The following location was by the same small road where the previous one was located. My friend told me that a clocksmith had lived and worked there. I was a bit sceptical at first. It was actually just a shed. But my friend’s father, who has lived his entire life in the village, confirmed, thatContinue reading “The Unusual Guides Are Back Part III”
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The Unusual Guides Are Back Part II
Another van standing in the grass. I can’t recognize its marque or model. But what I can recognize is the car tax sticker from 1996. Back in the 1990’s for a couple of years it was mandatory to wear a sticker indicating that you had paid your annual car tax. It was also mandatory toContinue reading “The Unusual Guides Are Back Part II”
The Unusual Guides Are Back Part I
At this point my summer tour had taken me to the small rural village, where my friend from high school lived. We had lunch together with their family and after that set sail to new locations they had found for me during the winter. When entering the area, we were first greeted with a lateContinue reading “The Unusual Guides Are Back Part I”
But How Do You Get There?
I’ve mentioned before, that Finland is full of old sawmill ruins. The forest industry created the modern welfare state, as we know it today, but as time started favouring bigger units, smaller local sawmills were abandoned. This happened between the 1960’s and 1980’s. The early 1990’s recession killed the last ones. And here is oneContinue reading “But How Do You Get There?”
Revealing Something
Once I was able to drive the car again, I headed towards a location, which I discovered during my first 2020 great Tour De Finland. It was the old sawmill area, which remained a mystery to me during the previous visit. The brick built power station had been demolished, but the more mysterious building wasContinue reading “Revealing Something”
A Day After Part III
Back when drinking with the nice middle aged couple the previous evening, they told me that the former nursing school of the town had been abandoned and vandalized for some time. They gave me good instructions, and it wasn’t exactly difficult to find the place. The building was completed in two parts, the first oneContinue reading “A Day After Part III”
A Day After Part II
The original ovens were still in the house. These are sought after nowadays. Somebody has tried practising the alphabet. So much for the downstairs. Time to head up. Hopefully there’s more light there. The house has probably been built after the war. Back then there was a shortage of everything, and all spare wood wasContinue reading “A Day After Part II”
A Day After Part I
An old one family house abandoned for at least 10 years.
Status Unchanged
And yet another check up on a familiar location. This here is the 1920’s built teacher apartment building featured earlier here. A year has passed, but the building seems as closed as it was the previous year, when I found it. So let’s just go around and photograph it. Nothing new to discover here, itContinue reading “Status Unchanged”
Another Catch Gone
And yet another catch up on a previously visited location. This time it was the business building I found by accident in 2022. Well, it was located in that gravel pit over there. And photographing it from the opposite direction doesn’t bring the buildings back. They had been demolished in 2022. A pity. This locationContinue reading “Another Catch Gone”