Category: urban exploration
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Urbex News: Dark Tourism – Favorite ‘Dark Tours’ Around The World
Dark tourism involves travel to places historically associated with death and tragedy. More recently, it was suggested that the concept should also include reasons tourists visit that site, since the site’s attributes alone may not make a visitor a “dark tourist.” The main attraction to dark locations is their historical value rather than their associations with death and…
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Urbex News: COVID-19 Impacted Sites Provide a Haunting Reminder of the Pandemic’s Effects
The urbex movement – “urbex” being a portmanteau of urban and exploration, took off exponentially during the Covid-19 pandemic as adventurers made vlogs out of exploring the diminishing cities from every possible angle. The activity presents various risks, including both physical danger and, if done illegally and/or without permission, the possibility of arrest and punishment but it is a…
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Fantastic Rocks and Where to Find Them – Polyliths
There are many thousands of stone megaliths discovered in almost every country in Europe, from Scotland to Italy. Based on the analysis, the first megaliths were typically found in a coastal region or on islands. They only emerged inland at a much later date, suggesting that the practice initially developed on coastal areas. This is…
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The Tündérhegy/Preisich Sanitorium, Budapest, Hungary – Favourite Urbex Haunts
In Budapest, on one of the secluded streets of the Zugliget, stands the former Preisich Sanatorium, which was built at the turn of the century on the side of the Fairy Hill. The beautiful villa building has been abandoned since 2009
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The Hachijo Royal Hotel, Japan
Hachijo Royal Hotel is located on a remote island approximately 180 miles off the coast of Tokyo, it is surrounded by a scattering of small islands known as the Izu Archipelago. Due to its warm climate and sandy beaches the island was dubbed the the “Hawaii of Japan” back in the 1960s in an attempt…
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