And so our day trip to find abandoned houses in the capital region continued. We next went looking for a former village store, but it had been demolished not too long ago, as it was just an empty lot. And our final location of the day was in the Northern suburbs of Espoo. It wasContinue reading “A Perfect Date Doesn’t Exi… Part III”
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Neighbours Disturbing A Hobby Again
The capital region is a funny place in terms of urban exploration. Land is expensive and there’s a constant lack of apartments. This means, that buildings are often demolished directly after becoming vacant. The window of finding access to them is very narrow. But the funny thing is that here and there there are loadsContinue reading “Neighbours Disturbing A Hobby Again”
Home Of A Cult Part I
The weekend came, the sun was shining. What would be a better way to spend it than to take my new summer car and go exploring. Like the previous year, I started my urbex season by slowly exploring locations in or near the capital region. One of the locations on my list was an ordinaryContinue reading “Home Of A Cult Part I”
My Summer Car Is Really Made Of All These Things Season 2
I hadn’t owned a car since my summer car broke down the previous August in a very remote corner of Finland and I sold it for scrap. And I really hadn’t missed my car since then. Although I had moved again the previous autumn, I still lived in a very central location in the capitalContinue reading “My Summer Car Is Really Made Of All These Things Season 2”
Concrete Dreams Part IV
I don’t know how many rooms were in the main building, but only 27 here. Not a very large hotel this one. I really don’t wonder why it wasn’t profitable, because it’s in a suburb far from everything. Let’s go see what’s on the small yard behind the building. But before that an interesting featureContinue reading “Concrete Dreams Part IV”
Concrete Dreams Part III
Like I said, the building pictured earlier wasn’t the entire hotel, it was just the old main building. There was also an accommodation building, a sauna and staff apartments. The apartments have been renovated and are now private apartments, the sauna and accommodation building are still abandoned. When the main building was sold to theContinue reading “Concrete Dreams Part III”
Concrete Dreams Part II
The upstairs balcony. Let’s go have a look around the corner, shall we? Well, at least they’re colorful. The painter still needs some practise, though. The balcony runs through most of the length of the building on this side. The sea is to the right. There has been a way in here for not soContinue reading “Concrete Dreams Part II”
Concrete Dreams Part I
So, I’ve reached the last location of this day trip by the seaside. And it’s pretty different from the previous old villas and stuff. This property is called Vuoranta. It was built in 1970 and originally served as the education center of Alko, the Finnish alcohol monopoly company. In the early 1990’s even hotel activityContinue reading “Concrete Dreams Part I”
Secret Finnish Rock History Part II
Before going up the stairs, here’s a picture of the villa’s 1960’s built sauna. Again there were some people enjoying the spring day and barbecuing. I didn’t know if they were authorized to be there, but I definitely wasn’t. So I just walked away and wished that they wouldn’t notice me. And there we finallyContinue reading “Secret Finnish Rock History Part II”
Secret Finnish Rock History Part I
So, what do we have here? Another abandoned villa? Well, yes and no. This is just the villa’s caretaker’s little cottage. Built in 1948 it has stood abandoned since around 2015. Like with all the villas in this area, its doors and windows are well shut. But this isn’t what I was looking for. IContinue reading “Secret Finnish Rock History Part I”