Last time on Abandoned Harz Hotels.
Okay, so we're thinking that this place...
...must be really unknown.
Every room is still furnished.
There are no graffitis on the walls.
No broken windows...
All of these rooms...
...are in pretty good shape. There's a TV in every room!
The gorgeous and peaceful Harz Mountains in the heart of Germany...
...are an ideal place for abandoned buildings.
The climate is harsh and the weather erratic...
...which encourage decay and offers eerily beautiful sceneries from time to time.
In some cases the vacancy is alarmingly high...
...which leads to a high number of abandoned properties like factories and sanatoriums.
But most of all...
...abandoned hotels.
With borrowed equipment we’re embarking on a journey through time.
Off the beaten tourist path we’re looking for forgotten witnesses of the past.
This is part two of Abandoned Harz Hotels.
We had a great start and packed full of motivation we headed to the second site for the day.
Our destination was another abandoned hotel...
...but it was quite different from the first one.
Nestled on a hillside hidden behind trees this place can be easily missed.
However, finding an access was super easy.
The hotel is composed of an older and a newer building as well as spa area.
According to our information this place has been abandoned since 2003.
Most of the rooms in the newer building are completely empty now.
The only thing you can find in here is vegetation - mainly moss - reclaiming the site.
Here isn't that much left but take a look at that! - A shoe polisher!
"out of order"
When we got to the old building part we were really impressed.
There was stuff everywhere!
This was a welcome contrast to the other half of the hotel.
Things like furniture and personal documents were stored here.
And just when we thought that this sleeping beauty wasn’t discovered by any vandals and graffiti sprayers yet...
...we noticed that there must have been a big fire here.
Because of the ramshackle looks of the old building’s upper floors we didn’t risk to explore them.
Later we’ve found out that firefighters had to advance around four years ago after a case of arson.
The real highlight of this site was a small house right next to the hotel.
It looked like a home but probably was some kind of guesthouse.
While the ground floor looked some kind of emptied out...
...the other floors were full of vintage furniture and belongings which were left behind.
The visit felt a bit like a time travel back to the 80’s.
Like so many times before the reason why this site has been abandoned is unknown to us.
In the spa area decay really becomes noticeable.
There was a big swimming hall but the roof collapsed some time ago.
There were tanning beds and sweat baths too.
Despite the fire, collapses and mold we could have spend hours in this abandoned hotel.
You won't find a place like this easily.
But there was one more abandoned hotel we wanted to see on this day.
Next time on Abandoned Harz Hotels.
This was part two of our new urbex series.
In two weeks we will release the third and final episode for now.
If you haven’t seen the first one already you should definitively catch up.
C’ya next time!
