On the edge of the city center in Oulu stood a large house with boarded windows. The older part was built in the early 1950’s and was designed by the first city architect Martti Heikura. An annex was added in 1973. The place was the student dormitory of a vocational school located nearby. Or actuallyContinue reading “Smells Like Teen Spirit Part I”
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A Taste of Education
In the 1950’s a workers’ institute was founded in a small village. The main aim of it was to provide education to trade union actives and to weaken the strong pro-communist opinions in the area back then. The institute received funding from the USA. It has been rumoured, that even the CIA was involved, butContinue reading “A Taste of Education”
The Dancing Ghost of the School
After the disappointing trip to the Lohipato school, I needed new challenges with abandoned buildings. When I called the construction company to arrange the return of the keys they had given me, I already had an idea. I asked them, If I could borrow them again in a few weeks. “If you want to goContinue reading “The Dancing Ghost of the School”
The School for the Special Salmon Part V
The last part of my exploration begins on the second floor of the final, unexplored wing. This was something I hadn’t found in any other part of the building: a room with inner glass walls. Let’s have a closer look behind the sofa. The sign says: “Emergency exit. The route must remain unblocked”. Someone didn’tContinue reading “The School for the Special Salmon Part V”
The School for the Special Salmon Part IV
Like I said earlier, this wasn’t one of the most interesting buildings to photograph. There was just lots and lots of empty space. But every now and then something came up. The room was otherwise completely empty. And then in one corner there was a huge pile of party magazines for the True Finns, backContinue reading “The School for the Special Salmon Part IV”
The School for the Special Salmon Part III
Next I arrived in the main lobby. I took these pictures in September, but somehow they had already braced for the coming winter. In Finland we always joke about old people trying to use kicksleds in as little snow as possible. Wonder, where grandpa’s tried to go this time. Let’s have a look at theContinue reading “The School for the Special Salmon Part III”
The School for the Special Salmon Part II
As you can see from the picture, the power is on. This is the only abandoned house I’ve ever been to, which wasn’t completely abandoned. Boxers were training here even while I photographed. And yes, I did promise some surprises. Well, let’s see what we find if we follow that arrow. All right, it seemsContinue reading “The School for the Special Salmon Part II”
The School for the Special Salmon Part I
Because of my work I got involved with a building project. It was about demolishing an old school and some adjacent tree houses and replacing them with modern high rise blocks of flats with a nice view over a river. The school was from the 1960’s, a very unspectacular building with a red brick facade.Continue reading “The School for the Special Salmon Part I”
The Quiet School by the Market Square Part XI
There was a third staircase in the back of the wing which housed the three gymnasiums. This was far smaller and more difficult to access than the two main staircases, but we used this one to go down to ground floor, as we hadn’t been here yet. We left the stairs at the first floorContinue reading “The Quiet School by the Market Square Part XI”
The Quiet School by the Market Square Part X
Here’s another collecion of pointless sentences together. “Rescue my guinea pig! Please” “Yeah, Yo Man” The biggest sentence on the blackboard is Swedish, and says that you can’t eat that much, while the old sign begs for silence. In addition to the collection of birds featured in an earlier post, the school had a collectionContinue reading “The Quiet School by the Market Square Part X”