I would never have heard of this place had it not been to one of my most active Instagram followers, who sent me a link to a news item. It was about two 14-year-old boys seeing smoke rise from an abandoned building, running to a nearby store and buying water bottles to put out a pile of newspapers, which someone had lit. Their actions probably saved the building.
Built in the late 1940’s as the kindergarten to the kids of the workers at a nearby factory, the building has been sketched by the famous architect Alvar Aalto, though he didn’t design it. After its kindergarten years it served as a community centre before being abandoned in 2012. It is listed as a valuable building, while everybody is wondering what to do with it.
Meanwhile I was wondering how to get in, but couldn’t find a way.
The only thing I managed to find was someone’s underwear.