After a few intensive days of dance practice in my former home town I headed eastwards with a friend. I know her through her sister, who was originally my friend. I was supposed to join them both at the summer cottage of their family, but my original friend got sick. I and the younger sisterContinue reading “Almost What It Was Sold As”
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Miksi ovet ei aukene meille?
What is this? A Finnish title? Why? Well, that is actually the title of a Finnish Romani Song. A direct translation of the beginning of its lyrics would be something like “Why won’t the doors open for us, is our race to blame for this?” When I started writing this post, the song started playingContinue reading “Miksi ovet ei aukene meille?”
Hidden In The Woods Part II
One of the few better pieces in the building. One thing I have to wonder, is the amount of rust. I’ve never seen such rusty ovens in abandoned buildings. Different shades of green here. Another, even rustier oven. Strange. Really strange. And actually some furniture. There was really little left here, so this one isContinue reading “Hidden In The Woods Part II”
Hidden In The Woods Part I
When preparing for the tour of 2022, I researched old maps of Finland thoroughly. I looked for specific types of old buildings, and tried to find out, what their status today was. I managed to locate an old municipal home, a place for the elderly, disabled and poor, which existed before social apartment production, mentalContinue reading “Hidden In The Woods Part I”
Something Is Definitely Happening, But I Don’t Know What It Is
Welcome to another familiar location. I’ve been invited by my friend to bath in their sauna and outside tub, but before going there, We went together to another location, which I’ve spotted earlier. The courtyard of the original municipal home. Since our previous visit, the 1960’s row house had been demolished, and most of theContinue reading “Something Is Definitely Happening, But I Don’t Know What It Is”
There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XVI
As I promised, this will be the final post from this location and this adventure overall. We found a second kitchen. This one was blueish with a red floor. Moving further along the corridor. A second kitchen. The stove doesn’t look very healthy. The black thing on the roof is most likely mold. There areContinue reading “There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XVI”
There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XV
A photo of the main building from the courtyard. As you can see, the old, wooden municpal home was built on a hill. The new main building was built on the side of the hill and the ground floor is partially underground. There was even a small upstairs in the old main building, but weContinue reading “There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XV”
There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XIV
Another look at the room with the glass boxes. I really can’t figure out what those are. Even this part of the building had one room with a bathroom and shower. A carton of milk. It was called consumer milk before 1996, when the EU legistlation forced a name change to full milk. This cartonContinue reading “There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XIV”
There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XIII
The older wing of the building again included some small rooms, which I believe to be old patient rooms. I think the layout of the building has been changed at some point, probably in the 1960’s or 1970’s, and the rooms have been made smaller. A look back towards the lobby featured in the previousContinue reading “There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XIII”
There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XII
The room at the end of the corridor was some kind of a common room. It was one of the more important rooms in the building, as it had a parquette floor and its ceiling was higher than in other rooms in this wing. That’s why the ‘sex cave’ above it was located at theContinue reading “There Are Two Kinds Of Adventures Part XII”