The entrance to the basement of the burned section didn’t look very tempting. Neither did the entrance to the intact part. For some reason I decided to go have a look. Here we have the boiler room. Now this is interesting. The boiler has been inspected in 1993 due to a boiler change. Even inContinue reading “What A Beautiful Morning Part XI”
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What A Beautiful Morning Part X
The basement of the second house was out of bounds, so was this first floor apartment. This picture is actually taken through the window. That there is the living room window of the same apartment. The bootscraper has a nice lace hat. Going upstairs. The walls have been opened even here. Once again people haveContinue reading “What A Beautiful Morning Part X”
What A Beautiful Morning Part IX
And here is the second part of the first house, which was destroyed by the Christmas tree accident. They have turned it into a patio with a large laundry rack. Oh, and there’s a basement! There were a small table and a bench in the backyard. Otherwise this was a very rural area. Let’s moveContinue reading “What A Beautiful Morning Part IX”
So Useless They Actually Bought It Twice
Welcome again to the world of crazy real estate deals. After the story of the mental asylum, which was sold until the new owner realized, that its toilets had been demolished, we tell an even more bizarre story. It seems that these stories are customary to old public buildings, like schools, factories and hospitals. ThisContinue reading “So Useless They Actually Bought It Twice”
I Didn’t Sign Up For This
And so the morning dawns to yet another ridiculous story from real estate business in decaying rural Finnish villages. Ready for it? This is yet another former mental asylum, which became a regional hospital in the 1990’s and started treating even other patients. It was deemed surplus in mid-2010’s. Again the staff apartments of theContinue reading “I Didn’t Sign Up For This”
On The Road Again
The following morning at about 10 am I got a call from the workshop. My car was ready for pick up. And a few hours later I was standing in front of this building. If you’ve been following this blog closely, this is an all too familiar story. The building is a mental asylum builtContinue reading “On The Road Again”
A Total Waste
As you can see, I was starting to be in a hurry. I still had 210 municipalities of the 571 to visit, and time was running out. It was strictly one shot per location, unless I was able to enter. This is a former municipal hospital built in 1938. Its location on a hill guaranteesContinue reading “A Total Waste”
Found The Opening
Welcome to Satalinna hospital, the local tuberculosis sanatorium in the area. It was built in 1925 and gradually expanded during the following years. Since the 1960’s tuberculosis has been largely eradicated from Finland. The hospital got more and more wards for other uses and since the 1970’s served as a regional hospital. During its finalContinue reading “Found The Opening”
Valkeinen Hospital
Welcome to Kuopio, the town of a thick dialect and famous for extremely strange fish pastrys called the Kalakukko (fish cock). They are large rye breads, which are filled with fish, pork and bacon. The locals are passionate about it and often quarrel about what fish should be used and which bakery produces the rightContinue reading “Valkeinen Hospital”
Bad News From Spain
Did I already mention, that former mental asylums were a thing that summer. I didn’t? Well, former mental asylums were a thing that summer. Here we have one beautiful hospital building again from the 1920’s. But wait a second, doesn’t it look like it’s very much in use? It does indeed. It currently serves asContinue reading “Bad News From Spain”