Back in 1976 something remarkable happened in a small town in Eastern Finland. The first hotel in town opened. It had 50 rooms, a restaurant for 300 people, a bar and a night club. It even had the only pool in the town. Business went so well, that the hotel’s capacity was doubled to 100Continue reading “A Room For One, Please Part I”
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Strange And Beautiful
Another interesting roadside find ahead. Definitely abandoned, as there are no intact windows, and definitely abandoned for a long time, as the yard looks overgrown in Google Maps photos from 2011. Although the size of a normal rural house, the architecture of the house is very spectacular. Although the windows were broken, the front doorContinue reading “Strange And Beautiful”
No Hope Of Catching A Train
Welcome to yet another small, rural Finnish village with a railway station. There are dozens if not hundreds of them. Trains haven’t stopped here since 1988, when large scale local traffic ended in most parts of Finland apart from some of the busiest connections down south. The thing that puzzles me is the air-source heatContinue reading “No Hope Of Catching A Train”
I Missed Fine Dining, I Missed Cheap Beer Part V
Before moving downstairs, here’s one final look at the former restaurant from this direction. So now let’s move down the stairs. The stairs lead right to another entrance. I’m not really sure, if the two floors of bars were of the same company, but I believe so. So here’s the downstairs, which was extremely difficultContinue reading “I Missed Fine Dining, I Missed Cheap Beer Part V”
I Missed Fine Dining, I Missed Cheap Beer Part IV
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”
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”
I Missed Fine Dining, I Missed Cheap Beer Part II
And here we go. Basically the apartments were a dark mess. The sign to one of them says private event. Maybe a part of them were offices. Again I was a bit too visible for comfort. This was a fairly strange thing. The ad has been addressed to an inhabitant to this building, but theContinue reading “I Missed Fine Dining, I Missed Cheap Beer Part II”
I Missed Fine Dining, I Missed Cheap Beer Part I
Welcome to an overgrown backyard. Faithful followers have been here before, way back in 2020, when I first found this place. The history of the building has been featured there in more detail, now I’m just content with telling you, that this is the former headquarters of a workers’ co-operative. Originally there was a storeContinue reading “I Missed Fine Dining, I Missed Cheap Beer Part I”
One Gone, One Open Part III
Even the wooden wing of the building had a central corridor. Despite having found another kitchen earlier in the building, this one looks like the main one. And if this is the kitchen, obviously the dining room is next door. Or then a storage. An interesting wallpaper here. A look back towards the kitchen. AndContinue reading “One Gone, One Open Part III”
One Gone, One Open Part II
This was basically the view from the main entrance. You could either go up or down. As downstairs had already been explored, the only way was up. The corridor here looked much lighter and fresher than downstairs. There was a small lobby with a balcony. This is probably the laundry room. The old hexagonal tilesContinue reading “One Gone, One Open Part II”