Urbex: Articles and Stories
Field reports from inside the locations.
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Long-form reports from the field. Each story is a first-hand report: how we found the place, what was still inside, what it sounded like — with the photographs that came back with us. Some of the articles are linked to locations, you can unlock a place to visit it by yourself.
The Hills Had Eyes
A radar post on a hill near the Albanian border: Chinese copies of the Soviet P-35 and PRV-10, vacuum-tube electronics and hangars the army left almost untouched.
Your Check-in Was Decayed
A spa sanatorium with a hydrotherapy wing, almost a hundred years old: it outlived a kingdom and socialism, then closed for good in 2020.
Too Greedily and Too Deep
The largest mine in Albania: two days underground, dozens of kilometres of drifts, shafts sinking below sea level.
Chrome Mine K
The first report in a series about Albanian mines.
Urban exploration stories and guides from Albania
Read urban exploration articles — the preserved history behind the abandoned places in Albania, field notes from expeditions, and practical guides for exploring local sites.
Every story links to the related locations and trails so you can plan your own urbex trip across Albania.