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Published: 2014-04-20 20:11:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 505; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 0
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The slides in an abandoned swimming pool in the Netherlands.Related content
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Hi. Can I ask you about how did you get inside? The place is well guarded, as you said. I would be afraid of police or so... Is it possible to ask the owners, tell them about you intention to shoot this place? Or how is it possible for urbex people to get inside without any problems that it may cause? I am just curious, cause I really love urban photos and I would like to know more about how people do that
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Well, normally for urban locations I simply try to find a broken door or window like most photographers. This one was another story, due to the strict security. If nothing has changed by now (I did this shoot already about a year ago), there are only two options to get into the swimming pool. Sometimes the place is exceptionally opened when the firms based in the former cellars and sauna organise something, or the city organises special events. This is one opportunity to visit, but off course the downside is that you are not alone there at such moments. Another opportunity (as I did) is to pay an entrance fee to one of the firms based in the building. This fee can be quite high for one person, but if you go toghether with some friends and share the fee it is not that bad. And you get a chance to see the empty building as it is these days: eerie quiet.
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Wow, that's interesting! Thank you for your answer!
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This place looks clean, This don't give me a impression of abandoned. (It's my perception).
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I can imagine that it doesn't at first, this was my picture of this location which showed the decay least. But if you start noticing the dirty swimming pool floor, the dry slides, the peeling-paint pillars with the plants climibing on it becomes more and more clear the place is abandoned.
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Thanks for the answer.
I say this because I see clean the place. Rarely, I've seen photos of clean abandoned places.
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Well, most windows here are still intact and the place is well guarded, so there is little influence from the weather conditions or vandalism.
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This is great. Is rarely see abandoned places in this conditions. I hope that this place look intact longer.
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