Last saturday I decided to pull a quick one and go on a photowalk somewhere special. After some research online and especially having found some nice photos through FriendFeed the destination was set. I sent a SMS to Andre if he wanted to come along. About two hours later we found ourselves in the tiny Belgian town called Cheratte. A town where you could probably be killed in some alley and nobody would bother for weeks on end.

It happens that there’s an abandoned coalmine in the middle of town, which was the reason to go there. So I parked the car close to the mine’s main gate and the first thing we saw looking out of the passenger window were some chickens running around. We stepped out, got our gear and looked at the decaying buildings that formed the old mine. In the middle of the area is a huge tower that overlooks the whole town and almost even the hill that the mine was build against. Our goal was set: Get in there!
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