Once again I return to a familiar location, which hasn’t been featured here earlier. It is a former municipal home, which I visited for the first time in 2022, but only turned on the parking lot, when I saw the cameras. The wooden building at the back is from the 1920’s, the more modern probablyContinue reading “Empty For Decades But Well Guarded”
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The Final Moment Was An Unpleasant Surprise Part IV
Moving on to the final sections of the upstairs of this building. And finding another kitchen. The 1980’s look of the furniture was pretty staggering. The very messed up main stairway, which I didn’t climb in the earlier post. Moving on. It gets darker. But there were still more rooms. And they did follow theContinue reading “The Final Moment Was An Unpleasant Surprise Part IV”
The Final Moment Was An Unpleasant Surprise Part III
Back at the porch, it seems. One more entrance. It looks to lead to the final unexplored part of the upstairs. And indeed it did. Well here we have another mess. Moving on to a lobby. And reaching room number 4. What a small room I found. Judging by the mattresses, this has been aContinue reading “The Final Moment Was An Unpleasant Surprise Part III”
The Final Moment Was An Unpleasant Surprise Part II
Entering another room, which has clearly been a kitchen. Well, this clearly has been the main kitchen of the place. There have even been wine glasses. And most of the floors have been demolished here, too. That looks like evidence. Of what? Moving on inside the building, still avoiding weak spots of the floor. ThisContinue reading “The Final Moment Was An Unpleasant Surprise Part II”
The Final Moment Was An Unpleasant Surprise Part I
Now this was something of an unexpected discovery. My urbex friend told me about a former school closed decades ago and converted into a hotel. During the winter of 2014-2015 there was a massive water leak, which closed the place down. In 2016 the owner applied for a demolition permit for the historically important buildingContinue reading “The Final Moment Was An Unpleasant Surprise Part I”
Built For The Russians, Went Down With The Russians
Welcome to yet another interesting piece of Finnish real estate history. This here is the Zsar Outlet Village built right next to the border with Russia and opened in 2018. Its aim was to serve rich Russian tourists, who were a mainstay in Southeastern Finland back then. It looks like a historical city, but itContinue reading “Built For The Russians, Went Down With The Russians”
Something Fishy Is Going On In Here
When my friend tipped me about the former border control troop garrison, which I unsuccessfully visited, they told me that the building had a twin. It was another border control troop garrison and its fate was almost similar. It had been closed and sold to a Russian owner and abandoned after that. However, my friendContinue reading “Something Fishy Is Going On In Here”
Still Chasing The Impossible
Here we are again. At the dairy processing plant, which I have been chasing since 2011, when it wasn’t even abandoned yet. But something has happened isnce the previous visit in 2022. Back then there was absolutely no graffiti on the facade. Now the entire place has been vandalized with large tags. In addition toContinue reading “Still Chasing The Impossible”
Very Sad To See this
Next my trip took me to a small rural village, where there is a large former prison. It was closed in 2011, and after that the place has hosted asylum seekers. I’ve been to the village several times to see if there is anything of interest. There hasn’t been yet. One of the buildings, whichContinue reading “Very Sad To See this”
Waiting For Its End
And welcome yet again to a familiar location. Here we have a sawmill factory workers’ apartment building, which has been empty for years and already has a demolition permit. I recently shared my previous photos from the same location to a local Facebook group and heard, that it had been converted to a clubhouse atContinue reading “Waiting For Its End”