And inside I am. this is the former lobby of the school and the living room of the hostel. And one of the former classrooms. Which has also served as a gym, it seems. Drawings of an apartment. Apparently it is the teachers’ apartment upstairs. At least the window layout hints at that. The secondContinue reading “The Northernmost Point Part II”
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The Northernmost Point Part I
So here I am in a small village in the middle of nowhere. And this is the school of the village. It looks like it has been built in the 1940’s or 1950’s, but it was definitely closed in 1998. After that it served as a hostel of some sort. I am here, because IContinue reading “The Northernmost Point Part I”
Another Vanished Business Empire
I was again contacted by a friend. She told me, that there’s an abandoned hardware store in her small home village, in case I was interested. Of course I was interested. The village was so small, that it was a bit difficult to believe, that a hardware store had thrived there. Yet there it was.Continue reading “Another Vanished Business Empire”
Visible During Winter Only Part II
An old stove. This indicates, that the teacher’s apartment has indeed been here upstairs. The upstairs lobby. I first found the handrail in the middle of it rather strange, until I realized, that the side stairway had a similar one. The main stairway of the school had been located here, but closed at some point.Continue reading “Visible During Winter Only Part II”
Testing The Third Curse
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”
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”