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Ruins of the monastery and church, Himmelpfort

The monastery, Himmelpfort, were founded in the 13th century, and was home for monks of the Cistercian order.

Unfortunately the monastery did not manage to become as successful as hoped, and throughout the centuries, it was traded numerous times.

In 1663 the Eastern part, the crossing and the choir were preserved and turned into a more modern form, in which a Protestant parish church was built, and the western part of the monastery, the nave (build early 1300), has been preserved as a ruin.


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Abandoned shipwreck

What was supposed to be a dream for a young man, ended as a nightmare. He had just bought the former fishing boat, and together with a few friends, he set out towards home.

On their way, everything that could go wrong, went wrong.

Within the first hour the gearbox overheated, and they had to find the nearest marina. Once repaired, they continued their travel north, but after a few hours they ran into another problem, the boat took on water and despite having more than one power supply systems, the electricity onboard went out several times, leaving the boat without pumps.

Around midnight they alerted the emergency services and were told to steer towards shallow waters as they could risk having to swim ashore. Luckily, the rescue team got to them before it got that far.

Today the shipwreck is still there, abandoned, stranded where it was left, now rapidly decaying.


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Flintholm: The witch’s house in the woods

The cottage were build in the 1930s out of flint stone found on the farm’s fields. Though Flintholm has fallen into quite a few people still find their way to the plac. The house has been given many nicknames, of which “The Witch’s House” “The Harry Potter gaunt house”, and “The Pancake House” are probably the most common.


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East German National Defence Complex

The Complex were meant as the primary control center for the East German National Defence Counsil (NVR) of the GDR and were part of a military investment program for the planned increase in the defense capability of the Ministry of National Defense.

The area also included a housing construction site for the accommodation of the employees working in the properties in relative proximity to the facilities. These building were constructed as most standard GDR-typical prefabricated buildings.

Through a tunnel in the basement of the buildings, there were access to a large bunker Complex from where in case of crisis, the NVR members would have sought refuge and exercise control over those elements of the East German armed forces (NVA) that were not under Soviet command in the Warsaw Pact’s joint forces.


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WWII bunker turned into Cold War facility

The bunker were build by the Germans during WWII, in 1955 the Danish Civil Defence (DCD) moved in. As the city grew, and the demands to the Civil Defence increased, a decition were made to expand the existing bunker and in 1971 the bunker got enlarged with extra 7 rooms. The bunker were taken out of service in 1993, from then up until 1999, it was used by the DCD for training of their smoke divers. Today it’s privately owned and there’s no legal access to the bunker.


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Old abandoned mine shaft

Abandoned mine shaft we stumbled upon on a hike in Norway, unfortunately we couldn’t get in very far, only approx 20m.

The river were used to get lumber down to the sea, however as a nearby hydropower Plant were build on this location, they needed to be creative as to how to get the lumber past. The old mine were taken back in use for this purpose.


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GSSD Bunker from The Cold War - Heavily-protected Secret Soviet broadcast bunker

This Sovietish 2-storey/6000 m2 bunker site once were a heavily-protected broadcast bunker with highly sensitive radio technology, kept secret from all, even the Stasi were kept in the dark.

In the lower floor, the building has a room with a rare structure, a huge platform stabilized by 4 shock absorbers.

Even today not much information concerning the site has been revealed, one of the few information known though is that during the Cold War, both the 1st Western front, and mobile missile launch vehicles in the area were to be controlled from this location.


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Abandoned military complex

This military complex were during WWII partly used for testing of both captured Allied tanks and for testing new German tanks, partly for nuclear research. unfortunately the area were patrolled when we visited and we could not get to explore further than a few buildings.


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Hidden Stasi Bunker - Stasi administration command center

This remote location was a holiday resort for the sport organization of the security agencies of former GDR, SV Dynamo.

Less know to the public were the fact that the district Ministry for State Security (MfS), better known as the ‘Stasi’, had a 1000 m2 bunker build below ground. The purpose of this bunker was as an alternative to their command centre for administration in the district of Berlin if anything should happen to the official one.

Above ground, the entrances to the bunker were once disguised as barracks, connected by a 100-meter-long underground tunnel. A third more secret entrance were in a nearby bungalow.


