The first location the following morning was a mental asylum area, which I had already visited the previous summer. It was abandoned in 2016, when the facility closed. There were plans to demolish the buildings, but a local investor bought them in 2020. To my surprise he had managed to blow new life to theContinue reading “New Life Found”
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Wandering In Darkness Part VII
Before moving to the dormitory side, let’s feature a few close ups on things in the apartment, such as this old beauty. And this shelf with all kinds of random magazines and guides from the late 1990’s or early 2000’s. The wallpaper looks a bit strange to me. And so does this cage. The kitchenContinue reading “Wandering In Darkness Part VII”
Wandering In Darkness Part VI
The student apartment corridor, which actually looks more like a dormitory than apartments. There are rooms on both sides of the corridor. And a classic shared shower and bath. One of the dorm rooms. The symmetrical layout indicates to me, that each room had two beds. There also are two beds in the room. AContinue reading “Wandering In Darkness Part VI”
Wandering In Darkness Part IV
Welcome to yet another room with no clues about what it has once been. The toilet door has gotten lost here somehow. More small standard rooms. Safety equipment. A standard larger room. I’ve said it numerous times, but big institutions like this one always look fascinating from the outside, but if all furinture and equipmentContinue reading “Wandering In Darkness Part IV”
Wandering In Darkness Part III
Finally there was some light to photograph. The rooms were still mostly empty, though. The surroundings never were quite inspiring. That looks like it has something to do with Lucia, a very traditional Christmas time festivity in Swedish speaking Finland. The light makes funny shapes. A mirror selfie. Interesting double radiators here. The cold wintersContinue reading “Wandering In Darkness Part III”
Wandering In Darkness Part II
So the corridor continues. I can’t understand why they’ve used Comic Sans on the sign on the door of the customer toilet. No use in pressing the buttons on the doorbell anymore. And no use in trying to apply make up in the customer toilet anymore. After that we are back to the standard roomsContinue reading “Wandering In Darkness Part II”
Wandering In Darkness Part I
Well, well, well, what do we have here? If there’s a forbidden entrance to the building and area, there must be an allowed one. But as I don’t have time to look for it, I’ll just pretend that I don’t speak any of these languages. I do speak, two of them as a native andContinue reading “Wandering In Darkness Part I”
Not A Single Broken Window In Two Years
The more I tour, the more I will visit locations, which I visited during my epic first Tour de Finland and my more chilled second Tour de Finland. They are all locations, which I would have liked to visit, but never got the chance. Some open after several attempts like the co-operative store and blockContinue reading “Not A Single Broken Window In Two Years”
Waiting For Brighter Days
Welcome to yet another former mental asylum area. This one was built in 1914 and closed in 1999. Since then most of the buildings in the area have been converted into apartments. The area is so lovely, that I’ve considered moving there, if I ever get bored of living in the city. In the middleContinue reading “Waiting For Brighter Days”
Promised A Lot, Provided A Little
When I was doing my previous, large Tour De Finland in 2020, I visited almost all former mental asylums in Finland, which I knew about. Almost. There were some, which I had missed. The decision to close this hospital was made in 2015 and the last patients moved out in 2019. Some of the buildingsContinue reading “Promised A Lot, Provided A Little”