Today I present you a new big catch. It is a former elementary school built in 1954. Located outside the town center the school still had around 100 pupils, when it was closed in 2010. The building was in good shape back then. They tried to sell it several times, but the highest bid wasContinue reading “For Sale, Yet Unwanted”
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The Location Wasn’t Enough
I accidentally stumbled upon this little cutie while roaming the streets of a small town. Broken windows revealed, that it is abandoned. I was a little surprised by this. The place was located in the center of a small town just two blocks away from the church. Clearly it wasn’t enough. An open window. UnfortunatelyContinue reading “The Location Wasn’t Enough”
Another Endangered Beauty
This here is a former elementary school of a small, rural town. Apparently designed by architect Eino Pitkänen, who is famous for designing half of the town of Kajaani, and completed in 1949. School use ended in 2011 and all other use in 2021. The story is again familiar. The local activists want to preserveContinue reading “Another Endangered Beauty”
Again At The Gates
Welcome back to another familiar location, the old mine, which closed in 1989. The photo has been taken from the gate leading to the mining area. The fence next to it is still broken, but something again prevents me from going there. I’m not sure what. The tower is the last standing structure in theContinue reading “Again At The Gates”
Finally Here During Daylight Part III
The front of the previous classroom. The back room yet again. And the following classroom. The classrooms were small. But the school wasn’t big either, though. Yet another standard classroom with a couple of cupboards and a sink. The side stairway at the back of the school. Reaching the top now. And here we go,Continue reading “Finally Here During Daylight Part III”
Finally Here During Daylight Part II
The ground floor has now almost been explored. The main entrance is down to the right and this is the main stairway. But I’m not going up just yet. Because I’ve just found the girls’ dressing room. I wonder, what has happened there near the floor. Again it seems like somebody has removed all theContinue reading “Finally Here During Daylight Part II”
Finally Here During Daylight Part I
And yet again a familiar location. This is a former village school, which I found in 2021 when it was getting dark and I was busy trying to make it to another location. I visited this place for the first time very late in the night in 2022 when in a hurry. Back then thereContinue reading “Finally Here During Daylight Part I”
Cameras All Over
This time I came to see the neurosurgical hospital I had discovered in 2020. As I had learned that the former staff apartments were now occupied by people, who were very hostile towards intruders and had camera surveillance on the road leading up to the hospital, I developed the perfect plan. As the hospital wasContinue reading “Cameras All Over”
Still Waiting For New Ideas
Welcome to yet another familiar location. This time I am at the former mental asylum featured a couple of times earlier. The main building was demolished back in 2021, but this protected 1924’s older building remained. It had been looking for new use for years. Even the old service building was still remaining. It probablyContinue reading “Still Waiting For New Ideas”
The Project Doesn’t Seem To Advance
My quest for entering several buildings originally spotted between 2020 and 2023 goes on. This time it’s a former business and apartment building. A detail plan allowing it to be demolished and replaced with a much larger block of flats had by now been in force for at least five years. Yet nothing much seemsContinue reading “The Project Doesn’t Seem To Advance”