaining steel works.
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Château des Muscles
We visited this great location during a two-day trip and I was very glad that we could find and enter this huge complex. As a matter of fact, pretty special how we could come in … the backdoor was just invitingly open!
Landscape Park Duisburg (DE) – an experience of impressive industrial heritage
Originally an ironworks, today the Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park is one of the most important industrial monuments in Europe. In a unique setting we experienced a great view from the blast furnace.
Remise Monceau – abandoned train workshop (BE)
Remise Monceau is part of a freight station along a railway line that serves a Walloon industrial city. It is one of the six large shunting stations in Belgium and has more than thirty distribution tracks.
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Château Lindenbosch (BE) – Abandoned, burned down and destroyed
Anyone who drives along the A12 from Brussels to Antwerp, or vice versa, knows the Chateau Lindenbosch. The castle was built in 1895.
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