The first room in the main body of the school featured a kitchen and an opening with a counter to the next room. The wall was probably added in the 1970’s after the school closed and some local organization took over the property. This is where they’ve been selling coffee and other stuff during theirContinue reading “The Game Was Shared And The Doors Were Closed Part II”
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The Game Was Shared And The Doors Were Closed Part I
The sun was setting over the beautiful Finnish landscape, when I spotted this beauty, which looked to be in a bad condition. The building definitely looked like an old village school and according to old maps it was one. It looks like it’s been built in the 1930’s or 1940’s. This photo has been takenContinue reading “The Game Was Shared And The Doors Were Closed Part I”
A Midsummer Date Part XIV
After breakfast we continued our trip. The next abandoned destination was an old school built in the late 1930’s. It had been emptied in 2019 partly due to bad condition and partly because the area is loosing inhabitants at such a rate, that there are too many schools. Once again it’s a familiar story. TheContinue reading “A Midsummer Date Part XIV”
So Near, Always Unknown
Roaming in the small villages close to my childhood home town, I again spotted something interesting. I’ve spent 15 years of my life living less than 30 minutes away from here, and I never knew about this place. This surely looks like a demolition site. And a well closed one, too. In fact, demolition workContinue reading “So Near, Always Unknown”
Try, Try, Again And Again
When I first posted from this location, it was winter. The following time it was summer. Now it’s another summer, and I’ve come to try again. Another year has passed at the old Swedish speaking elementary school, which is due to be demolished to make way for a new kindergarten. Since then it had beenContinue reading “Try, Try, Again And Again”
You Deserve A Better Fate
This here is another elementary school. But before telling you more about it, let me praise the AI tool of Lightroom a bit. I’ve removed the school’s name, and you wouldn’t notice it if I didn’t tell you. It took about 20 seconds. Such is the power. The school was abandoned in 2018 because ofContinue reading “You Deserve A Better Fate”
Years Go By, Things Stay The Same
As this was the third consecutive summer I spent touring Finland, I had a long list of locations I had previously tried to visit, but hadn’t found a point of entry. My plan was to visit them again and again until I would succeed. And that’s why I found myself in a familiar location onceContinue reading “Years Go By, Things Stay The Same”
You Can’t Be Serious
The evening brought me to another town, fairly colorless, ugly and flat. On one of the best spots of the town, by a lake, right in the heart of it was also its most beautiful building: an old school built in 1950. It looked empty, but so did every school in early June. I GoogledContinue reading “You Can’t Be Serious”
What A Waste
Once again old rural roads revealed something interesting. These two buildings were clearly related somehow, looked old and valuable, but were in a very bad shape. Although in a very bad shape, the area is still in some use. Behind the buildings is a municipal storage area. There’s also a waste recycling point here. IContinue reading “What A Waste”
Tour De Finland 2022
If you’ve been following me for a longer time, you will probably have realized, what my plan for 2022 was. Surprise, surprise, it was exactly the same as in 2020 – to visit all current and former municipalities in Finland during one summer. Why I wanted so badly to do this, I don’t know. PerhapsContinue reading “Tour De Finland 2022”