Creepy - 7 December 2019, 2 November 2019, 26 October 2019
I have been a model for horror photo shoots. These shoots were at different locations. For clarity these photos are not made by me.
Château Goorhof - 1 December 2018
Castle Goorhof, was built in 1876 by the wealthy Antwerp ship owner Frans Huger and is located on a domain of 32 ha with a 2.5 ha pond that was created when building the nearby railway. In 1996, it was bought for 48 million Belgian francs by a real estate entrepreneur. In 2000 the last owner left the castle and since that time it is allowed to rot and de-loot. Vandals have thrown out the windows and the walls have been covered with graffiti, stairwells and complete floors have come down, fires has been set up in castle and the stables, the cellars are under water. On the courtyard was a dark red Alfa Romeo where today only the engine block is remaining, and the statues are either beaten to pieces or so overgrown with plants that you walk past them without knowing. The castle is for sale again.
Castle Borgharen - 18 August 2018
In 1202 there is mention of the castle, owned by the Van Haeren family. The lords of the castle decided in their domination to levy tolls on skippers to use the part Maas that lay at the castle. After the people of Maastricht had complained to the bishops of Liège about this toll, Adolf van der Mark did sent in 1318 his army on a punitive expedition to Borgharen to put an end to the toll. The castle was destroyed and set on fire. In the 14th century the independence of the Land van Valkenburg came to an end and the dukes of Brabant became the new owners of Borgharen. They lented the castle again to the Van Haeren family. In 1483 the castle was again destroyed. By inheritance the castle came into the possession of the nobleman Herman Scheiffart of Merode in the 16th century.
After the Second World War, the castle was owned by Simone Baroness de Moffarts-Baroness de Rosen de Borgharen. She rented a number of apartments in the castle. In 1953, the castle became the property of the Amsterdam hotel owner De Cocq. From 2005, the castle was largely uninhabited, causing the decline quickly. In 2003, the Borgharenaar Ronny Bessems bought the adjacent castle farm. In 2009, the municipality of Maastricht rewarded the restoration of the farm with the Victor de Stuers Award. The castle farm is used as a bed and breakfast. Since 2014, Bessems and his partner also own the castle. They want to restore the castle over a period of 15 to 20 years. (Legal Visit)
Château Wolfenstein - 21 May 2018
The castle was built in 1931 by Louis Empain and was sold in 1936 to the Fabri family. This last family sold the castle in 1950 to a Belgian FNAPG, a Belgian foundation that dealt with the reception of political prisoners and war victims.
After the Second World War many war victims suffered from tuberculosis. A sanatorium was established for this purpose in Switzerland. This castle was used for those recovering from the sanatorium in Switzerland. Later a hospital was built in the vicinity of the castle. This hospital now serves as an asylum seekers' centre. Probably the castle is no longer in use since the mid-seventies.
Castle is still in a good condition and there is still a lot of furniture present in the rooms. Within minimal damage and no graphite . Take into account that it is a difficult location to enter. During the second visit it was possible to enter the castle.
Château Marteau Longe - 21 May 2018
The castle was built in the beginning of the 19th century and first serves as a residence. In 1955 the domain was bought by the municipality of Wilsele. The municipality converts the castle into a holiday colony for pensioners and children. First the domain was only available for the municipal schools of Wilsele, but from 1962 the pupils of Catholic Education could also go on holiday in this Castle. In the year 1963, for example, there were a total of 500 children and 125 pensioners.
In 1986 the complex changed into the youth holiday organization "Les Étapes De La Route". Around 2007 the castle was vacant. Today, after more than 10 years of vacancy, the buildings on the domain have become ruins. In 2018 there is a new owner who has plans to convert the castle into 30 residential units. This renovation started middle 2019.
Château Rouge - 9 May 2018
The first castle originated around 1100 and was owned by the religious community of Neufmoustier. These brothers lived above their booth and were in 1789 forced to sell the property to the abbey of Saint Laurent in Liège. The property gradually came into the possession of several families. At the end of WWII the site was destroyed, only the chapel survived. Mr. Henri Delattre-Godin demolished the remnant of the old castle and built in 1889 a new castle in the style of Flemish Renaissance.
In 1955 the castle was sold to the Federation of Liberal Mutualities of Brabant, which turned it into a summer camp for children. Mrs. Edith van den Troost took over the complex in 1997 and turned it into a hotel conference centre. The hotel conference centre closed its doors in 2006 and in 2009 it was sold to a project developer who wants to make it a centre for the disabled.
Since then, the castle and outbuildings have been abandoned, used by squatters and the inside is completely destroyed. In 2015, the Belgian police discovered 1,000 cannabis plants in the castle and outbuildings. At the moment the grounds, castle and outbuildings are used by an airsoft association.
