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AFP presents a photo essay of 36 pictures by Nicolas Tucat taken between February 9 and March 11, 2026 of urban explorers (urbex) examining abandoned...

An urban explorer (urbex) takes photographs through a hole in a wall of an abandoned public swimming pool in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on March 11,...

An urban explorer (urbex) takes photographs in an abandoned public swimming pool in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on March 11, 2026. Once a major indus...

An urban explorer (urbex) scouts an abandoned public swimming pool in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on March 11, 2026. Once a major industrial city of...

An urban explorer (urbex) stands in an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on March 11, 2026. Once a major industrial city of the co...

An urban explorer (urbex) stand at the entrance of an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on March 11, 2026. Once a major industrial...

This photograph shows an inside view of an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on March 11, 2026. Once a major industrial city of th...

This photograph shows a working glove on the ground in an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on March 11, 2026. Once a major indust...

An urban explorer (urbex) scouts an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on March 11, 2026. Once a major industrial city of the coal...

An urban explorer (urbex) takes photographs in an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on March 11, 2026. Once a major industrial cit...

This photograph shows an inside view of an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on March 11, 2026. Once a major industrial city of th...

An urban explorer (urbex) scouts an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on March 11, 2026. Once a major industrial city of the coal...

An urban explorer (urbex) scouts an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on March 11, 2026. Once a major industrial city of the coal...

This photograph shows an old car next to an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on March 11, 2026. Once a major industrial city of t...

Tourists stand as they look at abandoned steel plants in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on March 11, 2026. Once a major industrial city of the coal indu...

An urban explorer (urbex) scouts an abandoned public swimming pool in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on March 11, 2026. Once a major industrial city of...

An urban explorer (urbex) takes photographs in an abandoned public swimming pool in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on March 11, 2026. Once a major indus...

This photograph shows an inside view of an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on March 11, 2026. Once a major industrial city of th...

A tourist walks down a slag heap next to abandoned steel plants in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on March 11, 2026. Once a major industrial city of the...

This photograph shows a desk in the offices of an abandonned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on February 9, 2026. Once a major industrial...

An urban explorer (urbex) takes photographs in the warehouse of an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on February 9, 2026. Once a m...

This photograph shows a rusted machine in an abandonned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on February 9, 2026. Once a major industrial city...

This photograph shows the offices of an abandonned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on February 9, 2026. Once a major industrial city of th...

An urban explorer (urbex) walks as he takes photographs in the warehouse of an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on February 9, 20...

An urban explorer (urbex) takes photographs in the warehouse of an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on February 9, 2026. Once a m...

This photograph shows an inside view of an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on February 9, 2026. Once a major industrial city of...

This photograph shows an inside view of an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on February 9, 2026. Once a major industrial city of...

This photograph shows an office of an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on February 9, 2026. Once a major industrial city of the c...

An urban explorer (urbex) takes photographs in the warehouse of an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on February 9, 2026. Once a m...

An urban explorer (urbex) takes photographs in an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on February 9, 2026. Once a major industrial c...

This photograph shows an inside view of an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on February 9, 2026. Once a major industrial city of...

An urban explorer (urbex) takes photographs in an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on February 9, 2026. Once a major industrial c...

This photograph shows the main room of an abandoned town hall in a neighbourhood of Charleroi, southern Belgium, on February 9, 2026. Once a major ind...

This photograph shows a chair outside an abandoned town hall in a neighbourhood of Charleroi, southern Belgium, on February 9, 2026. Once a major indu...

An urban explorer (urbex) climbs the stairs of an abandoned public swimming pool in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on February 9, 2026. Once a major ind...

This photograph shows a helmet and a pair of boots in an abandoned steel plant in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on February 9, 2026. Once a major indus...

An urban explorer (urbex) walks in an abandoned public swimming pool in Charleroi, southern Belgium, on February 9, 2026. Once a major industrial city...