Well, well, well, isn’t that the cursed school? The old and creepy place, which I first visited in 2017 and finally finished the exploration in 2022. There was an old barrack on the yard, which I explored back in 2021. So why am I back? Haven’t I seen it all already? Well, no. There’s stillContinue reading “Testing The Third Curse”
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Just Passing By Like The Trains
Another familiar location. The railway station, which shut its doors back in 2006 and is threatened to be run over by a motorway. Photos from 2021 can be found here. I’ve come to see, if anything has changed. Probably the condition of the place has gotten worse, but I have no high hopes getting in.Continue reading “Just Passing By Like The Trains”
So Ancient, That It Wasn’t On The Internet Part II
The other building was in a much better shape. I suspect, that it has been a teacher apartment building, why else would a house with two apartments have been built here. These two photos have been taken from the main road once running through the area. It has become a rose garden. The other endContinue reading “So Ancient, That It Wasn’t On The Internet Part II”
So Ancient That It Wasn’t On The Internet Part I
I have a friend I’ve known since my student years. We met through student politics, were never close, but shared a fandom towards old Volvos. We gradually started talking on Instagram and he started following my roadtrips. He told me, that his girlfriend originally came from a small rural village, and he could ask hisContinue reading “So Ancient That It Wasn’t On The Internet Part I”
The Concept Of Municipal Homes Explained
In several posts from the summer of 2022 and even from before that, I’ve mentioned the concept municipal home. It comes from the history. Even before the Finnish welfare state, there were houses, where in general everybody, who couldn’t live on their own or with relatives were placed: the elderly, the disabled and the mentallyContinue reading “The Concept Of Municipal Homes Explained”
I Prefer This Over Coffee Part X
The dressing room was large, but featured lots of lockers. It was important to wash hands, it seems. What is a baby doll doing in the sink of a nursing home? “It’s nice to be a pig”. Well, we all have opinions. A toilet. I believe that this has been the common kitchen of theContinue reading “I Prefer This Over Coffee Part X”
I Prefer This Over Coffee Part IX
The staff apartment corridor. And yeah, those really do look like apartment doors. For some reason their last use has had something to do with the wards in the newer wings of the house. The story goes on in here. So a storage room with seasonal decorations it is. A coat of arms. Always whenContinue reading “I Prefer This Over Coffee Part IX”
I Prefer This Over Coffee Part VII
After the lobby I entered what seems to be the administration area instead of the staff apartments. This room looks like it has last been a meeting room. That standard has the logo of the Finnish war invalid association. This place has probably been the final home of several of their members. More offices. That’sContinue reading “I Prefer This Over Coffee Part VII”
I Prefer This Over Coffee Part VI
The next place to explore was the kitchen. The funny thing was, that it was located pretty far away from what I believe was the dining room, which was on the opposide site of the building. The kitchen was facing the front yard and the large cow shed. Back when the place was built, municipalContinue reading “I Prefer This Over Coffee Part VI”
I Prefer This Over Coffee Part V
And so I’ve reached the corridor between the 1954 built part and the 1980 built part. The old part is up front. The corridor led straight into a small lobby. So we’re starting with showers? Interesting. “Don’t leave useless stuff on the shelf”, says the cat. The room to the other direction looked a bitContinue reading “I Prefer This Over Coffee Part V”