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Bagger 258 - The Largest Abandoned Machine in the World

Bagger 258 is a bucket wheel excavator built by the company Lauchhammer. The Blue Wonder it’s nickname from the blue painting that once covered the entire machine.

First put to use in DDR in 1964, Bagger 258 was one of a series of such machines whose task was to assist in intensive mining operations. This motorised excavator featured a total of 10 blades, cutting to a depth of 15m into the earth as it removed spoil from the layers of coal beneath.

With a length of 171.5m and reaching a height of 50m, the 3850-tonne Bagger 258 rather resembles a factory although this factory was mounted onto giant tank like tracks and able to move at a speed of six metres per minute.

The Blue Wonder was abandoned in 2002, for no better reason than that it had simply run out of things to dig. By this point the giant was showing its age, and the cost of dismantling it wasn’t justified. Today it stands alone, abandoned, in a field.


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The Officers House - forgotten statue of “comrade” Lenin

After World War II the Second Guard Tank Army of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany occupied the area in which the building is located and access was denied to all German citizens.The local mansions new purpose were as accommodation for the families of high Soviet commanders and this big yellow villa became the Officer’s House. As the occupying forces left the area in 1993, the former owners received their properties back. Most of the buildings were in such bad conditions, that they had to be completely renovated before the residents could move in again. A few of the houses stayed abandoned like this we visited. In the front of the mansion is a forgotten statue of “comrade” Lenin.


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The Devil’s Bridge - Rakotzbrücke

Devils bridge, or Die Rakotzbrück, as it’s known locally, is located in Azalea and Rhodondendron Park Kromlau and was built over 150 years ago – in 1860. The bridge was designed using a unique construction accuracy that causes the bridge and its reflection to merge into a perfect circle when reflected in the waters beneath it, no matter what angle you look at it from. At the time we visited, the lake has been dried out as the bridge is undergoing renovation.


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Regan Vest - Air shaft / Emergency exit

REGAN VEST is a nuclear-protected bunker located 60 meters underground in Rold Skov. the Air shaft / Emergency exit is 50 meters underground is the nuclear bunker.


It takes about 10 minutes for a healthy and fit person to climb the 169 steps


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REGAN VEST - the nuclear bunker of the government and the royal family

REGAN VEST is a nuclear-protected bunker located 60 meters underground in Rold Skov. It was to be a civilian place of work and residence for the Danish government, royal house, etc. in a military emergency. From here, the civilian crisis management of Denmark would take place. Areas for the plot where the bunker was to be located were purchased in 1961, and the finished bunker was taken into use in 1969. In 2012, it was removed from the emergency services.


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Abandoned Soviet Air Force Base

During the Cold War, the Soviet had camps scattered all over the GDR either in new constructed building or in existing buildings like this. Build - and used by the Luftwaffe, 1934-45, taken over by the Soviet Air Force, 1945-94.

In these, the hangar and adjoining buildings, they repaired their aircrafts. Today left to decay.


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The white houses - WW2 German Weapons Testing

Hidden in a forest, forgotten in time, lies a fake ‘city’ - one of the last remains of Hitler’s dream of the world capital 'Germania’,

Four buildings // towers, each 20 meters high, built of reinforced concrete that served as a test site for testing both bombs and construction, materials and types of buildings to build bomb-proof homes for civilians in Germania.

The four towers were clad with white bricks, which can still be seen at the top. The bricks were removed after the war by the locals and used for the construction of houses.

Near the abandoned towers there are 2 walls, both one meter thick. One still stands and has a massive explosive hole in the middle - the other is overturned.

In July 1939, the walls were used to demonstrate the penetrating power of explosive bombs for Hitler. The demonstration did not go as planned, Instead of 8mm reinforcement, 10mm was used and the bombs lacked the gigantic penetration force that the weapon manufacturer would have liked to demonstrate.


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Sanatorium Beelitz Heilstätten

Originally built as sanatorium and park to treat Berliners suffering with tuberculosis at the end of the 19th century, this complex of buildings was an almost self-contained village. Its medical history alone makes it interesting, as it also served as military hospital during WWI and WWII, during WWI Hitler got injured and were hospitalized here.


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