Bob Thissen, 33, surveyed an eerie vast site he likened to an 'enormous industrial maze', part of the building which was used as a location for the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1984 dystopian sci-fi flick
AN urban explorer risked his life to explore an abandoned power station used in the film Blade Runner 2049 — dubbing it a “death trap”.
Bob Thissen, 33, visited the spot an hour outside of Budapest in Hungary, to discover its eerie emptiness, moss and rust-clad walls.
Part of the building was used as a location for the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1984 dystopian sci-fi flick Blade Runner.
With the site bearing clear 'no entry" signs, the urban explorer — known as an urbexer — carefully trod around dangerous cooling towers, gloomy warehouses amassed in pipes and into the control room.
The plant, which remains an industrial grey with odd smatterings of colour is currently in the process of being demolished.
Bob, from Heerlen, the Netherlands, said: “These buildings always feel like an enormous industrial maze. You can walk for hours in there.
“They often have a sci-fi look, so I am not surprised it was used in Bladerunner 2049.
“The cooling towers were very dangerous. It was a death trap to walk there.
“You have to watch out with rusty metal which you can fall through.
“I liked the decay and the symmetry of the boiler room.
“I also liked the decayed turbine room, even flowers were growing next to them."
I am not surprised it was used in Bladerunner 2049
Urban explorer Bob Thissen
“Nowadays most power stations don't get the chance to decay anymore, because they get demolished quickly after being decommissioned.”
The new Blade Runner instalment sees Ryan Gosling hunt down Harrison Ford and other robots known as “replicants”, fearing an uprising against mankind after it’s discovered they can reproduce.
Shots show Gosling inside an abandoned “shipyard” and walking down stairs within the rusting location, according to Bob.
Bob added: “The boiler room is very recognisable, although they changed it a little in post production.
“There are some shots made in the boiler part, he walks down the stairs of a very sci-fi looking building.
“The power station is abandoned for quite a while and is being demolished at the moment. The control room was still in use.
“The turbines are already dismantled, so I wonder what will happen to the building."
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