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Stunning abandoned places in Hungary
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It is beautiful when a place is left alone for so long that nature starts to reclaim the territory. Here are some abandoned locations in Hungary worth visiting, which are starting to slowly be taken over by their surroundings.
Old train tracks
A part of the tracks are still functional in Kemence, but it is only a fraction of what it used to be. Parts of the track were starting to get ruined in the beginning of the 90s. It had not been maintained well for a while, when a huge storm came in 1993, and total destruction of the tracks was feared, according to Sokszínű Vidék. The case, however worsened, when in 1995, a storm caused the Csarna-spring to overflow, and the water totally rearranged the tracks, many bridges that upheld the them were washed out from under them.
In the past 25 years, some of the damage has been renovated, but most of it was left for nature to do with it what it wanted. 20 years ago a museum about the tracks and trains’ history was founded in Kemence, and they celebrated their 20th birthday in July.
A video of the still functioning portion of the tracks shows a glimpse of the other parts which have been reclaimed by nature.