As I was moving deeper and deeper into rural and sparsely populated areas, I encountered more and more buildings, which looked like they possibly could be abandoned. But were they? A traditional old village store, where the store is in one end of the building and the store owners have lived in the other end.Continue reading “To Go Or No Go?”
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Business Gone Bad Part II
Before moving upstairs, let’s take a look at another corner of the small business spaces downstairs. And now that I come to think of it, the downstairs was quite a maze. Another, very small business space with a sliding door. Even a lonely bike has found its way here. Another possible exit, another entrance, whichContinue reading “Business Gone Bad Part II”
The Beauty Stands Alone Now
Welcome to yet another earlier featured location. The assignment today is to spot the difference compared to the previous visit. You are absolutely right. The 1960’s wing of the store has been demolished. The cliffhanger I presented at the end of the previous post from here stated, that the municipality wanted to demolish the wholeContinue reading “The Beauty Stands Alone Now”
The Sugar Cube
The next location I went to was a planned one. It was a 1938 built functionalistic business and apartment building known as The Sugar Cube in a central location in a medium sized town. There had been an ongoing debate for years whether to preserve it or demolish it. As you know, I’m a bigContinue reading “The Sugar Cube”
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”
A Selection From The Past Part IV
A broken record? Lovely vintage shelf paper. There was one more apartment at the end of the corridor. This one was smaller than the previous one, just one room and a kitchen. The card was addressed to the same person, whose English notebook I found in the earlier post. The small kitchen was quite aContinue reading “A Selection From The Past Part IV”
A Selection From The Past Part I
Another quiet rural village street somwhere in Finland. And the old village store called Talvikin Valinta (Talvikki’s Selection). This is one of the best known urbex locations in Finland. If you live in the South and have never visited this one, you’re really not an urbexer. Prices of meat and prepared food products. The pricesContinue reading “A Selection From The Past Part I”
Opening Another Season Part III
Moving to the first back room of the building, the one of the children’s store. Looking at things here makes me wonder, if every single door and counter actually is from the very date the place was built. The color of the roof seems to have changed, though. When did they make things like this?Continue reading “Opening Another Season Part III”
Opening Another Season Part II
Our final location of the day was this old building. Back in the days there were similar ones everywhere in Finland. Downstairs there was a business space or two, upstairs there was an apartment or two. I had learned of this place through my dancer friend, who lives nearby. They were wondering, why there wereContinue reading “Opening Another Season Part II”
Too Hot To Handle
The final location of our roadtrip was this small grocery store – or what was remaining of it. I had read in the news that morning, that there had been a fire, which started in the middle of the night, which largely destroyed the store. The news were true. The store wasn’t close to whereContinue reading “Too Hot To Handle”