Moving on, you can actually see the end, which has been worst affected by the fire. These are numbers 7 and 8. It seems, that 8 was completely destroyed, while 7 had suffered major damage. I already knew their layouts, so I wasn’t interesed in digging charred ruins. The fire crew had been forced toContinue reading “The Demolition Crew Probably Didn’t Appreciate The Help Part II”
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The Demolition Crew Probably Didn’t Appreciate The Help Part I
In the center of a long since defunct municipality, I made this very surprising discovery. Why is it surprising? Well, back in the 1960’s there were only about 3500 inhabitans here. Around 1500 were left by the time the municipality merged with its larger neighbours. To see such a large row house in here wasn’tContinue reading “The Demolition Crew Probably Didn’t Appreciate The Help Part I”
Fire In The Hall Part II
Moving on to another apartment. It seems, that the building has been in a pretty rough condition even before the fire. Or then vandals have been here. Even this apartment has been badly damaged. The room to the left is the bathroom. Somebody has lived a joyful life here. The kitchen. Or what remains ofContinue reading “Fire In The Hall Part II”
Fire In The Hall Part I
This sad sight is a former apartment building. There was a café downstairs. In 2018 it burned down Unfortunately one person died. The neighboring house burned down in 2020. It had already been demolished. For one reason or another the owners of this house didn’t demolish it. By the time I took these photos, itContinue reading “Fire In The Hall Part I”
Too Hot To Handle
The final location of our roadtrip was this small grocery store – or what was remaining of it. I had read in the news that morning, that there had been a fire, which started in the middle of the night, which largely destroyed the store. The news were true. The store wasn’t close to whereContinue reading “Too Hot To Handle”
Another Sad Story
Near the collapsed home was another location, which had suffered a sad fate. This time it was more dramatic, though. I originally found this place when looking for another location around a year earlier. At that time it was in the middle of the night, so I didn’t take a closer look. Back then IContinue reading “Another Sad Story”
Rise Like A Phoenix
Just another burnt out ruin? Definitely not. Pekka Heikkinen & co is a more than 100 year old bakery famous for its bread in the town of Kajaani in Northern Finland. The building itself was designed by famous architect Eino Pitkänen, whose works have pretty much made Kajaani the capital of Finnish functionalistic architecture. TheContinue reading “Rise Like A Phoenix”
100 Years of History Gone in a Day
The following stop on my tour of Finland was Liperi. It was early afternoon, we were hungover as hell and slowly making our way back towards Helsinki through all possible places in Northern Karelia. It was scorching hot, so we stopped to buy some cold drinks in the local store. The whole village smelled ofContinue reading “100 Years of History Gone in a Day”
Up In Smoke
My weekend getaway in my home town was coming to a close. I was in no hurry to get back home, so I decided to make the most out of my trip. The Guardian’s article in January had listed the most beautiful rural railroads in Europe, and they had chosen the track between Oulu andContinue reading “Up In Smoke”
First Came Development, Then There Was Fire
For several years now I had read stories and seen photos about an area called Tehtaanmäki (Factory Hill) near Savio, Kerava. There had been a massive rubber factory, and somewhere behind it was the factory’s former residential area. What I understood from articles like this one, there had been several beautiful brick houses and severalContinue reading “First Came Development, Then There Was Fire”