Death of a Hotel: The Last Days of Interhotel Veliko Turnovo
A eulogy for one of my favourite works of architecture.
Bulgaria
Exploring an Abandoned Surface-to-Air Missile Base in Bulgaria
Cold War relics.
Skeletons of Utopia: The Story of Shumen’s Central City Square
When Bulgarian architects high on Le Corbusier run out of money halfway through building utopia.
Hunting for Pokémon in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Digital psychogeography & the gamification of dark tourism.
The Mystical Origins of the Kukeri: Bulgaria’s Strangest Folk Festival
Sun gods, mystery cults, ancient initiations... this bizarre festival is older than you might think.
Five Abandoned Churches & A Cellar Full of Skulls
A detailed look at six religious ruins, scattered across Romania, Bulgaria, Kosovo and the UK.
The Abandoned Palace of Sports
The abandoned sports hall in Bulgaria that's rumoured to be an unused Olympic venue.
Avtomorga: Rust & Snow
A winter visit to a scrapyard, transformed into beautiful & bizarre shapes by the drifting snow.
No Leaf Clover: Walking an Abandoned Train Tunnel
Exploring unfinished communist-era train tunnels beneath the hills of Bulgaria.
The Strange and Tragic History of Bulgaria’s Cape Kaliakra
Cape Kaliakra is a beautiful peninsula near Balchik, Bulgaria, which hides a bloody history.
Gas Masks & Graffiti: A Derelict Furniture Factory in Bulgaria
The abandoned Sava Ganchev factory: artistic graffiti & a dungeon full of gas masks.
End of the Line: Abandoned Train Yards in the Snow
Abandoned train station in the Balkan Mountains of Bulgaria. Ticket halls, tracks & rusted cranes.
A Sunday Morning Rooftop Infiltration
A lazy Sunday morning on the rooftops of a Bulgarian shopping centre.
Exploring an Abandoned Cold War Bunker in Bulgaria
A Cold War bunker beneath the Park-Monument of the Bulgarian-Soviet Friendship in Varna, Bulgaria.
An Abandoned School in the Mountains of Bulgaria
In the Balkan Mountains of Bulgaria, this socialist school lies abandoned & haunted by the past.