Another familiar location. This time it’s a building, which I visited back in 2022 after hearing of it from my Tinder match. She told me, that it was a mental asylum, but in my previous post I figured, that it was a municipal home with a ward for the mentally ill. Turns out we bothContinue reading “The Rumors Turned Out To Be True”
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The Pile Is Something New
Yet again I am back at a familiar location. I’ve been to this mental asylum two times now, the previous one being in 2022. As I haven’t found a way in, I am back looking for one. Back then this pile of what looks like large plastic bags wasn’t present. I think somebody has sensedContinue reading “The Pile Is Something New”
In Good Care Part VI
Welcome back to yet another familiar, yet so far unexplored location. The former mental asylum visited at least in 2021 and 2022. But as soon as I got to the yard, I noticed someone with a bike there. Thinking it was another urban explorer, I went and asked, if she had found a way in.Continue reading “In Good Care Part VI”
A Midsummer Date Part VI
The old mental asylum area contained a second abandoned building. This one originally hosted the wards of people, who stayed in for the longest. The building was protected, but it had been owned for years by a property investor, who was undergoing severe financial difficulties and was involved in many court battles. Compared to theContinue reading “A Midsummer Date Part VI”
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”
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”
Just Another Mental Asylum
Abandoned mental asylums had sort of been the thing of this summer. I had found a nice and useful list of former mental asylums, and as I now was doing a tour on Finland, I decided to visit them all. This mental asylum had originally been a mansion, which was bought by the town toContinue reading “Just Another Mental Asylum”