I did threaten to leave at the end of my last post, didn’t I? Well, forget it. I’m not quite done yet. But before new adventures, we’ll have to go back where it all started from. The lobby / common room once again. It’s not very well visible here, but the 40’s and 50’s builtContinue reading “Smells Like Teen Spirit Part XII”
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Smells Like Teen Spirit Part XI
Someone has actually written a book about using a slipstick correctly? If something is vintage, this is. The library was a really strange space. It occupied most of one side of the building but was very narrow. A weaving loom? In a former school dormitory? I wonder, what the box contains. The walls in theContinue reading “Smells Like Teen Spirit Part XI”
Smells Like Teen Spirit Part X
The attic was very different from the lower floors of the building. You really couldn’t be too careful when moving around. Everything on the floor, whether it was remains of a plate, door glass or wall glass, was very sharp. This room looked almost like it was reserved for hobby crafts. Did teens do thatContinue reading “Smells Like Teen Spirit Part X”
Smells Like Teen Spirit Part IX
All right, one more of these living rooms. But somehow this setup reminds me of GTA Vice City. I mean, look at the 80’s furniture and beer cans. The final inhabitant really was a soft soul. Winnie the Pooh cards and a heart shaped toilet sign tell it all. This seems like a food relatedContinue reading “Smells Like Teen Spirit Part IX”
Smells Like Teen Spirit Part VIII
Look, I know already, that beginning each post with a shot like this from the stairway doesn’t bring me any new fans. But it gives me structure, ok? Here’s something only Finns will understand. I bet the teachers told you not to rock on your chair. The funny thing was I couldn’t recall seeing aContinue reading “Smells Like Teen Spirit Part VIII”
Smells Like Teen Spirit Part V
So this is what happens, when you smash the glass above the stove. Hopefully it will never happen to me when cooking something. Another note forbidding showers after 10pm. And somebody asking, is it a sin. This toilet has met its fate. So has this phone. Here the inhabitants had decorated the walls. And itContinue reading “Smells Like Teen Spirit Part V”
Smells Like Teen Spirit Part IV
As you can see from the gap, it was completely light outside – and very dark inside. What? Windows that are still intact? What is this? Oh dear! The vandals have really failed here. Oh no, they haven’t. These vandals just practiced for a career in mining industry. This kitchen had several holes dug inContinue reading “Smells Like Teen Spirit Part IV”
Smells Like Teen Spirit Part III
What I really adore about old buildings is their stairways. They have a central role and usually had big windows and nice details. Up we go, then. As I said in my previous post, this place was full of instructions. Here it says that use of elevator is only allowed given permission by staff. TheContinue reading “Smells Like Teen Spirit Part III”
Smells Like Teen Spirit Part II
Hello, and let me once again wish you my warmest welcome to the abandoned vocational school dormitory covered in snow. This view is directly from the entrance located in the part between the old and new sides of the building. First up there was a cozy common room for the inhabitants. It featured lots ofContinue reading “Smells Like Teen Spirit Part II”
Smells Like Teen Spirit Part I
On the edge of the city center in Oulu stood a large house with boarded windows. The older part was built in the early 1950’s and was designed by the first city architect Martti Heikura. An annex was added in 1973. The place was the student dormitory of a vocational school located nearby. Or actuallyContinue reading “Smells Like Teen Spirit Part I”