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 Martino
   
Location: Almere - NL
Gender: Male
2,5 days 5691 km, 1200 cigarettes, 131 beers, 67 locations, 3 girs and 2 cars! I absolutely rule!
 |  |  | chateau fuck off
< on 2/23/2009 3:54 PM >
|  | | | It's an exceptional warm friday in february. Bartje and i are cruisin' through France, somewhere north-east of Paris.
Some years ago i saw some amazing photos of an abandoned castle. There's even a round theater to be found somewhere inside. We decided to check out the place and see if it's still abandoned. An active hospital lies on the same property so we should be on our guard for people walking in the park and possibly around the castle itself. From a distance we can see the castle, it looks like the windows are new and we have some doubts about if it's doable. When Bart parks the car next to the place we can see the windows are fake. They're just wooden boards with windows painted on them.
Indeed there are people in the park and around the castle, we should be carefull. A car is parked at the front of the castle, four guys are sitting inside. We suspect them to be explorers waiting for the right moment to enter the castle.
We took some exteriors shots of the place and spot an open door down at cellar, out of sight from people walking by. The door ends up to be a dead end. All the basement windows have bars in front of them, but there's one with one bar missing. We're in!!
It's completely dark inside and we can hear people talking outside. All excited and as quite as we possibly can be we start looking for a way up.
It takes us a couple of minutes to find a staircase leading up. Halfway on the staircase Bart stops and says, is that an alarm? The moment he points his torch towards it the alarms goes off with an immense loud siren. We did not expected this at all and the very loud sound keeps on going and almost gave us a moment of panic. We run back down the stairs and through the pitch black basement to get out asap.
We're outside, but our car is parked right next to the castle. Outside of the castle the alarm is even louder and we realize that we have a foreign license plate.
If security of whomever is going to turn up, we're suspects straight away. And try to explain without speaking the language why we got maps, torches, camera's and a rope ladder in the car.
We jump in the car and speed off the property as fast we can. Five minutes later we wonder if those guys in the car at the front are busted now because of us.
We laugh, have smoke and are glad we didn't got busted. Too bad about the castle though....
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msgsudz
 
Location: Peterborough, Ontario
Gender: Male
Msgsudz has an overactive bowel and shits like a Clydesdale.
| | | Re: chateau fuck off
<Reply # 1 on 2/23/2009 4:21 PM >
| | | | heh...another close call for Martino. nice exterior shot there, too bad you couldn't explore the inside.
"She's built like a steakhouse, but handles like a bistro!" - Zapp Brannigan
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yokes
  
