This beauty here is the former hospital of the town of Vammala. Built in 1938, it was a notable example of pre-war functionalistic architecture. It was a key building in the history of the town, considered an important landmark and was on a very visible spot in the town. So naturally they wanted to demolishContinue reading “They Still Wanted To Waste It”
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Greeting My Godson Part I
Like every Easter I travelled back to the town I was born in to spend some quality time with my godson. It’s already a tradition. And an equal tradition is, that during one of the days I and the godson’s father escape somewhere to do urban exploration. Here we are just a few hundred metersContinue reading “Greeting My Godson Part I”
A Gloomy Institution Part XI
Going downstairs in one of the ward buildings. The nerd center. Well, there is another room. The basement of this building really seems like a computer center. I mean, what is this place? A small lobby downstairs. And a sauna downstairs in the building. A floor plan of the building. And another lobby. And anotherContinue reading “A Gloomy Institution Part XI”
A Gloomy Institution Part X
And now we are in a storage looking room with safe curtains. Moving on to the deeper parts of this building. Looks like a cleaning closet in the ward building. “The clothes of the inhabitants will be washed in the ward until the move.” A plastic bed. A lobby in the wards. A very smallContinue reading “A Gloomy Institution Part X”
A Gloomy Institution Part IX
So I am back outside after finishing the main building. This is another auxilary building in the area. When touring the area and comparing it with the previous similar institution I visited, I figured out, that I’d be content with visiting just one of the wards. I thought, that after that, I’d have simply seenContinue reading “A Gloomy Institution Part IX”
A Gloomy Institution Part VIII
Another view of the lobby. A small cupboard housing the institution’s computer servers. There was an old map of the region on the wall. And lots of old computer equipment on the floor. Behind the hatch of the front desk. Christmas greetings from 2004. I can’t recall what I got for Christmas that year. AContinue reading “A Gloomy Institution Part VIII”
A Gloomy Institution Part VII
And so we start another post with another corridor photo. A hospital bed with something, which looks like the contents of a flower pot. And as the victim is here, that is what probably was the case with the previous photo. Another room, which looks like an office. And this probably proves, that it indeedContinue reading “A Gloomy Institution Part VII”
A Gloomy Institution Part VI
I ended the previous post with a photo of a door, which said no trespassing. Being subjected to Juha Tapio’s music isn’t too dangerous, though. A classic room with an interesting curtain arrangement and a hospital bed. This might actually be the clinic wing of this institution. Even some paintings at the wall. And something,Continue reading “A Gloomy Institution Part VI”
A Gloomy Institution Part V
Instead of going down to the basement, I’ll just continue along another endless corridor. And along it was another small, dark room. A gate. Interesting. Who do they want to keep out? An interesting room, which looks a bit like a storage. The classic lonely shoe. The laundry department? The endless corridors continue and continue.Continue reading “A Gloomy Institution Part V”
A Gloomy Institution Part IV
The first room by the corridor. No idea, what it was about. And something, which looks like a bathroom. Another small room with a cupboard on the wall. Music and mirrors. A surprising amount of furniture and other stuff in here. A Bible. And more music. More empty rooms. A blue VHS cassette. A forestContinue reading “A Gloomy Institution Part IV”