I’ve posted several photos of valuable and protected old villas neglected by the city. The city isn’t the same as in the previous stories, but here we have yet another example of the same phenomenon. This building was built in 1913, when the area was still very rural. It was very common for wealthy familiesContinue reading “A Central Summer Paradise”
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What A Beautiful Morning Part I
Let me get one thing straight. I am not a morning person. I hate early mornings. Got that? Good. And that is exactly why this May Saturday morning I got out of bed at 4.00 am. To be able to exit my house by 4.30 am. To be able to pick up my friend atContinue reading “What A Beautiful Morning Part I”
From A Fishing Hut To A Summer Dream
Wait a second. Do I see another sauna? This one is bigger than the previous one. And as you can see there are also people enjoying the sun here. This sauna belongs to the original villa I mentioned in the previous post. According to my Googling, the premises include the villa, the sauna, a storageContinue reading “From A Fishing Hut To A Summer Dream”
And There’s More Of Them
Another cape, another old empty buidling with plywood covering its windows. This is a summer villa built in the 1950’s by the founder of a furniture company. The location was determined by the fact that his wife’s parents had their own summer villa a stone’s throw away. The villa was later in the recreational useContinue reading “And There’s More Of Them”
Nobody’s Watching The Seaside Views
Another free weekend, another trip to nice, previously unvisited areas. This time I went for a walk to a very popular recreation area. And what do we have here. It sure looks like a privy. And this most likely is a former sauna. Or a fishing hut of some sort. And stairs! I wonder, whereContinue reading “Nobody’s Watching The Seaside Views”
Done With Charity
As the Covid pandemic was once again gaining ground, new restrictions were put in place. As nothing was open, the only way to get to go on dates was going outside for walks. I have always been pretty open on Tinder about my urbex hobby, and not once or twice I’ve had someone show meContinue reading “Done With Charity”
I Don’t Think I’m Welcome
Earlier that summer I was introduced to a fellow urbexer. My friend told me, that this person knew loads of potential locations, but was very careful about them. We started following each other on Instagram, and this proved to be very handy. Every time I was near an interesting location, this person would send meContinue reading “I Don’t Think I’m Welcome”
Not Much Authority Left
The small white cottage was a no go, but we didn’t want to go home empty handed. On our way back towards the town centre, i remembered the old police association villa. Visiting it wouldn’t be a detour too exhausting. So there was a change of plans. A familiar sight from the previous summer, theContinue reading “Not Much Authority Left”
The Embassy’s Useless Beauty
The idea of roaming through the entire country would be a massive task. One of my aims was to take at least one photograph in each municipality. In some places I knew instantly, where I would head, others were more difficult. One of my first destinations was Kulosaari, an island to the East from Helsinki.Continue reading “The Embassy’s Useless Beauty”
Exploring New Territories
What is better than autumn leaves? Autumn leaves in mid-October. And what’s more leaves of a maple. I was used to walking through huge piles of them in my childhood home town, but up north where I spent the past 10 years, were very few maples. This is my colleague taking a shortcut in aContinue reading “Exploring New Territories”