onlylifeweknow

Freelance nomads living in a
stealth van across Europe.
Photographer and writer.

Exploring the odd and mysterious parts of Europe. Doing urban explorations in abandoned buildings and haunted towns with witches and vampires.

Surfing, skating and diving.

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The free hot spring / thermal bath in the Pyrenees

3/18/2019 1:59 PM About VanlifeSpainFrance

Vanlife Europe onlylifeweknow free hot spring thermal bath Pyrenees

We love this place! We have been to a few different free hot springs or thermal baths but this is by far the best one. Its a natural spring in the middle of the Pyreenese mountains, near the border between France and Spain and its so beautiful.

You go off the main road up a few hairpins and park by the road. There is a trail leading from there to the hot spring and only the road there is beautiful. From a distance you can see the steam from the hot water, like a picture from a fairy tale.

A waterfall with different levels and pools, steaming hot in the cold mountain air. The water is around 60'C and the sourroundings is absolutely stunning. Montains with snowy tops and far away from the civilisation. Its hard to find this place but once you get there its worth the difficult way there.

To buy an abandoned house

2/3/2019 6:43 PM SwedenUrban exploration

we bought an abandoned house in Sweden and it have been a bit crazy ever since!

As you may know we love to visit abandoned places wherever we go, we are always looking for new cool spots in every country we travel to.

In Italian Liguria the state gives away castles and houses that’s abandoned for free to increase the tourism in small villages. Our first thought was to get one of those in the beautiful Italian riviera... but that might be a project for the future. Instead we desided to find something in Sweden, a base where we can live and work while we are here.

Outside an abandoned building in Germany

So we drove on all the roads in the Swedish countryside that we could find, we posted adds about our search for an abandoned house on Facebook and got a lot of answers and tips and finally we found Näraby.

This house have been abandoned for about 20 years and it needs a lot of work and love. It will take time and energy but we will make it into that lovely home it once was <3

After buying Näraby the swedish media wrote a lot about it, here are some links

SVT

Expressen

Land

And of course some Criticism ;)

And if you want to see more about this abandoned house project, you can check out the website www.naraby.se

Beautiful & flowery Estepona

5/28/2018 9:42 AM Spain

A qick stop in the town that wins the price for most flowers 🌸 estepona! Besides the beautiful flowers, the cosy streets and the great beach, we also found the best vanlife spot for the night!