While I was in the area, my friends started contacting me. They had read news about a long since abandoned general store finally getting a demolition permit that day. The demolition would commence as soon as the two week appeal period would be over. I knew the location. I had seen it when passing byContinue reading “Weren’t They A Bit Too Quick?”
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A Small Corner Conquered
Another earlier featured building. I’ve previously wondered what it has been, but it turns out, that this is the gardener’s and chauffeur’s home of a tuberculosis sanatorium, and built in 1933. The sanatorium later became a regional hospital, which was closed some time ago. This building, however, along with the apartment buildings for doctors andContinue reading “A Small Corner Conquered”
Same Location, More Frustration
A familiar view? Good! That means, that you’ve been following my blog closely. This here is the former nursing home, which I’ve already visited twice in 2020 and once more in 2022. No much luck was present back then. Vandalism is clearly escalating, as more and more windows are covered each year. I have, however,Continue reading “Same Location, More Frustration”
An Untouched Pearl
My local urbex whisperer tipped me about another location in the area. It was a former farmers’ association building in a small village. Unused for years it was on the side of a trekking path and there is a camping and campfire spot on the grounds. The building is pretty much untouched despite its doorsContinue reading “An Untouched Pearl”
Empty For Decades But Well Guarded
Once again I return to a familiar location, which hasn’t been featured here earlier. It is a former municipal home, which I visited for the first time in 2022, but only turned on the parking lot, when I saw the cameras. The wooden building at the back is from the 1920’s, the more modern probablyContinue reading “Empty For Decades But Well Guarded”
The Final Moment Was An Unpleasant Surprise Part IV
Moving on to the final sections of the upstairs of this building. And finding another kitchen. The 1980’s look of the furniture was pretty staggering. The very messed up main stairway, which I didn’t climb in the earlier post. Moving on. It gets darker. But there were still more rooms. And they did follow theContinue reading “The Final Moment Was An Unpleasant Surprise Part IV”
The Final Moment Was An Unpleasant Surprise Part III
Back at the porch, it seems. One more entrance. It looks to lead to the final unexplored part of the upstairs. And indeed it did. Well here we have another mess. Moving on to a lobby. And reaching room number 4. What a small room I found. Judging by the mattresses, this has been aContinue reading “The Final Moment Was An Unpleasant Surprise Part III”
The Final Moment Was An Unpleasant Surprise Part I
Now this was something of an unexpected discovery. My urbex friend told me about a former school closed decades ago and converted into a hotel. During the winter of 2014-2015 there was a massive water leak, which closed the place down. In 2016 the owner applied for a demolition permit for the historically important buildingContinue reading “The Final Moment Was An Unpleasant Surprise Part I”
Built For The Russians, Went Down With The Russians
Welcome to yet another interesting piece of Finnish real estate history. This here is the Zsar Outlet Village built right next to the border with Russia and opened in 2018. Its aim was to serve rich Russian tourists, who were a mainstay in Southeastern Finland back then. It looks like a historical city, but itContinue reading “Built For The Russians, Went Down With The Russians”
Something Fishy Is Going On In Here
When my friend tipped me about the former border control troop garrison, which I unsuccessfully visited, they told me that the building had a twin. It was another border control troop garrison and its fate was almost similar. It had been closed and sold to a Russian owner and abandoned after that. However, my friendContinue reading “Something Fishy Is Going On In Here”