This water tower is located on the Jana III Sobieskiego street in Gliwice. It was built probably in the early XX century and is one of the few still existing water towers in Gliwice.
I took this photo during a nice walk at the end of February, 2025. I hope this building will be taken care of. It looks nice and uniquely in the neighborhood where most of the buildings are houses probably from similar period.
This one’s a blast from the past. Maybe not a very ancient past, but certainly a pre-pandemic past. In spring 2018 I went for a few days to Barcelona with a couple of friends. At some point, we went up the hill where there was a beautiful view of part of the city and the sea. Besides the usual stuff, this was what brought my attention to one of the building’s rooftop.
The old railroad tracks I found on a walk near my house. They lead to a nearby coal mine site which is currently not used (or barely used). I don’t know when they were used the last time, but it couldn’t be very long time ago. While they are overgrown and rusty, you can still see the tunnel in the trees where the train used to fit.
When I took the photo it was winter, but the weather was more like it was the beginning of autumn. I think that orangish-brown shades in the surroundings nicely fit with the old tracks, creating a monochromatic composition.
It’s just a photo of an old, overgrown shed I found when walking near my home.
Sometime in the end of November 2024, I went for a night walk. It was quite a dark, foggy, moonless night, but I decided to take a camera with me. I was wandering around the old coal mine area. The buildings are not fully abandoned yet, but currently there is not much going on. Still, I’ve seen security guards walking and driving around every some time.
Even though the conditions weren’t the best, I managed to get a few shots. I didn’t think that I would be able to make much use of them, as I didn’t take a tripod, so I had to shoot at a very high ISO. Anyways, after some processing, I was able to get a few interesting images. I think that they convey the atmosphere of this deteriorating, mostly abandoned industrial place.
