“Welcome to Paavo’s cabin”, the sign says. This has probably been a ward for men. I wonder why they have left all these behind. They’re rather expensive. Paavo’s cabin was a full scale mess. Audiobooks from a time before audiobooks were cool. Old furniture. An interesting installation. I have no idea what this has been.Continue reading “I Prefer This Over Coffee Part II”
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I Prefer This Over Coffee Part I
The small one day road trip with my friends continued. They told me about a new café in a beautifully renovated old mansion, which they wanted to visit. I agreed. But only after reaching its yard I realized, that it would have been our next location anyway. The mansion in question was an old farmContinue reading “I Prefer This Over Coffee Part I”
The Rumors Turned Out To Be True
Another familiar location. This time it’s a building, which I visited back in 2022 after hearing of it from my Tinder match. She told me, that it was a mental asylum, but in my previous post I figured, that it was a municipal home with a ward for the mentally ill. Turns out we bothContinue reading “The Rumors Turned Out To Be True”
A Day After Part III
Back when drinking with the nice middle aged couple the previous evening, they told me that the former nursing school of the town had been abandoned and vandalized for some time. They gave me good instructions, and it wasn’t exactly difficult to find the place. The building was completed in two parts, the first oneContinue reading “A Day After Part III”
The Pile Is Something New
Yet again I am back at a familiar location. I’ve been to this mental asylum two times now, the previous one being in 2022. As I haven’t found a way in, I am back looking for one. Back then this pile of what looks like large plastic bags wasn’t present. I think somebody has sensedContinue reading “The Pile Is Something New”
Lakefront Plans Cancelled
The last location that evening was a mental asylum. Built in 1958 and closed in 2016 because they had difficulties attracting competent staff to the small town, it has stood empty ever since. A couple of years ago the town wanted to buy it from the hospital district, demolish it and plan lakefront housing onContinue reading “Lakefront Plans Cancelled”
Still For Sale
The evening light brought me back to yet another familiar location – a regional hospital closed down in 2014. The previous time I had visited the place had been a year earlier, and that time I hadn’t been lucky in finding an entrance. I wasn’t very hopeful this time, either, but I was ready forContinue reading “Still For Sale”
In Good Care Part V
The following morning I had breakfast with my friend’s family the long way. We sat in the morning sun on the terrace with no horry having coffee. But eventually it was time to head towards new adventures. This was my first photo, because here I noticed the first difference since my previous visit. Massive pilesContinue reading “In Good Care Part V”
In Good Care Part II
Here we have another interesting location, a plague hospital. It was originally built in the 1910’s, but enlarged in the 1950’s to its current, functionalistic look. It became an ordinary hospital in the late 1950’s and was closed in the 1980’s. After that it acted as student apartments until being abandoned in 2009. Nowadays anContinue reading “In Good Care Part II”
They Still Wanted To Waste It
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”