This time I came to see the neurosurgical hospital I had discovered in 2020. As I had learned that the former staff apartments were now occupied by people, who were very hostile towards intruders and had camera surveillance on the road leading up to the hospital, I developed the perfect plan. As the hospital wasContinue reading “Cameras All Over”
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Still Waiting For New Ideas
Welcome to yet another familiar location. This time I am at the former mental asylum featured a couple of times earlier. The main building was demolished back in 2021, but this protected 1924’s older building remained. It had been looking for new use for years. Even the old service building was still remaining. It probablyContinue reading “Still Waiting For New Ideas”
The Project Doesn’t Seem To Advance
My quest for entering several buildings originally spotted between 2020 and 2023 goes on. This time it’s a former business and apartment building. A detail plan allowing it to be demolished and replaced with a much larger block of flats had by now been in force for at least five years. Yet nothing much seemsContinue reading “The Project Doesn’t Seem To Advance”
Just Another Shut Shack
Before I left town, my local friend tipped me about yet another abandoned building next to the highway southwards. As I was heading that way anyway, it would cost me nothing to have a look. The tips of that friend are usually spot on. Unfortunately this place was well enough shut. Not really sure, whatContinue reading “Just Another Shut Shack”
Not Looking Good For The Yellow House
Right next to the yellow house was this block of flats, which was already doomed. According to detail plan documents it had suffered water damage and would be demolished to make way for a new health care center. This detail plan also revealed the fate of the yellow house. It would also be demolished toContinue reading “Not Looking Good For The Yellow House”
Another Visit To The Yellow House
And here I am again back at a familiar location. This is the yellow house owned by the local town and waiting to be demolished. I last visited the location in 2021, and now I am back for another attempt. Since the previous visit, a book has appeared. “The men’s school, 1964”, the title says.Continue reading “Another Visit To The Yellow House”
Disrespecting Their History
The following location was on a cape in Kuusamo. Originally it had been a children’s hospital completed in 1944. The withdrawing Germans destroyed the building apart from its external walls. It became a regional hospital and then again a children’s hospital until 1950. After that it became a child care unit until 1974 and aContinue reading “Disrespecting Their History”
Skiing To School Around The Year
The millenials in Finland have their own way of mocking boomers, who constantly think that everything was better before and that the current youth have it too easy. We start sarcastically telling, what all things were better, and what they had to endure. And every single time somebody brings up the ‘yeah, we used toContinue reading “Skiing To School Around The Year”
There Never Was Much Traffic Anyway
After the winter war ended, the Soviet Union forced Finland to build a railway Eastwards from Kemijärvi. Their master plan probably was, that they could easily transport troops and equipment to Finland when they would attack anyway. After the continuation war, the railway was rebuilt. There never was any cross border traffic, and there wasContinue reading “There Never Was Much Traffic Anyway”
Embraced By Fjelds Part III
This is the upstairs corridor. It is very similar to the one downstairs. There was a window at the end of the corridor. The views are still spectacular. And just like downstairs there was a tiny kitchen. There was also a toilet and a shower. These were located a bit differently than downstairs. The firstContinue reading “Embraced By Fjelds Part III”