I’ve tried everything, but simply can’t recognize the car brand from the headlights. I was pretty enthusiastic about cars as a child, and should be able to do this. A wider view of the same room showing a better look of the cupboards. This looks like a second kitchen to me. This would confirm, thatContinue reading “There’s Something In The Bushes Part II”
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There’s Something In The Bushes Part I
While travelling from my first interview to the second one, I spotted something in the bushes by a rural road leading from a current municipality to a former one. I stopped by the next bus stop to have a closer look. This part looked like it was a store of some sort. While this partContinue reading “There’s Something In The Bushes Part I”
A Renovator’s Dream Part II
More upstairs apartments. At least something old was left. This has been a former kitchen, it seems. Preparing for the winter. The summer is here. I guess, that they didn’t pay the bill. Another oven. They have been retained in this section of the house for some reason. But still, officers were living here untilContinue reading “A Renovator’s Dream Part II”
A Renovator’s Dream Part I
Here we have a small and old block of flats. The board on the wall says, that it is for sale. It is advertised as a possibility to renovate 8 to 12 flats to it. Originally it was built as a home to officers working at a nearby garrison in 1927. In 1980 it becameContinue reading “A Renovator’s Dream Part I”
The Sugar Cube
The next location I went to was a planned one. It was a 1938 built functionalistic business and apartment building known as The Sugar Cube in a central location in a medium sized town. There had been an ongoing debate for years whether to preserve it or demolish it. As you know, I’m a bigContinue reading “The Sugar Cube”
A Cute Motorway Guard Part IV
Many of the publications seen in the previous photo were Donald Duck Pocket Books. Most of them were from earlier than the late 1990’s when I started collecting them, but this one is familiar. I’ve read it numerous times. The dog guards a box of loose screws? Moving back to the stairway again, where aContinue reading “A Cute Motorway Guard Part IV”
A Cute Motorway Guard Part III
In the corner of the stairway was another old, valuable looking piece of furniture. And at the top were more built in cupboards with lots of empty files. The sheer amount of storage space here was amazing. Catalogues to an antiquarian bookshop? They are official, it says. This must be a luxury book shop, then.Continue reading “A Cute Motorway Guard Part III”
A Cute Motorway Guard Part II
A lovely piece of old furniture damaged by idiots. A better look at the room reveals, that it actually seems like a former bedroom. An aerial photo of an island. If I’m not completely mistaken, this is the island of Lauttasaari in Western Helsinki. It seems that the inhabitants really loved the area, as thisContinue reading “A Cute Motorway Guard Part II”
A Cute Motorway Guard Part I
We had founded a new dance group the previous autumn. Our practice sessions took os around Southern Finland around once a month, and we often carpooled. On such tours I had spotted a lovely but neglected old villa next to a busy motorway. An interesting place to explore on my day off. Like I said,Continue reading “A Cute Motorway Guard Part I”
Sawmill Workers’ Garrison
Roaming strange roads and small villages in the attempt to visit every single current and former municipality in Finland proved to be a gold mine in finding abandoned buildings. This was yet another village, and yet another fascinating looking old abandoned building. The fences around the building weren’t related to its fate. There was aContinue reading “Sawmill Workers’ Garrison”