This beauty here is a former elementary school built in 1929. Behind it is the newer school built in 1955. The school was closed in 2009 and sold to a private owner in 2012. The new owner renovated and rescued this old beauty, but in 2021 they put it up for sale. Technically it isn’tContinue reading “Not Empty, Just Waiting”
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Returning To The Factory Village Part II
Entering the second apartment seems to be through the kitchen. And here we are in the living room. The bathroom. This apartment seemed pretty modern when comparing with the collapsed ones. Again looking back towards the better preserved yellow one. The oven. This one looks like the 1980’s. A rather big canister. Looking towards theContinue reading “Returning To The Factory Village Part II”
Returning To The Factory Village Part I
After fully charging my camera and checking a couple of locations, I returned to the factory village, where I photographed the local store earlier that day. By now it was raining for real. This time my aim was to check on the old apartment buildings. The first two were yellow. And locked. It looked prettyContinue reading “Returning To The Factory Village Part I”
Still In Use But Beautiful Enough To Be Featured
Another one of my so beloved 1950’s old schools. I’ve spotted this a couple of times, and I haven’t really been sure of its status. But after this I am. If you look closer, there are cars parked on the parking lots. If you look even closer, there are lights in two of the windowsContinue reading “Still In Use But Beautiful Enough To Be Featured”
Like No Time Had Passed
The rain was getting more intense, when I returned to yet another familiar location. This here is the nursing home I first discovered in 2022. I’ve returned to see, if I could find access now. The building was extremely large but only mostly featured one floor except for one wing. I can’t remember that brokenContinue reading “Like No Time Had Passed”
Charging Batteries Part II
The following location was pretty much next to the previous one. It was another old business building built in 1947. Again I wasn’t sure, if it was abandoned or not. It was just on the list of buildings to be demolished by the municipality. And according to the sign it was a resturant-café, a computerContinue reading “Charging Batteries Part II”
Charging Batteries Part I
Although I had found a hidden treasure in the old industrial village featured in the previous post, I had to leave quickly. It was starting to rain, my camera battery was starting to drain and I was hungry. I drove to the nearest town, went for a kebab and charged my battery. After a smallContinue reading “Charging Batteries Part I”
The Heart Of The New Village
After the second world war, a new village with a new steel factory was founded. Of course all the infrastructure with worker apartments, a school and business buildings was built. The steel factory became small, was closed and the village slowly started to die. This is the co-operative store and post office of the village.Continue reading “The Heart Of The New Village”
The Last Bits Of Independence
The following location is a former town hall of the municipality of Värtsilä. The birthplace of what now is the global corporation Wärtsilä, it was seriously affected by the second world war, when its most important areas had to be ceded to the Soviet union. The remaining Finnish municipality of Värtsilä was always a veryContinue reading “The Last Bits Of Independence”
Village School Number Two
Village school number two. This one was also founded in 1926 and the current school building was constructed in 1950. It was closed in 2006. The eaves are failing, but the doors are well locked. It was starting to look like another failure. It looks like the teacher apartments are in this wing. The doorsContinue reading “Village School Number Two”