One evening I got a message from my friend walking the family dogs. He sent me a video about the old youth association building being demolished. I of course knew that this was coming, had been coming for years. But now it was actually happening. So I simply scratched the building of my list andContinue reading “A Second Set Of Eyes Was Helpful”
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Goodbye My Love
Late August always held a lot of excitement back then. It was the time when I had to decide whether I would keep my summer car or not. As the yearly inspection had to be carried out around that time, its results were the most important thing affecting my decision. Now remember, that I hadContinue reading “Goodbye My Love”
Business And Pleasure Go Well Together Again Part VII
While I was in the region because of business, I decided to combine it with pleasure. As there were no hotels in the town I was about to visit after the last one became abandoned a few years back, I stayed in the neighboring town. There was a location, which I had frantically chased forContinue reading “Business And Pleasure Go Well Together Again Part VII”
Business And Pleasure Go Well Together Again Part VI
And so we have reached another familiar location. This is the business and apartment building featured earlier in here. It featured a bar, which was closed for ages. There was another business space as well. The building was protected, but the owner still wanted to demolish it. The entrance to the apartments was at theContinue reading “Business And Pleasure Go Well Together Again Part VI”
Business And Pleasure Go Well Together Again Part V
Welcome yet to another familiar location. This one here is the former clinic featured earlier here. Since my previous visit nothing much has changed. It is still empty and boared shut as ever. The back side of the building. Vandalism has reached the walls. The pillars actually don’t look that stable. The signs are stillContinue reading “Business And Pleasure Go Well Together Again Part V”
Business And Pleasure Go Well Together Again Part IV
The following location is also a former school. But not just any school. It was the secondary school, which my friend attended in the 2010’s. The school was built in 1964 and closed in 2013, when my friend graduated from it. She was really eager to get inside. The building was badly vandalized, but againContinue reading “Business And Pleasure Go Well Together Again Part IV”
Business And Pleasure Go Well Together Again Part III
The following location was an elementary school built in 1977. It was closed in 2018 because of its bad condition. When these photos were taken the building had been abandoned for five years. The building was definitely abandoned, but well sealed. I still decided to try the traditional walkaround. That isn’t exactly right. Even theContinue reading “Business And Pleasure Go Well Together Again Part III”
Business And Pleasure Go Well Together Again Part II
My friend next took me to a suburb, where she showed me this location. It was originally a general store, but had been converted into a restaurant at some point. Hugely popular in the beginning of the 2000’s, it closed sometime in the 2010’s. The restaurant was called Iltatähti, the Evening star. In Finland thisContinue reading “Business And Pleasure Go Well Together Again Part II”
Business And Pleasure Go Well Together Again Part I
In early August that year my company chose to send me to cover a few construction sites in Eastern Finland. I took the opportunity and left before I officially was supposed to. I stayed at my friend’s place, because she said she had some places to show me. And this here is the first one.Continue reading “Business And Pleasure Go Well Together Again Part I”
Weren’t They A Bit Too Quick?
While I was in the area, my friends started contacting me. They had read news about a long since abandoned general store finally getting a demolition permit that day. The demolition would commence as soon as the two week appeal period would be over. I knew the location. I had seen it when passing byContinue reading “Weren’t They A Bit Too Quick?”