Welcome to yet another former mental asylum area. This one was built in 1914 and closed in 1999. Since then most of the buildings in the area have been converted into apartments. The area is so lovely, that I’ve considered moving there, if I ever get bored of living in the city. In the middleContinue reading “Waiting For Brighter Days”
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There’s Always Something Exciting Near Railroads
I have said several times, that there’s always something exciting near railroads. This is especially the case with railroad stations, which have been closed from traffic. Usually it’s shops and railroaders’ apartments, sometimes even old industry. This time it was definitely old industry. The old factory building was old and long. It extends all theContinue reading “There’s Always Something Exciting Near Railroads”
A Memorial To A Factory
Welcome to the doors of another discovery. The sign says, that it is dangerous. I don’t believe in signs. This is a former pulp mill, which was built in 1893. Or what remains of it. It was closed way back in 1975 and currently owned by a company providing energy and heating. I didn’t believeContinue reading “A Memorial To A Factory”
The Sugar Cube
The next location I went to was a planned one. It was a 1938 built functionalistic business and apartment building known as The Sugar Cube in a central location in a medium sized town. There had been an ongoing debate for years whether to preserve it or demolish it. As you know, I’m a bigContinue reading “The Sugar Cube”
A Cute Motorway Guard Part IV
Many of the publications seen in the previous photo were Donald Duck Pocket Books. Most of them were from earlier than the late 1990’s when I started collecting them, but this one is familiar. I’ve read it numerous times. The dog guards a box of loose screws? Moving back to the stairway again, where aContinue reading “A Cute Motorway Guard Part IV”
A Cute Motorway Guard Part III
In the corner of the stairway was another old, valuable looking piece of furniture. And at the top were more built in cupboards with lots of empty files. The sheer amount of storage space here was amazing. Catalogues to an antiquarian bookshop? They are official, it says. This must be a luxury book shop, then.Continue reading “A Cute Motorway Guard Part III”
A Cute Motorway Guard Part II
A lovely piece of old furniture damaged by idiots. A better look at the room reveals, that it actually seems like a former bedroom. An aerial photo of an island. If I’m not completely mistaken, this is the island of Lauttasaari in Western Helsinki. It seems that the inhabitants really loved the area, as thisContinue reading “A Cute Motorway Guard Part II”
A Cute Motorway Guard Part I
We had founded a new dance group the previous autumn. Our practice sessions took os around Southern Finland around once a month, and we often carpooled. On such tours I had spotted a lovely but neglected old villa next to a busy motorway. An interesting place to explore on my day off. Like I said,Continue reading “A Cute Motorway Guard Part I”
Sawmill Workers’ Garrison
Roaming strange roads and small villages in the attempt to visit every single current and former municipality in Finland proved to be a gold mine in finding abandoned buildings. This was yet another village, and yet another fascinating looking old abandoned building. The fences around the building weren’t related to its fate. There was aContinue reading “Sawmill Workers’ Garrison”
The 80’s Called And Wanted Their Luxury Back
Welcome to a strech of former road leading from a highway to the small town of Karjaa, or Karis in Swedish. Decades ago the road was rerouted, and finally this small part of it has been reduced to the parking lot of a terrain running track. There, neatly parked next to a forest, we foundContinue reading “The 80’s Called And Wanted Their Luxury Back”