Although I had found a hidden treasure in the old industrial village featured in the previous post, I had to leave quickly. It was starting to rain, my camera battery was starting to drain and I was hungry. I drove to the nearest town, went for a kebab and charged my battery. After a smallContinue reading “Charging Batteries Part I”
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The Heart Of The New Village
After the second world war, a new village with a new steel factory was founded. Of course all the infrastructure with worker apartments, a school and business buildings was built. The steel factory became small, was closed and the village slowly started to die. This is the co-operative store and post office of the village.Continue reading “The Heart Of The New Village”
A Unique Location In A Sorry State
If you’ve read this blog for long enough, you already recognize what this is about. Yes, it’s a former co-operative store in a functionalistic style, designed by legendary architect Erkki Huttunen, who designed numerous similar buildings around the country. But there is one thing, which makes this location special. The wooden building to the leftContinue reading “A Unique Location In A Sorry State”
The Project Doesn’t Seem To Advance
My quest for entering several buildings originally spotted between 2020 and 2023 goes on. This time it’s a former business and apartment building. A detail plan allowing it to be demolished and replaced with a much larger block of flats had by now been in force for at least five years. Yet nothing much seemsContinue reading “The Project Doesn’t Seem To Advance”
Another Vanished Business Empire
I was again contacted by a friend. She told me, that there’s an abandoned hardware store in her small home village, in case I was interested. Of course I was interested. The village was so small, that it was a bit difficult to believe, that a hardware store had thrived there. Yet there it was.Continue reading “Another Vanished Business Empire”
Found The Wrong Store
The third location of the day was again one I had found through train windows. It was a former village store with such a bush growing in front of it, that it was only visible to the railroad during wintertime. Imagine my surprise, when I approached through the back, and noticed, that the building wasContinue reading “Found The Wrong Store”
Another Catch Gone
And yet another catch up on a previously visited location. This time it was the business building I found by accident in 2022. Well, it was located in that gravel pit over there. And photographing it from the opposite direction doesn’t bring the buildings back. They had been demolished in 2022. A pity. This locationContinue reading “Another Catch Gone”
Swiping My Way To The Local Paper Part II
Moving deeper inside the building past a boat engine. There was a way upstairs, where there probably had been apartments, but the downstairs ceiling was in such a bad shape, I decided against going there. Moving towards the former store. All kinds of random stuff was stored there. I think the decision to skip theContinue reading “Swiping My Way To The Local Paper Part II”
Swiping My Way To The Local Paper Part I
The following morning I stopped in the following town. One of my so many Tinder matches featured in this blog was working the summer in the tourist office of her birth town. When I arrived, we had coffee and as her lunch break came, we went to lunch. That was when she casually mentioned, thatContinue reading “Swiping My Way To The Local Paper Part I”
Killed By Authorities
Already during my previous visits to this village, I’ve noticed this old store. Judging by some of the color choices still visible, it has belonged to a chain called Siwa. An old Google Maps picture from 2009 confirmed this. When I started searching for the store’s closing date, I ran into a surprising reason asContinue reading “Killed By Authorities”