Man, what an epic way to start your day!
Surrounded by early-morning haze...
...we just woke up in one of the most remarkable abandoned buildings we have explored so far.
...the Sanatorium du Basil.
It’s a ridiculously huge place where people with tuberculosis used to be treated many years ago.
Off the beaten path this site is deserted today.
Most rooms are empty and decay is progressing fast.
The sanatorium is in constant change due to a lot of new visitors.
Obviously we weren’t able to avoid doing a visit here by ourselves.
So have fun joining our exploration of the impressive Sanatorium du Basil!
It was a cold February day somewhere in Belgium.
The sun had already set some time ago...
...but we approached Sanatorium du Basil through the woods to avoid unwanted attention from neighbors.
Soon we could see the apparitional shape of the building at dusk.
Priority number one for us was to find a decent sleeping spot.
For us it’s more pleasant to explore an abandoned place by daylight...
...so we limited ourselves to getting an overview of this building at first...
...making it easier to locate a proper room for our night-quarters afterwards.
It was pretty challenging to find a safe place to sleep.
Finally we chose a room with a working door lock.
...removed any shards of glass...
Home, sweet home!
...and blocked any possible access point.
...even the ventilation shaft.
...in order to avoid any unpleasant surprises.
We knew that this place was highly frequented by any kind of people.
We didn’t want them to find us here asleep so we did everything to prevent that.
Try again.
Easy. - Very nice.
We even set up our tent inside our room.
There was a broken window and we knew it would be a very cold night...
...but the tent should protect us from the wind.
And then it was bedtime....
So how was the night in that creepy house?
Actually it was pretty cool.
Well...
...we've heard strange noises all the time. But that was just the wind.
And...
We secured everything pretty good and even repaired the door lock.
Felt safe in here.
We hoped for a proper sunrise. And got disappointed...
It was extremely cold and it has snowed overnight too.
However, I would say...
...if you don't have any plans for the weekend yet you should stay overnight in an abandoned sanatorium near to you.
It's pretty relaxed and you safe a lot of money.
It's kinda romantic too. Your girlfriend will love it.
Well...
To put it in a nutshell: We had a great sleep.
It's like a "Do it Yourself" hotel.
Oh, you're setting the clock? - The days are passing by...
The days are passing faster!
How cool is that?
What? - He wrote 23rd and it's the 24th today! - What???
Urbex-Clown59 visited this site on 23rd February '17. - He was here yesterday.
Yesterday??? - We just missed him. - To bad we arrived at night.
Weird...
Sanatorium du Basil was one of the many sanatoriums that were built in the 19th and 20th century in order to treat tuberculosis.
The construction of this site of 56 hectares started in 1900 and cost around 1.2 million Francs.
The first patients were admitted three years later in 1903.
Only men from the near industrial city Liège  were treated here at first.
114 beds were provided for that.
Later the facility was opened for sickened women too.
Remote from the next town this sanatorium stands at a height of approximately 400 meters...
...surrounded by conifer forest.
Clean, fresh air...
...as well as quiet and peace should help curing the disease.
Self-sufficiency was really important...
...because the major concern of the surrounding communities was to get infected with tuberculosis.
So this site had its own water supply and even an own graveyard.
There were single- and multi-bed rooms for the patients on the middle floors.
Upstairs there were the housing spaces for the nursing personnel.
Once it was possible to treat tuberculosis with drugs this place got a new purpose.
It became a rehabilitation facility with around 150 employees.
There was even a pediatric clinic.
After an integration with another hospital this site was closed in 2010.
It became a shelter for asylum seekers and was finally abandoned due to cost concerns.
Till today nearly all of the furnishing has been removed.
To be honest: The inside isn’t too exciting any more.
Gosh, I was just scared for a moment...
But these two guys seem to be explorers too.
This view is sick!
But I won't climb much higher, dude...
Pretty cool here.
The other direction looks even more cooler.
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In the next video we’re exploring an abandoned mineral water bottling plant.
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