The evening brought me to another town, fairly colorless, ugly and flat. On one of the best spots of the town, by a lake, right in the heart of it was also its most beautiful building: an old school built in 1950. It looked empty, but so did every school in early June. I GoogledContinue reading “You Can’t Be Serious”
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What A Waste
Once again old rural roads revealed something interesting. These two buildings were clearly related somehow, looked old and valuable, but were in a very bad shape. Although in a very bad shape, the area is still in some use. Behind the buildings is a municipal storage area. There’s also a waste recycling point here. IContinue reading “What A Waste”
Gone Camping Again Part II
The sauna building can be seen in the background, but I’m roaming deeper to the area. In addition to the restaurant, even the reception buiding has been demolished. But this was again something I missed the previous time. This looks like a collection of plastic straws. There was also a hefty collection of kitchen equipment.Continue reading “Gone Camping Again Part II”
Gone Camping Again Part I
As the hospital was no more, I was pretty much out of locations. Yet I had promised to take my friend, who is around 12 years my junior for and adventure. And that’s why I dug an old one from my dusty archives. Those, who have been following my blog for long enough, have alreadyContinue reading “Gone Camping Again Part I”
Grand Expectations, Harsh Reality
On the second evening of my trip I arrived in a town, where a friend of mine was doing her summer internship. We agreed to meet and go exploring together. We started by buying sushi from a local supermarket and eating it in the harbour in a rather nice evening sun. After that we startedContinue reading “Grand Expectations, Harsh Reality”
You’ve Got Mail
Another random and accidental discovery in the center of a small municipality. There were several doors, but none of them were open. This would have been a short and pointless story would I not happen to know a friend, who was raised in the village. He asked his father, who had been active in theContinue reading “You’ve Got Mail”
Looks Like I Have A New Goal
As I said earlier, I had made a long list of potential locations before embarking on my tour of Finland. One of them was the old municipal home of a small municipality on my route. According to my research, it had been last rented out as municipally supported space to local small businesses. I didn’tContinue reading “Looks Like I Have A New Goal”
A Millionaire’s Useless Second Home
The final location of the evening was the one, which I didn’t previously know about. While having dinner with my hosts, they told me, that right in the heart of the town on a hill overlooking a large lake was a Russian millionaire’s house, which was empty. Back in the days before Russia’s attack toContinue reading “A Millionaire’s Useless Second Home”
A Mystery Solved
Here we are again, at the gates of a previously visited location, which I back then called the mystery factory. The yard of the place was growing weed. It looked almost as if nothing had happened since my previous visit. But since then I had actually managed to gather quite a bit of information aboutContinue reading “A Mystery Solved”
Business Gone Bad Part III
The upstairs was occupied by just one department store. When it left, the destiny of the mall was sealed. This view shows the lovely, light glass roof a bit better. Basically the upstairs was a large, open space. The department store has also thoroughly cleaned up after leaving. The metallic wall prevented people from climbingContinue reading “Business Gone Bad Part III”