Urban Exploring (UE) tends to be seen by many as an interest that should be frowned upon. I agree to a certain extent having seen a lot of childish immature offerings made by millennial goontubers, and Instagram idiots. Who think it’s more about them than the actual building/graveyard/ graffiti et all. Never mind the vandals, taggers or thieves. Most of whom lurk on Facebook pages.
As an elite explorer covering the U.K. and Europe, my aim is to bring an unseen glimpse into places that would otherwise remain silent in decay. I try to take my photographs in as sympathetic a manner as possible, always remembering that I am just a vehicle for other people’s memories. I hope you enjoy my work.
September 2019, I was travelling through Kaliningrad and was fortunate through the power of the web to meet up for a day with a local explorer who took me to a variety of places. A truly remarkable day was had.
This building was so easy to enter through a missing basement window, over three floors of “treasure “. Just discarded. The school closed its doors to pupils in 2013
Königsberg was the easternmost large city in Germany until World War II. The city was heavily damaged by Allied bombing 1944 and during the Battle of Konigsberg 1945; it was then captured and was given to the Soviet Union on 9 April 1945. Its German population was expelled and the city was repopulated with Russians and others from the Soviet Union. Briefly Russified as Kyonigsberg (Кёнигсберг), it was renamed "Kaliningrad" in 1946 in honour of Soviet leader Mikhail Kalinin.t is now the capital of Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast an enclave in the north by Lithuania in the south by Poland.
Adolf Hitler Schools were 12 elite boarding schools run by the SS in Nazi Germany from 1937 to 1945. Their aim was to indoctrinate young people into the ideologies of the Nazi Party and were for young people aged 14 to 18 years old and were single sex, with three schools for girls and the rest for boys.Selection for admission to the schools was rigorous; pupils were chosen for their political dedication and physical fitness, as opposed to their academic prowess. Activities focused on political indoctrination rather than academic studies. The SS often selected future officers from the schools
A big welcome from me @grindle as someone from the Facebook Urbex community who I approached and is finding it hard work here.
There is a sharp learning curve, but you will get used to it. @mrurbex is another guy who does similar content to us.
TIP: Use Steempeak and NOT Steemit. https://steempeak.com/
This will show you all your activity on the blockchain-related to you.
https://steemworld.org/@grindle
You can edit your post after posting, try mixing the snaps between the text. I know you were having some difficulties doing this.
If this has already been on the internet (anywhere), then provide a link to the original content, otherwise, others will think you have stolen it.
I'll guide you through how to get started, great to see you posting!
Wow, that's some heavy history and some fascinating relics. My friend @slobberchops has been leading the urbex charge on Steem. It would be great to see more of the community come over. You can do rich posts here and earn something. Just don't expect to get rich overnight. I see Chops has given you some advice. You can verify your identity by posting a link to this on your other social media. Some people are ruthless when it comes to suspected plagiarism.
Have fun!
Thanks matey yes @slobberchops recruited me. Still finding my. Feet
You'll get the hang of it. Things have improved since the early days, but as it's not a centralised system we have to be a little more self-reliant. The main thing is to keep your keys safe.
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