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I entered the third apartment through the hole in the wall. Well, it seems that there was also an entrance there. A vintage TV. The apartment looked like somebody had started renovations and then given up. A familiar story. The chimney has changed color several times during the years. The wall looks healthy. Random thrash.Continue reading “A Rotten Beauty Part III”

Moving on to the second apartment. The old double doors are a beauty. Something has cracked. The hall. The third apartment was locked, but luckily somebody had made a way there. There was some old furniture left in the second apartment. The kitchen. And another photo one step further forward. The apartments would be beautifulContinue reading “A Rotten Beauty Part II”

During the winter when I was looking for new locations, I found a mention about a large old apartment building and a furniture factory in a small municipality. I just wrote the address down, didn’t even have a look at Google Maps. What awaited me there was a major surprise. An amazing beauty. I meanContinue reading “A Rotten Beauty Part I”

Behind the row houses was this magnificent block of flats built for higher ranking railway staff and completed in 1950. It also belongs to the same owner, and it, too has been empty for several years. A local landmark, it probably is the tallest building in the village. And its shape is worsening, fast. NoContinue reading “Hoarding Properties Part II”

In rural Finland, there is a village, where railroads to four directions meet. All the way until the 1970’s it was inhabited by thousands of railroaders and their families. Then new rails were built and the village became obsolete. Since then it has been losing population. Throughout the years the national railway company has soldContinue reading “Hoarding Properties Part I”

The night was approaching, and I was starting to look for a parking lot to camp. That is usually, when I start finding interesting things. That looks like an old farm house. The window layout was highly unusual. And all in all the place was in a rather bad condition. A view through the windowsContinue reading “Not Exactly A Place To Sleep”

After the barbecue I continued my journey. And this here is another familiar location. It is the old block of flats built in the middle of nowhere for sawmill workers, which ended into the hands of organized crime. I’ve told its story before here. Despite now looking completely abandoned and overgrown, I still didn’t goContinue reading “Still Scared Of The Criminal Minds”