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”
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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 Concept Of Municipal Homes Explained
In several posts from the summer of 2022 and even from before that, I’ve mentioned the concept municipal home. It comes from the history. Even before the Finnish welfare state, there were houses, where in general everybody, who couldn’t live on their own or with relatives were placed: the elderly, the disabled and the mentallyContinue reading “The Concept Of Municipal Homes Explained”
Still For Sale
The evening light brought me back to yet another familiar location – a regional hospital closed down in 2014. The previous time I had visited the place had been a year earlier, and that time I hadn’t been lucky in finding an entrance. I wasn’t very hopeful this time, either, but I was ready forContinue reading “Still For Sale”
In Good Care Part VII
Moving behind the row houses to see if I could find a way in through a back door. There are hundreds of doors. Why can’t I find an open one? Somebody still cuts the grass here. Another house. Moving on to the area where the houses for higher ranking hospital staff were. This probably isContinue reading “In Good Care Part VII”
In Good Care Part VI
Welcome back to yet another familiar, yet so far unexplored location. The former mental asylum visited at least in 2021 and 2022. But as soon as I got to the yard, I noticed someone with a bike there. Thinking it was another urban explorer, I went and asked, if she had found a way in.Continue reading “In Good Care Part VI”
In Good Care Part II
Here we have another interesting location, a plague hospital. It was originally built in the 1910’s, but enlarged in the 1950’s to its current, functionalistic look. It became an ordinary hospital in the late 1950’s and was closed in the 1980’s. After that it acted as student apartments until being abandoned in 2009. Nowadays anContinue reading “In Good Care Part II”
First Signs Of Vandalism Part II
The third building is also from the 1950’s I believe that it has originally been a staff apartment building. Moving around, checking doors. But finding nothing. The back of the 1980’s part. And the building I believe to be an apartment building. The facade of the main building. There were broken windows even in theContinue reading “First Signs Of Vandalism Part II”
Let’s Have A Look
Back again at the end of a nearly roadless road. I am here, because my friend sent me a tip about a former working colony of a a former mental asylum. The concept is a bit difficult to explain, but back in the days it was believed, that being useful and working was the keyContinue reading “Let’s Have A Look”
A Midsummer Date Part XI
The first discovery upstairs. A box with 5 LP discs. I again start the exploration from the large apartment at the front end of the building. The green looks surprisingly beautiful from here. The usual living room with balcony access. And the very old fashioned kitchen with a surprisingly modern stove. Nice dolphins in theContinue reading “A Midsummer Date Part XI”