Another Home Of Criminal Minds

Welcome to yet another amazing and absurd story from the Finnish real estate business. This here is a block of flats built in the 1950’s. I find it a rather nice building. It sits empty in the very center of a successful Finnish town, which is actually growing in size. Back in 2014 it wasContinue reading “Another Home Of Criminal Minds”

What A Beautiful Morning Part IV

The former main entrance to the building. This must be, where the final two apartments are located. Not the first thing you’d expect to find on the porch of an old villa: the mask of an old Ford Sierra. Oh, and there’s the front bumper. Now hold on a second, that is a seat. AndContinue reading “What A Beautiful Morning Part IV”

What A Beautiful Morning Part III

So, this is the fifth apartment. It had a luxury feature above all the others. The balcony of the house was located here. Someone here has loved fruit lemonade. I googled the brand and it is Lithuanian, which is fairly strange. Unless the last inhabitant was a Lithuanian expat, of course. Directly on the oppositeContinue reading “What A Beautiful Morning Part III”

What A Beautiful Morning Part II

Like I guessed. Behind the door to the left was a small veranda and stairs. One stair was missing, which didn’t seem like a good sign. Also like in the previous apartments, too, somebody has ripped off the plumbing. Climbing the stairs not really knowing what to expect. And there, right at the top ofContinue reading “What A Beautiful Morning Part II”

What A Beautiful Morning Part I

Let me get one thing straight. I am not a morning person. I hate early mornings. Got that? Good. And that is exactly why this May Saturday morning I got out of bed at 4.00 am. To be able to exit my house by 4.30 am. To be able to pick up my friend atContinue reading “What A Beautiful Morning Part I”

The Home Of Criminal Minds

We left the train depot and visited a few more villages. When we left one of them, I gave my friend a link to an article by the largest newspaper in the country. A link to the article in Finnish is here, but I will tell in short what it was about. Once upon aContinue reading “The Home Of Criminal Minds”