Many of the publications seen in the previous photo were Donald Duck Pocket Books. Most of them were from earlier than the late 1990’s when I started collecting them, but this one is familiar. I’ve read it numerous times. The dog guards a box of loose screws? Moving back to the stairway again, where aContinue reading “A Cute Motorway Guard Part IV”
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A Cute Motorway Guard Part III
In the corner of the stairway was another old, valuable looking piece of furniture. And at the top were more built in cupboards with lots of empty files. The sheer amount of storage space here was amazing. Catalogues to an antiquarian bookshop? They are official, it says. This must be a luxury book shop, then.Continue reading “A Cute Motorway Guard Part III”
A Cute Motorway Guard Part II
A lovely piece of old furniture damaged by idiots. A better look at the room reveals, that it actually seems like a former bedroom. An aerial photo of an island. If I’m not completely mistaken, this is the island of Lauttasaari in Western Helsinki. It seems that the inhabitants really loved the area, as thisContinue reading “A Cute Motorway Guard Part II”
A Cute Motorway Guard Part I
We had founded a new dance group the previous autumn. Our practice sessions took os around Southern Finland around once a month, and we often carpooled. On such tours I had spotted a lovely but neglected old villa next to a busy motorway. An interesting place to explore on my day off. Like I said,Continue reading “A Cute Motorway Guard Part I”
Sawmill Workers’ Garrison
Roaming strange roads and small villages in the attempt to visit every single current and former municipality in Finland proved to be a gold mine in finding abandoned buildings. This was yet another village, and yet another fascinating looking old abandoned building. The fences around the building weren’t related to its fate. There was aContinue reading “Sawmill Workers’ Garrison”
The 80’s Called And Wanted Their Luxury Back
Welcome to a strech of former road leading from a highway to the small town of Karjaa, or Karis in Swedish. Decades ago the road was rerouted, and finally this small part of it has been reduced to the parking lot of a terrain running track. There, neatly parked next to a forest, we foundContinue reading “The 80’s Called And Wanted Their Luxury Back”
More Visitors Than Information
Another village, another municipality colored on my old map of Finland. And yet another interesting discovery. This building surely has been a beauty before being covered with the ugly tiles. It surely looks larger than just an ordinary one family house, but who knows. Even the several entrances and the loading dock looking door suggest,Continue reading “More Visitors Than Information”
There’s More To Some Than Others
Another random roadside find, which looks like a former village store in a very bad condition. Well, very bad was pretty much of an understatement. It looks like the frame of the building has collapsed near the door. The facade is so twisted, that the window has fallen off the frame. Surely this building can’tContinue reading “There’s More To Some Than Others”
Approach Number Two
The yellow house I spotted on one of my last adventures the previous autumn. Here it is seen from another angle. I began by walking around the building from the back. Here is the garage, which is completely full of random scrap. The chimney and ovens of the building are probably located above that concreteContinue reading “Approach Number Two”
The Villa By The Playground
Another random find by the roadside: an old villa, which has been expanded in the 1950’s or 1960’s. The original part of the building was from the 1910’s. It has served as a kindergarten and as apartments. The door was open. Tempting. This space seems like one of the apartments. The kitchen had a 1990’sContinue reading “The Villa By The Playground”