![]() ![]() ![]() You could say you’re a photographer or amateur historian and simply want to document the location. Often times you can even ask the owners of an abandoned building if you can go in and have a look around. You can avoid getting into trouble with just a simple 5 minute Google search. Just to make sure you’re not illegally trespassing. If you’re wanting to stay on the safe side, before you make your way into an abandoned building you’re wanting to explore, do some quick research first. We, urban explorers, are well aware of the risks of going into abandoned buildings. We take several precautions to avoid detection so as not to be caught. You don’t have to break the law to take part in urbex. In that case, no it’s not illegal to go in and explore. There are several locations that are freely accessible to the public that are also abandoned. Making your way inside an abandoned location without the owner’s permission, means you are trespassing. It doesn’t mean it isn’t owned by someone. Even if the building isn’t fenced up or has “No Trespassing” signs on it. Even if the location is clearly abandoned, most of the time there is an owner. Most places we explore are restricted to public access. Is it legal to explore abandoned buildings? The answer isn’t always a yes or no. This is a question most new people getting into urbex always ask. Photographers, historians, and people who simply like to see abandoned buildings are generally the ones most attracted to urbex. We do it simply because we want to wander around an empty building for one reason or another. There are also, of course, us, urban explorers. They do this to either preserve the history of the building or simply because they like to photograph abandoned locations. Some people do it not because they want to explore abandoned buildings, but because they want to photograph them. Urbex is a hobby that anyone can take part in.įrom my experience, people between the ages of 15-40 are the ones most attracted to urbex. Not everyone does it for the same reason. Being inside a quiet empty building with nothing but your thoughts can be somewhat calming/therapeutic in a way.Įvery urban explorer has his/her reasons for taking part in urbex. Some urban explorers see this hobby as a temporary escape from their everyday lives.Some urban explorers like to go in and take photos/videos of the location before they’re gone forever. Lots of old buildings tend to get demolished or damaged. This especially rings true of buildings with interesting histories such as insane asylums, prisons, mansions, hospitals, or any other place where something beautiful or horrendous happened. Some urban explorers partake in this hobby because they like to document abandoned locations to preserve their history.So we turn to abandoned buildings to fulfill that desire. Unfortunately, we live in the 21st century where there’s not much left to explore. There’s something innate in us humans that desire the need for exploration. ![]() It’s something you have to experience for yourself to understand. As you’re looking around your mind starts to wander and you’re completely focused on nothing but what’s in front of you. That first glance of the inside of the building is always amazing. I can’t put into words the feelings you get when your first step foot inside a building that’s been sitting empty for half a century.
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