Welcome to the peaceful town of Mikkeli. This building here is a market run by a large dairy co-operative. It sells products needed in milk production as well as dairy products for consumers. But this is not why I am here. And that there is my beautiful summer car, Alice. It is actually missing halfContinue reading “An Unexpected Opening Part I”
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You Deserve A Better Fate
This here is another elementary school. But before telling you more about it, let me praise the AI tool of Lightroom a bit. I’ve removed the school’s name, and you wouldn’t notice it if I didn’t tell you. It took about 20 seconds. Such is the power. The school was abandoned in 2018 because ofContinue reading “You Deserve A Better Fate”
Visiting Childhood Memory Ruins
Although I knew, that it would probably be too late, I decided to visit the site of this hotel. And there I was faced with a fence. I could have easily gone around it, but the tapes up front summoned it all. I knew, that demolition would begin shortly, and it seems, that it hadContinue reading “Visiting Childhood Memory Ruins”
Not The Most Wanted Area
Another small village in the middle of nowhere. They were all too familiar in the summer of 2022, when I tried to visit every single current and former municipality in one summer. And suddenly, there’s this. A row house in the middle of nowhere. The architecture, the location, and everything else just screams that thisContinue reading “Not The Most Wanted Area”
Breaking Ground Part II
Inside the tiny building, then. Lots of mold and bright, 1970’s walls. And a very old fire extinguisher. And an old newspaper from 1992. It’s about the municipal elections in the area, and I’ve really done a lot of censoring to hide the location of the mine. It includes the name of the paper. AlsoContinue reading “Breaking Ground Part II”
Breaking Ground Part I
Now, this looks like an interesting area. It’s a former limestone mine. It was in operation between 1909 and 1976. After that it filled with water and served as a practise ground for divers. You can see the water somehwere behind the bushes. Diving was forbidden back in 2004, as the ground water in theContinue reading “Breaking Ground Part I”
A Room For One, Please Part V
I start this final post from the hotel with a view to the staircase. There was a small corner in the bar with loads of tiger covered stools. One more look at the bar down here. And surprisingly we are back in the lobby. Let’s look what is upstairs. There’s a small lounge. Looks aContinue reading “A Room For One, Please Part V”
A Room For One, Please Part IV
The reception and lobby bar. There were even more alcohol ads in the lobby. It looks like some renovation work has been attempted here. But still the view towards the lake has been as beautiful as ever. A lot of stuff was again stored at the back of the lobby, A look back. The roofContinue reading “A Room For One, Please Part IV”
A Room For One, Please Part III
The corridor of the original part of the hotel. And yes, this one’s even more vintage than the previous one. This is what the original hotel rooms without the balconies look like. There seems to be a floor change here also, but it’s an earlier one. It is what it is. Two beds and aContinue reading “A Room For One, Please Part III”
A Room For One, Please Part II
And so I am inside. Again it looks like somebody has started renovations. Or then it looks like leaking pipes. I would probably go for the leaking pipes after seeing this. This area looks like a storage for furniture. And apart from the mattresses and TV the furniture seems original. The rooms have names. ThisContinue reading “A Room For One, Please Part II”