More than an hour after waking up we finally reached our first intended destination. The biggest crime against architecture in Finland in the 21th century. This is the tuberculosis sanatorium I photographed way back in 2019. In three years things had gone from bad to worse. Heating had been off for years. There were noContinue reading “A Midsummer Date Part VII”
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A Midsummer Date Part VI
The old mental asylum area contained a second abandoned building. This one originally hosted the wards of people, who stayed in for the longest. The building was protected, but it had been owned for years by a property investor, who was undergoing severe financial difficulties and was involved in many court battles. Compared to theContinue reading “A Midsummer Date Part VI”
A Midsummer Date Part V
The morning of Midsummer day dawned, and we were still not in our planned date location. After visiting the border control station, we found a bar literally in the middle of nowhere. There was a huge party going on with live music and stand up, and we stayed a while there. Eventually we camped onContinue reading “A Midsummer Date Part V”
A Midsummer Date Part III
Another location previously familiar to me. This is actually a former health care center designed by a famous architect couple and completed back in 1953 and enlarged in 1966. The building was abandoned in 2015 because of air quality problems. Since then nobody has really been able to decide what to do with it. ThereContinue reading “A Midsummer Date Part III”
Wandering In Darkness Part VI
The student apartment corridor, which actually looks more like a dormitory than apartments. There are rooms on both sides of the corridor. And a classic shared shower and bath. One of the dorm rooms. The symmetrical layout indicates to me, that each room had two beds. There also are two beds in the room. AContinue reading “Wandering In Darkness Part VI”
Wandering In Darkness Part IV
Welcome to yet another room with no clues about what it has once been. The toilet door has gotten lost here somehow. More small standard rooms. Safety equipment. A standard larger room. I’ve said it numerous times, but big institutions like this one always look fascinating from the outside, but if all furinture and equipmentContinue reading “Wandering In Darkness Part IV”
Wandering In Darkness Part III
Finally there was some light to photograph. The rooms were still mostly empty, though. The surroundings never were quite inspiring. That looks like it has something to do with Lucia, a very traditional Christmas time festivity in Swedish speaking Finland. The light makes funny shapes. A mirror selfie. Interesting double radiators here. The cold wintersContinue reading “Wandering In Darkness Part III”
Waiting For Brighter Days
Welcome to yet another former mental asylum area. This one was built in 1914 and closed in 1999. Since then most of the buildings in the area have been converted into apartments. The area is so lovely, that I’ve considered moving there, if I ever get bored of living in the city. In the middleContinue reading “Waiting For Brighter Days”
Mental Asylum Area Part I
Now what do we have here, then? Dull, public looking buildings with obviously a gym in the taller part. A school? But wait a second, this complex is much larger, and it even has a some kind of a primitive garden instead of a playground. It’s closed and unkept here. If you read the title,Continue reading “Mental Asylum Area Part I”
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden
I spent a nice day out in the city of Mikkeli meeting both the friends I went to a mental asylum with the previous summer. We played minigolf (I won), we bowled (I won) and finally went out for drinks and karaoke. Contrary to my usual drinking habits, I stayed sober, as I planned onContinue reading “I Never Promised You A Rose Garden”