When I reach certain areas, I start receiving tips from my local friends telling me where to find abandoned places. This was the case this time, too. I got a tip about an old farm house, which last had been a clubhouse for the local skydiving association. Located behind a small airfield, my friend toldContinue reading “This Was Supposed To Be An Easy Gig”
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The Pile Is Something New
Yet again I am back at a familiar location. I’ve been to this mental asylum two times now, the previous one being in 2022. As I haven’t found a way in, I am back looking for one. Back then this pile of what looks like large plastic bags wasn’t present. I think somebody has sensedContinue reading “The Pile Is Something New”
A Rotten Beauty Part III
I entered the third apartment through the hole in the wall. Well, it seems that there was also an entrance there. A vintage TV. The apartment looked like somebody had started renovations and then given up. A familiar story. The chimney has changed color several times during the years. The wall looks healthy. Random thrash.Continue reading “A Rotten Beauty Part III”
A Rotten Beauty Part II
Moving on to the second apartment. The old double doors are a beauty. Something has cracked. The hall. The third apartment was locked, but luckily somebody had made a way there. There was some old furniture left in the second apartment. The kitchen. And another photo one step further forward. The apartments would be beautifulContinue reading “A Rotten Beauty Part II”
A Rotten Beauty Part I
During the winter when I was looking for new locations, I found a mention about a large old apartment building and a furniture factory in a small municipality. I just wrote the address down, didn’t even have a look at Google Maps. What awaited me there was a major surprise. An amazing beauty. I meanContinue reading “A Rotten Beauty Part I”
Swiping My Way To The Local Paper Part II
Moving deeper inside the building past a boat engine. There was a way upstairs, where there probably had been apartments, but the downstairs ceiling was in such a bad shape, I decided against going there. Moving towards the former store. All kinds of random stuff was stored there. I think the decision to skip theContinue reading “Swiping My Way To The Local Paper Part II”
Swiping My Way To The Local Paper Part I
The following morning I stopped in the following town. One of my so many Tinder matches featured in this blog was working the summer in the tourist office of her birth town. When I arrived, we had coffee and as her lunch break came, we went to lunch. That was when she casually mentioned, thatContinue reading “Swiping My Way To The Local Paper Part I”
Looks Like They Started
Once again my ferocious Googling revealed a location, which soon would be gone. The former elementary school of Finland’s smallest town, Kaskinen, built in 1978, had been abandoned for years because of moisture damage. It was set to be demolished. There it is, and it looks like at least some preparations have started. Although theContinue reading “Looks Like They Started”
Oh The Decadence
Back in 1968 a local constructor built a motel by a busy highway. The building originally featured eight rooms and was operated by a state owned chain called Motorest. Back then it was the newest new. Two years later the motel was extended with another 12 rooms. And there it served passengers for decades. InContinue reading “Oh The Decadence”
Seeing The Birches Grow
Continuing my yearly check ups on places I’ve visited the previous summer, here’s the village school I randomly discovered back in 2022. Back then I encountered a neighbour, who told me, that somebody had transformed it into a home, but nobody lived there. First he encouraged me to buy it, then he encouraged me toContinue reading “Seeing The Birches Grow”