Moving on to the next building on the other side of the overgrown yard. It had had another wing right there, but that had been demolished between 2012 and 2015. The building has been abandoned for a long time. Why they chose to tear down only one wing of it remains a mystery. At firstContinue reading “Paint For Sale”
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A Collapsing Mystery
And so we are approaching the next location. Which is the yellow building in the picture. It had a very strange window layout indicating it was probably used for commerce or manufactoring of some sort. It was also in a very bad condition and had partially collapsed. I already knew by now that I hadContinue reading “A Collapsing Mystery”
A Small Selection
While looking for something completely different, I spotted this small old grocery store hidden behind bushes. An old coffee company ad was on the wall, but I was more interested in the store’s chain. The T-markets were launched in the 1970’s and were rebranded as Spars way back in 1993. This means, that the placeContinue reading “A Small Selection”
The Store Is Definitely Closed
And here we have another old village store. It would probably have contained a lot of interesting stories. Unfortunately I couldn’t fit through these small windows. And so this place remained a mystery.
A Close Contest
Welcome to the tiny municipality of Oripää and to the heart of the village. Yes, this is one of the most central locations there. And this is also my first planned location of this roadtrip. The building up front is a former workers’ co-operative headquarters. It features the old grocery store, which later became hardwareContinue reading “A Close Contest”
Missed Opportunity 1
My winter holidays continued with a stay in perhaps the most famous hotel in Finland. I couldn’t have affored it otherwise, but they did have a good covid-deal… Built in 1903, this hotel has been chosen as the most beautiful building in Finland at least twice. But I’m not going to spend my time writingContinue reading “Missed Opportunity 1”
Beauty Beneath Ugly Covers
Another small rural town, another former co-operative store. This is again the very distinct work of the architects of SOK. many similar examples once were the main source for groceries and other stuff for inhabitants in these towns. I spotted this building for the first time in 2009 or 2010 and it has been inContinue reading “Beauty Beneath Ugly Covers”
The Anatomy Of An Abandonment
Another small rural village, another former commercial building abandoned. As you clearly can see, it’s a former co-operative grocery store. And how do I know this. Well that’s because it looks like this one. They are definitely drawn by the same architect, Erkki Huttunen, in the late 1930’s or early 1940’s. What I found ratherContinue reading “The Anatomy Of An Abandonment”
Making Way
Driving along, the next find was this clearly emtpy former store. The story doesn’t tell, what it was. Clearly it was an early 20th century business building with room for two businesses. The wing in the back seemed like a storage and loading dock. The wing to the right seemed like an apartment wing. ButContinue reading “Making Way”
Mining Village Grocery Store
This already seems like a too familiar story, but let’s tell it all over again. In 1948 a copper mine was founded in a very small village of a very small municipality. In addition to a mine, the company built an enrichment plant, two very spectacular blocks of flats and other infrastructure in a location,Continue reading “Mining Village Grocery Store”