Urban exploration - part 2 - Warsaw

Chernobyl is great and probably the biggest and the most interesting abandoned place in 1000 kilometers diameter. Nonetheless it's not the only abandoned place near. Great source for this kind of places in Poland is http://opuszczone.com . There are hundreds deserted locations in Poland. Let's start with Warsaw and its suburbs.


First place is a Róża's Luksemburg factory located near PJWSTK. This building was built in 1922 and at first it was producing lightbulbs. Some years after that vacuum tubes were assembled there, so there's some IT background there ;) What I didn't know is that for decades this was a Philips factory. After the war, this place was producing different types of lighting, but after 1991 this factory gone bancrupt. Most part of the building isn't used, but it's really great to see that such a great place was partly adapted as paintball playground.

http://opuszczone.com/galerie/wawa_roza/index.php


Second thing I want to show you, is a place that I visited recently. I was amazed that there's an empty multi-storey building near Modlińska street. It was built in 70's as a hotel for FSO employees. Because of a fact that designers didn't expect people to live there for a longer time, each flat is extremely small. When FSO was bought by Daewoo, most residents moved from there. Nonetheless a couple families lived there up to 2000, when the building was closed because of debts. Doors and windows on lowest floors are blocked, but there are holes in basement's windows. It isn't easy to get there, but a view from the roof is worth everything. From there you can see a big part of Warsaw.
http://www.warsawsun.pl/pokaz.php?miejsce=62
http://penetratorscavengerteam.blogspot.com/2009/04/15042009-szklana-puapka.html


Last place is a so called Atomic Headquarters (Atomowa Kwatera Dowodzenia). There are a couple of buildings looking like a school and a garage. But that's only on the outside. If you use stairs in the school or go deeper into the garage, you'll find a maze of halls and rooms. If you start in school and go under it, you're on the level -1. That's the last place here where you can go without a flashlight. Fun begins here. You can go further, but be aware that there are holes, there's a grease etc. It's really amazing when you're on the level -3 in a place where some engines were working in the past and when you turn off your lightsource, there's no way you can see anything. There's an absolute darkness. You can only use your hear. You can smell the grease that's the only thing left after the engines that were there in the past. There's no way you could get out of there without a light. Amazing experience.

http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomowa_Kwatera_Dowodzenia


Topics for discussion:
1. Have you ever been to at least one of those places?
2. Which one of those places seems to be the most interesting?
3. Would you like to visit those places?