And here I am again back at a familiar location. This is the yellow house owned by the local town and waiting to be demolished. I last visited the location in 2021, and now I am back for another attempt. Since the previous visit, a book has appeared. “The men’s school, 1964”, the title says.Continue reading “Another Visit To The Yellow House”
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Disrespecting Their History
The following location was on a cape in Kuusamo. Originally it had been a children’s hospital completed in 1944. The withdrawing Germans destroyed the building apart from its external walls. It became a regional hospital and then again a children’s hospital until 1950. After that it became a child care unit until 1974 and aContinue reading “Disrespecting Their History”
Skiing To School Around The Year
The millenials in Finland have their own way of mocking boomers, who constantly think that everything was better before and that the current youth have it too easy. We start sarcastically telling, what all things were better, and what they had to endure. And every single time somebody brings up the ‘yeah, we used toContinue reading “Skiing To School Around The Year”
There Never Was Much Traffic Anyway
After the winter war ended, the Soviet Union forced Finland to build a railway Eastwards from Kemijärvi. Their master plan probably was, that they could easily transport troops and equipment to Finland when they would attack anyway. After the continuation war, the railway was rebuilt. There never was any cross border traffic, and there wasContinue reading “There Never Was Much Traffic Anyway”
Embraced By Fjelds Part III
This is the upstairs corridor. It is very similar to the one downstairs. There was a window at the end of the corridor. The views are still spectacular. And just like downstairs there was a tiny kitchen. There was also a toilet and a shower. These were located a bit differently than downstairs. The firstContinue reading “Embraced By Fjelds Part III”
Embraced By Fjelds Part II
Right next to the main entrance was this beautiful room with a fireplace. This probably was the common room of the institution. The fireplace was simple, yet stylish. A look backwards. The common room was followed by a short corridor. The kitchen of the institution was to the left of it. There was a smallContinue reading “Embraced By Fjelds Part II”
Embraced By Fjelds Part I
Some posts back I explained the concept of municipal homes and the fact that they usually are located in very remote places. This story is no different. The municipal home was actually built in 1927, but was destroyed by fire already back in 1929. The construction of a new building was started in 1948 onContinue reading “Embraced By Fjelds Part I”
This Screams Abandonment Part IV
The third floor side corridor was one of the final corners of the school still left to explore. A lonely ski boot. A further classroom. I wonder, what has been on the shelves. The poor piano. Another classroom with broken windows. Once again everything even close to loose had been ripped off. Another one ofContinue reading “This Screams Abandonment Part IV”
This Screams Abandonment Part III
The gym windows were as high up in the building as you could get. That is probably staged. At least I hope so. The other direction. A lobby. I’m just guessing again, but if the kitchen was next to the gym, this might have served as the canteen. Where else would the pupils have eatenContinue reading “This Screams Abandonment Part III”
This Screams Abandonment Part II
This seems to be the main lobby of the school. This was also, where the entrance from the street level was to. Young love, it seems. Another small room. I’m still a bit puzzled about their purpose. It seems that I have reched the end of the corridor. I’m still not any wiser about whereContinue reading “This Screams Abandonment Part II”