Why the Urbex Travel Trend is The Coolest New Thing in Adventure Travel

This is a guest post about the new urbex travel trends that are so popular especially in Europe and Japan.

I have always had this thing with abandoned places, roofs, not-so-tapped destinations, and spots. When a couple of years ago I first saw photos with a hashtag #urbanexploration on Instagram I thought it was such a cool idea to actually give a name to something that many people have been doing for years.

I have always been a wanderer and liked to peep into old buildings, rock rickety rooftops and chase the sunsets from not so known places. If you enjoy that too, keep calm and read on!

For those of you who are not familiar with this word, first of all, I guess we have to answer one essential question:

What Does < Stand For?
The word “urbex” is a fusion of “urban” and “exploration”.

Briefly speaking,  urbex is all about exploring and indulging the abandoned, urban areas. Sounds creepy? Not really!

What Makes Urbex a Unique Way to Travel

Urbex has it all.

It is…