Urban Exploring
Facts, tips and ideas about Urban Exploring — and how to find people for it.
Did you know?
The modern urbex scene has a manifesto — Canadian Jeff Chapman, alias “Ninjalicious,” founded the magazine “Infiltration” in 1996 and set the rules: take nothing, destroy nothing, only photos. Illegal hobby exploring became a subculture with an ethic.
Source: Wikipedia
Tip
Never go alone, and tell someone where you are. Abandoned buildings have soft floors, loose stairs, collapsed ceilings — and no cell reception. That's not paranoia, that's statistics.
Find the highest freely accessible spot in your city. The talking starts at the top.
Break the ice
“Which abandoned place has stayed with you the most — and what surprised you about the fact that it was abandoned?”
Not every line here is sourced. Where a source is named you can read it up; the rest is collected knowledge.