The Station | 62°22′57″ N and 28°38′36″ E
The Heinävesi railway station was opened to traffic on December 1, 1939. The station building was designed by Thure Hellström, and it was completed in 1938.
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Which way?
Which way? Left? Right? Straight? I saw this sign at the end of the small platform. It speaks a language I do not understand, known only to the train staff. There are four passengers’ trains passing through this small rural station each day. Just two carriages linking Joensuu and Pieksämäki plus few villages in between. Now and then a locomotive passes by on its way to pick up a train at the next station. I […]
The small farm
The farm is small. Four wooden houses and a barn.
The old barn
I really like this old barn. Its high roof. The stone and boulder thick walls. The shape of the windows.
Winter roads
The road is not slippery even though it is covered by a thick layer of dry snow.
The old house
Over the years when passing by this wooden house near Kontiola, I have wondered whether it is abandoned or not. I
The old trees
I remember when the top of the Niinikumppu hill was full of trees. It had always been like that. Then, a couple of years ago during the summer, a strong storm hit the hill and many (if not most) of the old pine trees fell. Luckily no buildings were damaged. It took a while the clear the hill from the fallen trees. This morning I was walked past the hill and took the photo of […]
The old hut
On the bridge
I am not sure how many years ago exactly, but around years ago, someone decided that it was time for the old ferry to retire and to build this bridge instead. They brought and and gravel to the extend the road onto the lake and then started to build this bridge. When you walk across it you can still see the docking points of the small ferry. On the Eastern shore you can still see […]
Fireplace
Yesterday. It was just four thirty in the aftwrnoon buy it was already dark. The sign on the road told us to turn left. We followed a forest road for about three kilometres. The snow on top of it was pressed by some cars that had passed by during the day. It made the surface smooth and not slippery. We passed few cottages with decorative LED light on but nobody inside. We reached the fireplace. […]