Stories From Forgotten Places
Travel stories from forgotten places across Europe. Written by a Swedish-speaking Finn with a strong passion for places most tourists would never dream of going.
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My stay at a half abandoned Soviet hotel was much better than I expected (opens the original)
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In this post I´ll cover the strangest and most interesting hotel that I´ve ever been to so far, the Legends spa hotel in Tskaltubo, Georgia. I visited Georgia and Armenia 2 years ago, but so far I´ve not written anything about that trip here on Substack, nor have I covered it that much on my Tiktok account either.Tskaltubo is a small town in the middle of Georgia which used to be a high end resort during the Soviet era, holding loads of Sanatoriums drawing in customers from all across the Soviet
My trip to Vaalimaa - The eerie village at the Finnish-Russian border (opens the original)
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After having a couple months long break where I´ve focused on growing my Tiktok account (the link is on my profile) I decided it´s finally time to post here again. I´ll definitely try to post here as much as possible depending on the reception my posts get, although my focus lies on Tiktok atm. Anyway I decided to write a post about my trip to Vaalimaa where I went with a friend at the beginning of May. Vaalimaa is a tiny village in Finland at the border with Russia, and used to be the busiest b
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