Roaming strange roads and small villages in the attempt to visit every single current and former municipality in Finland proved to be a gold mine in finding abandoned buildings. This was yet another village, and yet another fascinating looking old abandoned building.
The fences around the building weren’t related to its fate. There was a rather large road construction project in the area, and the yard of this abandonment served as its storage.
There was access through a side door to a small two room apartment, which had suffered a fire.This looks like the former kitchen.
The extremely old wallpaper indicates, that it’s been a while since someone lived here.
As does the old oven. Sadly structures like this one were largely demolished in the 1960’s and 1970’s, when oil boilers and district heating became more common.
Another view of the blackened kitchen. Most likely someone has lit the debris on the floor, and the fire hasn’t been very massive, as the interior is just charred, not completely burned.
The mess of old clothes and newspapers on the floor was such, that it was indeed possible to light a fire. Notice the Christmas tree decoration ball and the molten cassette.
The Christmas elf has escaped surprisingly unharmed.
The facade of the house from the other direction. I entered the apartment through the gap in the end wall. Old photos show, that there has been a porch, which has been demolished at some point.
Yes, I found some old photos. Which means, that I will probably have something to share about the location this time.
The building seen from the other side. The small door closest to the camera was open.
There was a sauna.
The washroom.
With a view to the sauna. Some tiles are missing from the walls.
Instructions about keeping the sauna clean for the users. It has been signed by “let’s act like pigs again’. Clever.
So the story of the location? It has been built in 1924 as workers’ aparments for a nearby sawmill, which was closed in the late 1980’s. It is largely in its original, primitive shape, and has probably been abandoned for years if not decades.
It’s future fate is unknown, although its architectural values have been recognized.