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
| |  | | Re: chateau fuck off
<Reply # 2 on 2/23/2009 4:40 PM >
| | | | Yeah, unfortunately the chateau is alarmed (as are some of the connection to the theatre, as we found out last summer). The rear part, the sanitorium portion, is wide open and un-alarmed (visible on the left of your photo in the background). Mostly boring as hell, though, other than the thousands of xrays strewn about.
"Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel |
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UniqueStyle
Gender: Male
| | Re: chateau fuck off
<Reply # 3 on 2/24/2009 1:29 AM >
| | | | Looks like a great place.
Good idea to get the hell out of Dodge.
Too bad about the alarm.
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Lord
above and beyond
| | Re: chateau fuck off
<Reply # 4 on 2/24/2009 2:09 AM >
| | | | If you move at a really slow pace you can sneak past most Infrared motion detectors.. just make no sudden movements. You can even get up close to them and put up a strip of duct tape over the sensor, but any quick movements and its all over.
I would go in, set off the alarm on purpose and hide in the bushes to see how long security takes to respond or if the alarm shuts itself off. you might be able to set it off a few times before someone gets off thier ass..
[last edit 2/24/2009 2:09 AM by Lord - edited 1 times]
I will defeat that which was once untouchable only so that I may now move on |
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yota94
Location: AEQUITS.VERITAS. CALI.
Gender: Male
| | Re: chateau fuck off
<Reply # 5 on 2/24/2009 2:14 AM >
| | | | bravo! nice exterior
UER might as well be crack...
oh and Thats TOYOTA...dick. |
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msgsudz
Location: Peterborough, Ontario
Gender: Male
Msgsudz has an overactive bowel and shits like a Clydesdale.
| | | Re: chateau fuck off
<Reply # 6 on 2/24/2009 2:15 AM >
| | | | Posted by Lord
If you move at a really slow pace you can sneak past most Infrared motion detectors.. just make no sudden movements. You can even get up close to them and put up a strip of duct tape over the sensor, but any quick movements and its all over.
I would go in, set off the alarm on purpose and hide in the bushes to see how long security takes to respond or if the alarm shuts itself off. you might be able to set it off a few times before someone gets off thier ass..
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good to know...thanks.
"She's built like a steakhouse, but handles like a bistro!" - Zapp Brannigan
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Martino
Location: Almere - NL
Gender: Male
2,5 days 5691 km, 1200 cigarettes, 131 beers, 67 locations, 3 girs and 2 cars! I absolutely rule!
| | | Re: chateau fuck off
<Reply # 7 on 2/24/2009 5:32 PM >
| | | | @ msgsudz: one day i will get caught, but untill now that hasn't happened....well, one time being kicked off by security.
@ yokes: as a said elsewhere. I remember that, but didn't realize it was this castle. It was already at the end of the day, so we decided to try the castle first. Afterwards we didn;t think it would be very wise to hang around in the sanatorium. It looked kinda boring too.
@ UniqueStyle: yeah too bad, well...it was a new experience and fun!
@ Lord: that is some great info! didn't now that, but then again, who knows how many of those pir's are up in there? I don't think it's worth the risk, not for me in France anyway, i don't speak the language and every time i ran into 'the law' in France it wasn't very nice.
@ yota94: thanks!
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kts
Location: Laurel, MD
Gender: Male
LOL WAT?
| | | | Re: chateau fuck off
<Reply # 8 on 2/24/2009 5:40 PM >
| | | | good story and a nice shot.
glad you both made it out of there, bummer you didn't get any good photos inside though. 
SERIOUS BUSINESS - proud member of the 2nd legitimate Baltimore urbex crew that exists. |
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NAN
Location: rochester NY
bathroom expert
| | | Re: chateau fuck off
<Reply # 9 on 2/24/2009 6:03 PM >
| | | | Funny story sweetie! Too bad you didn't get to see it but good you didn't get busted.
Through the darkness of future's past
The magician longs to see
Once chants out between two worlds Fire, walk with me |
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JMSvenungson
Location: Sweden
Gender: Male
Its always funny until someone gets hurt, then its just hilarious.
| |  | | Re: chateau fuck off
<Reply # 10 on 2/24/2009 7:42 PM >
| | | | | And try to explain without speaking the language why we got maps, torches, camera's and a rope ladder in the car. |
That comment made me chuckle.
Too bad the place had alarms. I would have loved to see some of your, potential, pictures from the inside if you had the time. It looks really beautiful from the outside.
[last edit 2/24/2009 7:43 PM by JMSvenungson - edited 1 times]
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Bloody Jack
Gender: Male
dead weight
| | Re: chateau fuck off
<Reply # 11 on 2/24/2009 10:07 PM >
| | | | From now on, every thread I see from you I will open man, gotta say you don't disappoint! Amazing outside shot!!!
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MidnightRaven
Location: Montreal / Eastern Townships
Gender: Female
Urbain Artist
| | | Re: chateau fuck off
<Reply # 12 on 2/24/2009 10:24 PM >
| | | | you keep having crazy adventures 
Love your stories ^_^
Nevermore |
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wackibob
Location: Rochester NY
Gender: Male
| | Re: chateau fuck off
<Reply # 13 on 2/24/2009 11:08 PM >
| | | | Always love the stories, the castle looks awesome.Better luck next time!!
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craigfinlay
Location: Macomb, Illinois
Gender: Male
So long, Paul.
| | | Re: chateau fuck off
<Reply # 14 on 2/25/2009 12:33 PM >
| | | | You mean you've not yet learned how to bypass security systems?
Things I will do for love: Anything. Things I will not do for love: That. |
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Martino
Location: Almere - NL
Gender: Male
2,5 days 5691 km, 1200 cigarettes, 131 beers, 67 locations, 3 girs and 2 cars! I absolutely rule!
| | | Re: chateau fuck off
<Reply # 15 on 3/1/2009 10:26 AM >
| | | | thanks everyone!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martino_ |
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Annunziata
Location: Toronto, ON
Gender: Female
| | | Re: chateau fuck off
<Reply # 16 on 3/1/2009 10:28 AM >
| | | | Posted by yokes
Yeah, unfortunately the chateau is alarmed (as are some of the connection to the theatre, as we found out last summer). The rear part, the sanitorium portion, is wide open and un-alarmed (visible on the left of your photo in the background). Mostly boring as hell, though, other than the thousands of xrays strewn about.
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Thousands of xrays strewn about sounds like hours of fun to me!
What an incredible building.
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Bartje
Location: Netherlands, Europe
| | | Re: chateau fuck off
<Reply # 17 on 3/29/2009 10:59 PM >
| | | | Hi Martino!
Reading the story made me smile again!
A few weeks and we are on the road again...
Bart
www.urban-travel.org
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cwestcivic5
Location: Michigan
Gender: Male
| | Re: chateau fuck off
<Reply # 18 on 3/29/2009 11:34 PM >
| | | | good to hear from you again martino.
dunno if you want to disclose this info, but how did you get your sky so detailed? i gurantee mine would have been blown out . ive been having problems with this forever ive tried verything; neutral densities, ridiculously high fstops, polarizers, etc. any advice would be appreciated.
btw other than hdr or exposure blending i cant get my skies that detailed at all.
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Mornixuur
Location: Netherlands
Gender: Male
Yeah, Well, You Know, That's Just Like, Your Opinion, Man...
| | | Re: chateau fuck off
<Reply # 19 on 3/30/2009 4:20 PM >
| | | | Excellent story and pic friend!
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