And so my summer holidays were over. I left my former home town and came back home to the Capital Region and resumed my daily habit of going to the office. As September came, my weekly dance lessions started, too. The weather was still beautiful and warm, and I had some strange surge of energyContinue reading “Back To Basics”
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When Service Still Meant Service
Another location, which I had passed by some time earlier and only now was able to go take a closer look. This is a former Shell service station built in 1964. Fuel was sold here until the early 2000’s, and since then it has hosted an earth moving company, at least according to Google Maps.Continue reading “When Service Still Meant Service”
Out Of Gas And Everything Else Too
Wait a second, this doesn’t seem like a gravel pit despite the sign saying so. Oh no, the gravel pit is further at the back. This thing is something completely different. Despite the welcome signs, I don’t think I’m a welcome visitor. And I don’t think the security company has existed since 2016. It doesn’tContinue reading “Out Of Gas And Everything Else Too”
Fill It Up, Please!
The Capital region is an unlikely place to find lots of abandonements from. Land and property prices are sky high, and the population is constantly rising. Whenever a building is empty, it usually isn’t empty for long. Unless it has been emptied for good and will be demolished. Even in those cases destruction usually happensContinue reading “Fill It Up, Please!”
Anticipating Changes
Just another hardworking excavator performing its daily duty? Yes and no. This petrol station had opened in 1959, and for 57 years it had served cars and drivers. The building was original despite small facelifts being done, and it was probably one of the oldest petrol stations still in operation in Oulu and the wholeContinue reading “Anticipating Changes”