Moving back through the kitchen towards other parts of the building. And again we meet one of the members of the lonely shoe club. A sheet with the logo of the national telecom company in Finland. The logo was adopted in 1987 and Tele got a new logo in 1993. So the sheet is fromContinue reading “Led By An Unusual Guide Part VI”
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Led By An Unusual Guide Part V
The third building of our exploration was a former youth association house. Hundreds, if not thousands of them were built around the country by locals to serve as local culture venues. As villages have emptied and people living in rural areas have grown older, many of the associations have issues with their buildings now. MyContinue reading “Led By An Unusual Guide Part V”
Led By An Unusual Guide Part III
Our next stop wasn’t very far away. It was a big old farm house right next to the highway passing the village. My guide told me, that the inhabitants moved to Sweden way back in the early 1980’s. They tried to sell the house, but as they couldn’t find a buyer, they used it asContinue reading “Led By An Unusual Guide Part III”
Led By An Unusual Guide Part II
At the end of the previous post I said, that this end of the building looks like an apartment. If the previous room was the kitchen, here we have the living room – of someone, who has enjoyed a drink at least every now and then. Oh, they’ve been to the big city! There’s anotherContinue reading “Led By An Unusual Guide Part II”
Led By An Unusual Guide Part I
Back in my last high school year (almost 18 years ago, where does time go), I became friends with a girl, who lived in a rural village some 30 minutes from my home town. Our friendship started, when we began a debate about animal rights on our way to our geography class. We then realizedContinue reading “Led By An Unusual Guide Part I”
So Near, Always Unknown
Roaming in the small villages close to my childhood home town, I again spotted something interesting. I’ve spent 15 years of my life living less than 30 minutes away from here, and I never knew about this place. This surely looks like a demolition site. And a well closed one, too. In fact, demolition workContinue reading “So Near, Always Unknown”
Try, Try, Again And Again
When I first posted from this location, it was winter. The following time it was summer. Now it’s another summer, and I’ve come to try again. Another year has passed at the old Swedish speaking elementary school, which is due to be demolished to make way for a new kindergarten. Since then it had beenContinue reading “Try, Try, Again And Again”
A Little Too Late Again
When searching for locations to visit that summer, I ran across an article about the old sawmill power plant and chimney to be demolished for being in a too bad condition. That’s why the decision to demolish them had been made. And that’s why I decided to go and have a look. The sawmill wasContinue reading “A Little Too Late Again”
So This Is Where You Learned To Skateboard Part II
The exploration upstairs continues with a look of the ceiling, and well. Isn’t this the renovation they were supposed to conduct back in 2002? In fact it looks like the entire second floor had been stripped of most of stuff but never fixed. There’s just a cold attic behind the door to the right. It’sContinue reading “So This Is Where You Learned To Skateboard Part II”
So This Is Where You Learned To Skateboard Part I
For almost ten years when travelling between my former home town and birth town, a building caught my eye. It looked like an old school or association building of some sort. It was located off the highway by the old road and was surrounded by a forest from the highway side. It seemed to getContinue reading “So This Is Where You Learned To Skateboard Part I”