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Krypton
17-09-2010, 07:22 AM
Visited here on holiday in August. Got stung firt because they wanted money to take photos, so i bought the badge. Then when they seend my camera i had to pay more money for a proffesional photo pass, then when i got my tripod out they said i had to pay like £20, so i left there and picked it up at the end! Greedy people!

This mine still is working ( i think) i passed a few mining looking people on the way. Accesss was down like a million steps, which i tried to take a photo of but it wouldnt work as people were constantly moving.

Theres some amazing architecture down there, when you take into consideration 99% of it is carved out of salt!

Photos may be slightly shaky, handheld on manual underground with no tripod doesnt work.

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Theres also a church down there, a pub, ballroom etc i did take photos of them, but not sure where ive put them!

Anyway hope you enjoyed and if i find them i'll post them up!

obscurity
17-09-2010, 09:27 AM
beautiful looking place. Thanks for shareing mate :)

KingElvis
17-09-2010, 11:56 AM
Fantastic stuff, love it.

Did you find the Nazi Bell down there?

TQexplorer
17-09-2010, 06:27 PM
thats ace mate! nice one :thumb

sqwasher
17-09-2010, 06:39 PM
That's rather nice Krypton-pictures are great & it would be cool to see the others if you find them. :thumb

Krypton
17-09-2010, 09:38 PM
Thanks, KE i did not see any bell?..

Rebel
17-09-2010, 10:53 PM
Looks good for hand helds, the robbing bar stuards.