At Eggum we had the first night below zero with all the puddles thoroughly frozen in the morning. Eddy had set up the 10 metres antenna disguised as a flag pole with our tiny Austrian flag on top. We went to explore the old walls of the construction which housed once a big RADAR antenna …
An easy hike to a lighthouse in the North of the Lyngen Peninsula held some surprises like a ship wreck and a hut to explore. In the morning the fog was thick and it took some time until the sun made it disappear but the afternoon was magnificent with sunshine and no wind – it …
On our way to the Norwegian border we stopped for a break (69.648447, 29.055334) and saw this old cabin in a distance which attracted me to explore. Through the windows I could see, that the interior was still completely furnished and looked like somebody walked out and didn’t come back anymore. I wonder what story …
We found out we could visit a former top secret Soviet military base where they were listening to the communication between Europe and USA – we had to see that!! Between Ventspils and Cape Kolka are endless forests and in the middle of this forest some huge antennas are peaking out of the trees. Of …
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Somehow we had reached Latvia on an adventurous route, which wasn’t really planned but fun. Our first destination, Karosta, also was a little bit weird. Parking for the Night at the Northern Forts For some reason our navigation took us on a minor road in direction to the border. Suddenly we turned left onto a …
Today our program was not about nature or historic towns, but to explore the industrial monument of the Völklingen Ironworks – an historic landmark of German engineering and an Unesco World Heritage Site. In 1883 Carl Röchling started to produce iron at the river of the Saar. He implemented new technologies like the Thomas procedure …
On the way to Zagreb we came past Karlovac, which is famous for the Croatian beer brand. It is a very green town next to a river and we decided to take the bikes to explore the area a little bit. The Austrians built Karlovac from scratch in order to strengthen their southern defences against …
In the north of Albania we had found a lost military airbase from the communist era. On the internet there are some really interesting pictures of this place, so we went to have a look. Driving over the lost airfield Link to the pictures which had us visit this place: URBEXTOUR What we found on …
On our route to Berat we passed Fier where we saw huge industrial structures on the city outskirts. We already knew about the “lost power plant” from another travel blog so we went to have a look. The 1,5 km2 site of the thermal power plant and fertiliser factory is already inactive for years, as …
We had traveled further along the coast and spent the night at Adrian, from where we hiked along the coast until we reached a little lighthouse. Building near the lighthouse Adrasan has a beautiful bay with a long sandy beach. We had just parked behind the beach and spent the night there. The next day …
