So, we are back on the second floor of the bar, which is the old restaurant. This area of the building was perhaps in the worst condition. It actually looks like there is no floor, and that is just gravel. There was a separate room with tiled walls here. This must have been the originalContinue reading “I Missed Fine Dining, I Missed Cheap Beer Part IV”
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I Missed Fine Dining, I Missed Cheap Beer Part III
The story was pretty much familiar already along the corridor. Dark and thrashed apartments. And open windows too close to the neighboring house. Same view, different settings. Again a lovely chair. I’ve seen so many in abandoned buildings, that I could decorate a mansion with them. The rest of the furniture wasn’t equally impressive. ThereContinue reading “I Missed Fine Dining, I Missed Cheap Beer Part III”
A Guide To Karelia Part V
The weekend was drawing to a close. My friend told me she now understood, why I regard Northern Karelia to be the most beautiful region in Finland. I had enjoyed the weekend, too. I always enjoy getting to go to the area. There was one more location, I wanted to see on our way back.Continue reading “A Guide To Karelia Part V”
Beauty Beneath Ugly Covers
Another small rural town, another former co-operative store. This is again the very distinct work of the architects of SOK. many similar examples once were the main source for groceries and other stuff for inhabitants in these towns. I spotted this building for the first time in 2009 or 2010 and it has been inContinue reading “Beauty Beneath Ugly Covers”
The Fall Of Causes
After independence Finland fought a bloody civil war, which left the nation extremely divided. The whites and the reds couldn’t co-operate in almost anything and this led to an interesting dual society. One visible thing were sports clubs. In every major town there was at least one for the right wing people and one forContinue reading “The Fall Of Causes”
The Anatomy Of An Abandonment
Another small rural village, another former commercial building abandoned. As you clearly can see, it’s a former co-operative grocery store. And how do I know this. Well that’s because it looks like this one. They are definitely drawn by the same architect, Erkki Huttunen, in the late 1930’s or early 1940’s. What I found ratherContinue reading “The Anatomy Of An Abandonment”