Welcome to The Urban Explorer blog! We have stories about urban exploration from around the world, from interesting public places to hidden, exploded bunkers with rebar pointing all the wrong ways.
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Degerby ZIF-25 Googling for more information about the Kirkkonummi bunkers, I found out more bunkers, obviously. But also a tidbit that there maybe 250-300 bunkers in the Kirkkonummi area. Full story October 2017, Degerbyn bunkkeri, Inkoo, Finland Urban-Exploration (Bunkers); Caving (Man-Made) | ||
Gribbylundsfortet The darkness falls early, before 4pm. Exit from the office then at 15:10, while having a conference call as you ride an Uber again; fortunately, the call ends by the time I am at the bunker. Full story October 2017, Gribbylundsfortet, Täby, Sweden Urban-Exploration (Bunkers); Caving (Man-Made) | ||
2nd Majvik Bunker And now, with batteries in my flashlight... I stopped at another bunker in Majvik on the way home from the office. Full story October 2017, Majvikin bunkkeri 2, Kirkkonummi, Finland Urban-Exploration (Bunkers); Caving (Man-Made) | ||
Arningefortet On the way back to the airport and home, I stopped at the yet another place on the Korvlinjen, this time in Arninge, a village in Täby. There was supposed to be two fortresses or bunkers here. I found one fortress, but could not get in, and did not find the other one. Full story October 2017, Västra Arningefortet, Täby, Sweden; Östra Arningefortet, Täby, Sweden Urban-Exploration (Bunkers); Caving (Man-Made) | ||
The Sonnimäki Soviet Bunkers Bunkers... where we were supposed to find a bunker was what seemed the remains of two regular houses, one with a basement. But a hundred meters away we found an almost intact Soviet bunker. Full story October 2017, Rauniotalo, Sonnimäki, Kirkkonummi, Finland; Rauniotalo ja kellari, Sonnimäki, Kirkkonummi, Finland; Bunkkeri 1, Sonnimäki, Kirkkonummi, Finland Urban-Exploration (Bunkers, Ruins, Vehicles); Caving (Man-Made) | ||
Killinmäki Bunker There's just a little bit of warning tape, but most of it is gone. And one danger sign in a tree, visible from one direction only. The bunker is gone though, or hiding underground, with no easy way to enter. Just some holes in the ground that one needs to be careful of not stepping into. Full story October 2017, Killinmäen bunkkeri, Kirkkonummi, Finland Urban-Exploration (Bunkers); Caving (Man-Made) | ||
Majvik Bunker It is getting dark very early in Finland, so today I stopped to see a possible bunker in Majvik on the way to the office. I found a bunker with clear entrances go inside, as well as a small roof cave on a cliff near the bunker. Full story October 2017, Majvikin bunkkeri, Kirkkonummi, Finland; Majvikin pieni lippaluola, Kirkkonummi, Finland Urban-Exploration (Bunkers); Caving (Man-Made); Caving (Rock, Rock-Granite, Basic, Surveying) | ||
Blasted Big Bunker Guest writer article from Jarmo: There was snow and rain, kids did not want to join and I had a schedule mismatch with Jari so I decided to stay at home. But after a while I figured that it would be nice to do some Sunday walk in the forest anyway. From local orienteering club Lynx map I had checked a bunker with an interesting description, "blasted big bunker". Full story October 2017, Kärinberget quarry, Kirkkonummi, Finland Urban-Exploration (Quarries) | ||
Silo 468 One of the large, round oil silos in Helsinki's Laajasalo has been decommissioned, and turned into a light show. Nice! Full story October 2017, Öljysäiliö 468, Helsinki, Finland Urban-Exploration (Silos, Industrial); Art | ||
Jorvas Bunkers How can one work somewhere for 25 years, and NEVER visit a lake just a few hundred meters away? I really don't know, but in my defence I went there today. And found trenches and flooded bunkers. Full story (TGR version) October 2017, Jorvas bunkkeri 1, Kirkkonummi, Finland; Jorvas bunkkeritie, Kirkkonummi, Finland; Jorvas juoksuhauta, Kirkkonummi, Finland; Jorvas potero 1, Kirkkonummi, Finland; Jorvas potero 2, Kirkkonummi, Finland; Jorvas potero 3, Kirkkonummi, Finland; Jorvas potero 4, Kirkkonummi, Finland Urban-Exploration (Bunkers, Trenches); Caving (Man-Made); Hiking | ||
Elfvik Quarries I've been sick, and with painful feet problems for a long time. I wanted to get out today, to test if I can move around. Or breathe outside air. I chose to visit the Elfvik Quarries in Espoo, near Villa Elfvik. Full story September 2017, Elfvikin louhos 1, Espoo, Finland; Elfvikin louhos 2 ja 3, Espoo, Finland; Elfvikin louhos 4, Espoo, Finland; Elfvikin louhos 5, Espoo, Finland; Elfvikin louhos 6, Espoo, Finland; Elfvikin louhos 7, Espoo, Finland Urban-Exploration (Quarries) | ||
The Stockmann Ruins Today's newspaper had a story about the difficulties of the Stockmann department stories. Will they make it? However, in 1920 an even greater tragedy hit the Stockmann family and left the family house in ruins. The ruins are nearby in Kauniainen, so the day felt like a good day to visit them again. Full story (Suomenkielinen versio) September 2017, Stockmannin rauniot, Kauniainen, Finland Urban-Exploration (Buildings, Ruins) | ||
Dalsvik Limestone Quarry Since my foot didn't like the walk I did few days ago, an obvious thing to do was to go try more quarries, and this time climb a fence. Without noticing that the fence would have ended if we had walked 10 meters further. Full story September 2017, Laaksolahden kalkkikivilouhos, Espoo, Finland Urban-Exploration (Quarries) | ||
Ruins of the Dalsvik Mansion Gazebo Today we visited the ruins of a gazebo in Laaksolahti (Dalsvik). The gazebo, or pavilion belonged to the Dalsvik Mansion. If all this sounds funny, in Finnish place was called "Laaksolahden kartanon huvimaja". Full story September 2017, Laaksolahden kartanon huvimajan rauniot, Espoo, Finland Urban-Exploration (Ruins) | ||
Can't find the Österbacken Quarry There's supposed to be an old quarry in Juvanmalmi. But I kept going up and down near the coordinates, but found nothing. Wrong coordinates? As the darkness came, I did manage however to put my painful foot to a hole in the ground, have it get twisted, and stuck. Full story September 2017, Österbackenin päälouhos, Vantaa, Finland; Österbackenin mahdollinen historiallinen louhos, Vantaa, Finland Urban-Exploration (Quarries) | ||
Österbacken II In better daylight and with Jarmo's help we now found the quarry. I must have walked 20 meters from the quarry wall (a 10+ meter drop, btw) yesterday. Full story September 2017, Österbackenin päälouhos, Vantaa, Finland; Juvanmalmin louhos, Espoo, Finland; Juvanmalmin tuhottu louhos, Espoo, Finland; Österbackenin mahdollinen historiallinen louhos, Vantaa, Finland Urban-Exploration (Quarries); Caving (Man-Made) | ||
This is the 9th set of articles. The previous sets were set 1, set 2, set 3, set 4, set 5, set 6, set 7, and set 8. The next sets are set 10, and set 11.
The Urban Explorer articles appeared originally in the Blogspot Planetskier series, at TGR posts, or at the Relaa website. See also the articles about skiing, climbing, cycling, caving, flying, swimming, and saunas.