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Deserted 19th century Health Spa

Deserted 19th century Health Spa

Pougues les Eaux is a town in the Center of France with a Spa and Gambling heritage.  Although the Health Spa stopped in 1970, it was known for it’s miraculous water and gambling Casino since the renaissance. The past decades it struggled to keep its identity – have a look.

Location

Deserted health Spa and Casino in Pougues les Eaux 47° 5' 0.672" N, 3° 5' 38.796" E

Airport Bitburg - Commercial zone at former NATO airbase

Bitburg Airport and commercial zone - your business in a concrete fortified jet-fighter bunkerBitburg – in the German province Rheinland-Pfalz - had a front-line position in the cold war. It used to be the home of the NATO with the United States Air Force's 36th Fighter Wing. Since 1994 the military airbase is converted into a commercial zone. That is, with the concrete fortified bunkers for fighters jets as commercial space.

Location

Bitburg Airport and commercial zone - 49° 56' 43.0008" N, 6° 33' 54" E

VW Transporter T3 Timing belt change

Volkswagen Transporter T3 timing belt change

Impression of a VW Transporter T3 Timing belt change with a few problems along the way. A DIY task for those with a bit of time and a few tools.

 

Oldtimer IFA MZ motorcycle

Oldtimer IFA-MZ motorcycle

A rare IFA – MZ border patrol motorcycle can be found at the iron curtain border museum at former checkpoint Alpha. The brand was once the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world – its still there with a battered history. Have a look.
 

Location

Checkpoint alpha border museum. 52° 12' 53.298" N, 11° 5' 0.564" E

Monster machine in Gorlitz, Germany

Monster machine in Gorlitz, Germany

The biggest earth moving machines made by mankind – called bucket wheel excavators used in open-cast mines. In the former DDR near Gorlitz – Germany there’s one open to the public. Have a look at this humongous piece of machinery.

 

Location

Huge machine near Görlitz - Germany. 51° 4' 2.7732" N, 14° 57' 27.8784" E

Historic hospital in Beelitz - Germany

Historic hospital in Beelitz - Germany

In the former DDR region near Berlin – Germany, the ruins of a hospital dating back to 1898 hides in the woods. It’s called Beelitz – Heilstätten, a former sanatorium with a tattered history. Have a look at this remarkable place.

Location

Early 20th century hospital in Beelitz - Heilstätten 52° 15' 53.064" N, 12° 55' 19.632" E

Amazing abbey in Lubiaz - Poland

Amazing abbey in Lubiaz – Poland

In a small village north-east of Legnica in Poland a huge baroque building emerges from the rural landscape. It’s the largest Cistercian abbey in Europe located in Lubiaz – with work in progress to reverse the decay over the past centuries. 

 

Location

Cistercian abbey in Poland. 51° 15' 42.228" N, 16° 28' 8.652" E

Airship hangar in East Germany

Airship hangar in East Germany

Located near a runway in the former DDR - East Germany, a huge airship hangar rises above the trees.

Location

Airship hangar near Krausnick - East Germany 52° 2' 3.912" N, 13° 45' 8.64" E
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