Welcome to yet another familiar location. This here is the former sawmill, which I first tried to enter in the spring of 2023 and later in the summer of 2023. The first time the issue was the build-up of ice in the collapsed part of the building. The second time it was the thick vegetationContinue reading “The Conditions Were Finally Right”
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Still Chasing The Impossible
Here we are again. At the dairy processing plant, which I have been chasing since 2011, when it wasn’t even abandoned yet. But something has happened isnce the previous visit in 2022. Back then there was absolutely no graffiti on the facade. Now the entire place has been vandalized with large tags. In addition toContinue reading “Still Chasing The Impossible”
This Is What Is Remaining
And I am once again at a familiar location. This here is the former sawmill featured in 2020 as a mystery factory and in 2022 as a sawmill. Just a few months after my previous pictures there was a massive fire, which destroyed most of the complex. This is what is left. So… this isContinue reading “This Is What Is Remaining”
Another Forgotten Sawmill
Decades ago a small co-operative was founded in a small village. It started by extracting peat. Then it founded a mill, then the sawmill and finally a brickworks. It surprisingly grew into one the largest co-operative in the region. In the late 1960’s financers simply pulled the plug and the company went bankrupt. According toContinue reading “Another Forgotten Sawmill”
Visible During Winter Only Part II
An old stove. This indicates, that the teacher’s apartment has indeed been here upstairs. The upstairs lobby. I first found the handrail in the middle of it rather strange, until I realized, that the side stairway had a similar one. The main stairway of the school had been located here, but closed at some point.Continue reading “Visible During Winter Only Part II”
The Margarine Scandal
Back in the 1960’s there was a big scandal in Finland. It was revealed, that several companies produced margarine using grease coming from where it wasn’t supposed to come from. It came from offal and sometimes even slaughtered cats. The case is known as the Margarine Scandal. The grease was produced in several factories aroundContinue reading “The Margarine Scandal”
The Injury Didn’t Prevent Me From Retrying
So welcome yet to another familiar location. This one is the dairy plant converted into a service station in 1959. The previous time I was here, I fell and got my first urbex injury. Now I am back. But as the appearance of the building seems unchanged, I decided not to even leave my car.Continue reading “The Injury Didn’t Prevent Me From Retrying”
Celebrating 30’s And Checking On Locations Part I
That summer the mother of my godson turned 30. That’s why I travelled to my former home town to attend the party. But the trip would have been nothing without a couple of explorations. This here is the power station of a former sawmill, which I first discovered earlier that spring. As it was partiallyContinue reading “Celebrating 30’s And Checking On Locations Part I”
But How Do You Get There?
I’ve mentioned before, that Finland is full of old sawmill ruins. The forest industry created the modern welfare state, as we know it today, but as time started favouring bigger units, smaller local sawmills were abandoned. This happened between the 1960’s and 1980’s. The early 1990’s recession killed the last ones. And here is oneContinue reading “But How Do You Get There?”
Revealing Something
Once I was able to drive the car again, I headed towards a location, which I discovered during my first 2020 great Tour De Finland. It was the old sawmill area, which remained a mystery to me during the previous visit. The brick built power station had been demolished, but the more mysterious building wasContinue reading “Revealing Something”