Why there's an abandoned Ghost Town in Belgium

This is an awesome informative video! Underrated channel

I think the Church refers to a church no longer in use as abandoned, so in this case ‘the church is not abandoned’ would be fine. You could also say the church is ‘still in use’. Or my instinct would be to refer to the church as ‘still in service’, as church services are still provided there.
I’m interested in local communities and I enjoyed this, thanks.

It's easy: if it's cheap to get a land or a house there, people will move in.

it reminds me a bit of the village of Heijplaat, part of the Rotterdam municipality. Actually the only thing it has in common is that it too is a village completely surrounded by port facilities, but it is not abandoned at all.

There's a "similar" city in France : Goussainville (the old city), it became a ghost town because of an airport nearby and the plane noise made many citizen leave before their houses were worthless (and there was a deal with the airport company who bought many houses).

But now modern airplanes are quieter so people are slowly coming back.

Actually the expansion of the port was considered before WWII, there are some really interesting plans that survive from that period with one that could have cut off the now residential left bank of Antwerp by a broad canal with dozens of docks connected like the teeth of a comb.

"abandoned" - when did the ghosts leave?

Been there a couple of times! In the Netherlands we don’t have much abandoned places so that’s the reason there are a lot of Dutch tourists. It’s the closest abandoned place near the Netherlands.

The ride to Doel is indeed a wild ride haha, last ride I got a flat tire… 😅Anyway cool video and shots, thanks for sharing!

welcome to Belgian politics.

As it seems the harbor will not be extended there after all, maybe it will be refurbished? It is close to Antwerp, after all.

Nice shots as usual

Why do I suddenly want to live there?

are you sure its abandoned? it looks like any other village in Belgium.

The houses in Doel are almost as much filled with graffiti as a random house in Berlin! But not quiet as much, of course.

If it wasn't for the Nuke stacks, it would be worth building a nice community and renovating a part for port workers. But because the government seems like a bunch of celebrity pandering jerks, who would trust them? People need some security in their future.

(looks at title) The reason a Ghost town exists is because it is abandoned