So, upstairs we go. The walls were colored turquoise and cream, the stairs had also been painted in cream. Most of the paint had peeled away. The staircase had a large, tall window, like most staircases in older buildings. A look back at the mess downstairs. The ceiling was high in the building. That’s whyContinue reading “Ridiculously Photogenic Dairy Plant Part III”
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Evolving Business Part I
While on the road, I got a message from a fellow urbexer asking, if I knew about a tar factory nearby. Of course I didn’t but they gave me instructions how to find it. The place was deep in the bushes, but at the end of the road there indeed seemed to be something. AContinue reading “Evolving Business Part I”
Cut Short By Bankrupcy Part III
Being on the sawmill area outside working hours is forbidden, the sign says. Too bad I don’t believe in signs. There was a huge field next to the sawmill. On the other side of the field were several storage buildings. The storage buildings were just metal sheds. There was not much to see here. ThereContinue reading “Cut Short By Bankrupcy Part III”
Cut Short By Bankrupcy Part II
So we are back in the production area again. The machinery used in sawing the logs was still in place. This is the part of the building made out of concrete seen through the break room windows. It turned out to be some kind of a storage. Now that on the floor is most likelyContinue reading “Cut Short By Bankrupcy Part II”
Cut Short By Bankrupcy Part I
On my earlier tours I had spotted a rather large sawmill, which didn’t have any lumber piles on its yard. Instead the yard was slowly turning into a forest. I didn’t have time to go check out the place back then, but as my tour of all Finnish municipalities took me to the neighbouring oneContinue reading “Cut Short By Bankrupcy Part I”
Can You See The Signs?
This is a former leather factory. It was founded in the late 1910’s and its buildings have been built in several phases between the 1940’s and 1960’s. It first declared bankrupcy in 1997 and closed for good in 2003 after which it has been abandoned. This is the prelude for one of the most personalContinue reading “Can You See The Signs?”
A Huge Surprise
From the papers I had learned about an abandoned factory complex located outside a small town. Back in 2013 there had been a bankrupcy, and the place had stood idle ever since. The owner wanted to demolish some of the buildings after an arson, but the museum opposed. The situation was at a standstill, andContinue reading “A Huge Surprise”
Mystery Factory
On a very beautiful cape on the outskirts of a regional town I found this. Clearly an old industrial building of some sort it was definitely abandoned. I decided to go and take a closer look. Although it seemed closed, there was one door open. It was an invitation, right? There was a way inContinue reading “Mystery Factory”
Match Factory Ruins
In the early 1870’s a match factory was founded next to a small river near a large mansion. It burned down in 1918 and the construction of a new factory was started a few years later. In 1925 an accident on the construction site killed the owner of the business and he was the onlyContinue reading “Match Factory Ruins”
Factory Workers’ Court
You know this story, right. You’re cruising on a road in a place you’ve rarely visited, when you spot something interesting in the woods. Maybe it’s broken or boarded up windows, maybe an overgrown yard. You just catch a glimpse of it before it is behind trees again, so you take the next crossing, turnContinue reading “Factory Workers’ Court”