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”
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A Year Passed, But Nothing Happened
And here we are again, back in the regional hospital residential area visited in 2020. According to documents from the planning department, this is the former residential building of the chauffeur and gardener of the lung illness hospital originally located in the area. It has since served as a storage and has been abandoned forContinue reading “A Year Passed, But Nothing Happened”
The Sun Is Setting On This Mental Asylum Part IV
Moving behind the row house shows, that again there is one more floor partly buried underground. And behind it was a second, one storey row house. It was extremely long. There was quite an amount of staff apartments in this location. Some of the aparments had been broken into. But the staff had also closedContinue reading “The Sun Is Setting On This Mental Asylum Part IV”
The Sun Is Setting On This Mental Asylum Part III
The auxiliary wing and the old fashioned chimney here again. And the main building and main entrance seen from this side. Another view slightly left from the previous one. An interesting looking building behidnd the hospital. The clock tower suggests that this may be the chapel of the hospital. And although it looks old, itContinue reading “The Sun Is Setting On This Mental Asylum Part III”
The Sun Is Setting On This Mental Asylum Part II
The first views from the lakeside. A fun fact is, that one of the staff apartment row houses is still inhabited and is right behind me. The taller wing. A glimpse of the tallest wing can be seen right next to the light post. The part connecting two wings of the building. Still no openContinue reading “The Sun Is Setting On This Mental Asylum Part II”
The Sun Is Setting On This Mental Asylum Part I
And here I am standing at the gates of yet another mental asylum. If the map looks a bit funny in some points, don’t worry. I’ve just edited out all road names, the name of the hospital and the name of the location. Closest to the entrance was the technical wing with the boiler room,Continue reading “The Sun Is Setting On This Mental Asylum Part I”
Greeting A Childhood Friend
So I finally got to the place, where I was supposed to be an hour ago. I chose to visit a childhood friend with whom I went to school between 1996 and 2005. She had become a psychiatric nurse, worked at a mental asylum and lived next to a former one. And this means, thatContinue reading “Greeting A Childhood Friend”
Side Effects Of A Sawmill Part II
Dogs are not permitted to the playground. I am not a dog, so I’m allowed to go. This is the former doctor’s residence. It was in the worst condition of all the buildings. According to the sign there has been a congregation home here. A look inside the storage reveals a colorful mess. A bookContinue reading “Side Effects Of A Sawmill Part II”
Side Effects Of A Sawmill Part I
In the 1870’s a sawmill was founded on an island close to a small town. As it often happened, a whole community was slowly built around it. The sawmill has closed and is gone, but in this particular location the other buildings in the area are astonishingly well preserved, although abandoned. I learned of thisContinue reading “Side Effects Of A Sawmill Part I”
A Guide To Karelia Part IV
We were already on our way back home, and my friend had listened to a lot of my stories about abandoned places in Northern Karelia. Among all the places we had been to, we had visited the Mätäsvaara mining village and Mätäsvaara molybdenum mine both featured in my galleries earlier. And finally I heard theContinue reading “A Guide To Karelia Part IV”