One of the nice, round windows we saw from the outside was in the staircase of the building. When I photograph, I try to catch spaces and shapes. Some of my friends are more interested in details. Well, let’s mimic them this time. This magazine from 1972 is about health and beauty. This issue featuresContinue reading “The Sawyer’s Villa Part III”
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The Sawyer’s Villa Part I
Time seemed to fly that summer. And big changes were happening in my life. Like I said in an earlier post, I decided to leave Northern Finland and relocate South. I had applied for jobs all summer, but nothing seemed to happen. Not until July, when my former colleague sent me a message telling meContinue reading “The Sawyer’s Villa Part I”
Same Old Villa, Different Colours Part III
The upstairs was a maze, and now that its windows had been boarded shut, it was a dark maze. As I had been here before, I actually knew what to expect. It was the details I was after. The dialogue between the taggers continued. “Please keep up just a little more”, one begs. “Fuck no”,Continue reading “Same Old Villa, Different Colours Part III”
Same Old Villa, Different Colours Part II
Moving around the villa had been easy and quiet during my previous explorations. Now it was quite the opposite. Vandals had destroyed places so badly, that you had to constantly mind your step. There was rubble from the smashed floor tiles everywhere. There was wood, ther was glass. And we were equipped with just lightContinue reading “Same Old Villa, Different Colours Part II”
Same Old Villa, Different Colours Part I
Leaving town meant also saying goodbye to all the familiar urbex locations I had explored during the past few years. One which I was especially fond of was the modernist villa in Toppila. Since my previous visit the surroundings of the villa had changed a lot. A new temoprary service road had been punctuated inContinue reading “Same Old Villa, Different Colours Part I”
Respect My Authority
When I returned from my holiday to Lisbon, I had made an important decision. This was to be my last summer in the north of Finland. I had never wanted to move there in the first place, and I had been trying to leave as soon as I got there. Ten years had passed, andContinue reading “Respect My Authority”
The Writing is on the Wall
And here we are again. Another friend of mine learned about my adventures and wanted to see an abandoned building. The villa happened to be nearby, so we went there. My previous visit had been around one and a half months ago, so I didn’t expect anything special. I got the surprise of a lifetime.Continue reading “The Writing is on the Wall”
Wind of Change
Recognize this place? Yes, it’s the modernist villa in Toppila, which I already visited the previous summer. Once again one of my friends asked me, if I could take her to an abandoned house, and as this one was nearby, we went here. As I had already photographed the place, I only took three picturesContinue reading “Wind of Change”
Kruunuvuori Villas Part II
My last post was all about how I ended up exploring the Kruunuvuori Villas. This post contains more pictures and a brief history. In the late 19th century some wealthy inhabitants of Helsinki started looking for a place to build their summerhouses. They found Kruunuvuori and built the first villas. Others soon followed. In 1905Continue reading “Kruunuvuori Villas Part II”
Kruunuvuori Villas Part I
September 2015. I travelled to Helsinki to watch Finland play Faroe Islands in the EURO 2016 qualification. I stayed at a friend’s couch and brought her a bottle of wine, she had thought wine would be nice, too, so there was plenty of it. Back then I was pretty desperately in love with another friendContinue reading “Kruunuvuori Villas Part I”