Slowly heading home after the succesful tour of Finland I now had time to check on locations, which I had spotted earlier but never had the time to explore in more detail. This mystery yard was one of them. The yard contained two buildings. One was this one, which looked like a storage shelter. TheContinue reading “Brick By Brick”
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Crossing The Finish Line
It’s August 21st 2022, just after midnight. A large yellow ferry arrives at port in a pitch black late summer night in the beginning of the autumn’s first rainstorm. My epic Tour De Finland has ended in success. Since late May I’ve been attempting to visit all the 570+ current and former municipalities of FinlandContinue reading “Crossing The Finish Line”
The Town Hall Still In Waiting
Yet another old friend of mine, which I’ve come to visit again hoping for better successes than the previous time. This is the former town hall, which I found two years earlier. It had stood empty for years waiting for demolition, but not much seemed to happen. And unfortunately the buildings seemed as closed asContinue reading “The Town Hall Still In Waiting”
At Least I Didn’t Have To Leave Empty Handed
It was late in the evening. There wasn’t much left of my Tour De Finland. I was driving from town to town, marking new conquests on my map almost sure, that I would finish this thing once and for all. That was when I spotted this beauty. It was large, it was lovely and itContinue reading “At Least I Didn’t Have To Leave Empty Handed”
Mambo No 5 Part III
That must be the door from the pub to the terrace, which I saw earlier from the outside. The wall to wall carpet is a blast from the past. The children’s menu and the drinks. A nice fit! The use of wood in the interior is striking. It was visible everywhere except for the floor.Continue reading “Mambo No 5 Part III”
Mambo No 5 Part II
The back door opened directly to a dark corridor with cold rooms and meat boxes. As every single window of the building was nailed shut, this would become a dark and messy exploration with very bad quality photos. Sorry for that, not sorry. The cold room no longer contained food. It contained china and glasses,Continue reading “Mambo No 5 Part II”
Mambo No 5 Part I
Back in the early 1960’s something important in the history of Finnish highways happened. In 1964 route number 3 from Helsinki to Vaasa via Tampere had finally been rebuilt according to modern standards. A year earlier the Sääksmäki bridge, one of the five big suspension bridges on Finnish highways was completed. As soon as theContinue reading “Mambo No 5 Part I”
Welcome In
One of the so many lovely, functionalistic co-operative stores probably designed by famous architect Erkki Huttunen and in an awful shape. The co-operative has left ages ago and a private entrepreneur has run the store. It has been located in a more modern building at least since 2008, probably even earlier. The back of theContinue reading “Welcome In”
The Cottage By The Old Highway Part II
A second bookshelf, this time with no furry strangers. Random stuff, what looks like an old sewing machine and a pillow from the 1990’s. A cupboard in one corner of the room. Another bottle of alcohol. There were loads of them here. Nice, flower themed paintings on the wall. And suddenly I’m upstairs in someContinue reading “The Cottage By The Old Highway Part II”
The Cottage By The Old Highway Part I
This looks like an old, manual well. And this looks like the house it has served. And this looks like an open door. The owner’s music collection. And the local newspaper from 2012 indicating the date of abandonment. What looks like an electric chainsaw. Welcome to the kitchen. Luckily the china has stayed intact. TheContinue reading “The Cottage By The Old Highway Part I”