April 23: Southern Finland tour – Paimio Sanatorium 2
More from the Paimio Sanatorium.
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A cool old elevator with a view outside.
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The handles to the patients' rooms were designed to avoid getting sleeves caught on them.
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Balconies with curious profiles.
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The end of the main patient wing, surprisingly narrow.
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The south face of the patient wing.
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The doctors' residences were in these buildings a distance away.
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What seems to be a fountain, in disuse.
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The whole height of the patient wing.
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Some large trees had unfortunately recently been cut down.
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I forget what this wing is, but it's the glazedest of all of them.
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It's even more surprisingly narrow than the other wing.
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The northeast side of the building.
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The back of the rounded-edge wing: only southern light, no northern.
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I think this is part of the crematorium, which was a necessary part of the complex but was kept out of sight of the main patient areas.
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There are a whole bunch of curious volumes on the service side of the sanatorium.