The contrast to the last photo in the previous post is pretty large. There the class was ready for the lection. Here all pupils have left and taken their chairs and desks with them, only the teacher is ready. Another music classroom. Or judging by the equipment, the band classroom. Back in my primary schoolContinue reading “Swiping My Way In Part V”
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Swiping My Way In Part IV
We next moved towards the early 1960’s school building also abandoned. A sports hall had been built behind it not too long ago. The oldest part looks like it was connected to the second part, but it wasn’t. The newer part consisted of two pretty different looking wings. The entrance was straight to a stairway.Continue reading “Swiping My Way In Part IV”
Swiping My Way In Part III
In the last photo of the previous post we saw the side staircase. For some reason the following picture comes after it. Holiday ads made by cutting from newspapers. My personal favorite is the hotel-restaurant Mamma Mia. Back in my secondary school days we had a stupid inside joke called Pizzeria Magnifico. I did theContinue reading “Swiping My Way In Part III”
Swiping My Way In Part II
First insights of the ground floor of the school: student art. The ground floor corridor. Or at least a part of it. This is what looks like another former music classroom. Something here didn’t quite add up. The portraits of three former presidents of Finland, posters about the national epic of Finland. And these areContinue reading “Swiping My Way In Part II”
Swiping My Way In Part I
Welcome to an all too familiar story. This beauty here is the former secondary school of a small town. It was originally built in 1950 and enlarged already back in 1959. It was a private secondary school, which was run by an association. For a long time they tried to get the permission to arrangeContinue reading “Swiping My Way In Part I”
Cut Short By Bankrupcy Part III
Being on the sawmill area outside working hours is forbidden, the sign says. Too bad I don’t believe in signs. There was a huge field next to the sawmill. On the other side of the field were several storage buildings. The storage buildings were just metal sheds. There was not much to see here. ThereContinue reading “Cut Short By Bankrupcy Part III”
Cut Short By Bankrupcy Part II
So we are back in the production area again. The machinery used in sawing the logs was still in place. This is the part of the building made out of concrete seen through the break room windows. It turned out to be some kind of a storage. Now that on the floor is most likelyContinue reading “Cut Short By Bankrupcy Part II”
Cut Short By Bankrupcy Part I
On my earlier tours I had spotted a rather large sawmill, which didn’t have any lumber piles on its yard. Instead the yard was slowly turning into a forest. I didn’t have time to go check out the place back then, but as my tour of all Finnish municipalities took me to the neighbouring oneContinue reading “Cut Short By Bankrupcy Part I”
Around We Go
Already tired of my never ending stories about bizarre and failed business ideas and real estate businesses? No? Good! Here’s another one. This here is a former nursing home. It was originally built in the 1940’s as a municipal home and enlarged in the 1960’s to a new use. The building visible in this pictureContinue reading “Around We Go”
Bringing Wisdom To The Countryside Part III
I next started exploring the wing behind the large doors in the lobby. It was in a better shape than the gym, but decay had started to find its way here, too. The radiators had been removed here. The school no more had a functioning heating system. Hadn’t probably had one for years. The doorContinue reading “Bringing Wisdom To The Countryside Part III”