Near the beautiful sandy Lohusalu beaches, right a stone's throw away, under the pines, sits an abanodned building complex.
The Lohusalu Boarding House or Lohusalu Holiday and Conference Center (later title) seems to be abandoned for years. I couldn't find out the detailed history of this place with a quick dig, so some brief information will have to do.
With the best times of this Boarding House passing with the 80's in the previous century, the complex has been in steady decay ever since. Initially only accesible to the Soviet Union top dogs, high-level meetings between nations took place here as well as Estonian Government meeting later on. If random people appeared at the gates, wishing to get a piece of the elitist holidays, they were chased off by the police ("militia" at the time).
Later the complex rented out summer apartments to Estonian VIP's and and people who could afford a second home near such an exclusive location.
But as the world started opening up, the exclusivity of this place started leaving, opening up the complex to everyone. The decay rolled in and eventually, before the turn of the century, the tenant of the house shut the place down and boarded the windows and doors. Initially only for a winter, eventually for eternity.
Although the nature around the complex was beautiful, the yard and gardens decent, the inside of the holiday center still has that 80's air lingering around, in dire need of upgrades. Alas, the entrepreneurial spirit hadn't made it to the tenant at the time and thus, without the much needed change and modernization, the holday center was abandoned.
Some of the windows on the second floor seem to have intact glass panes? The sun is really torturing my eyes here as I peek behind the inner corner of the complex. Oh yeah, I've been to this roof a few years back and even managed to climb in one of the windows up there into a room. But all the rooms have their doors tighly screwed shut with 7-10 cm screws, so without heavily smashing things, one won't get inside the complex. And we don't break things. Maybe bend something here or there mildly, but not break.
This seems to be the main gate. Tighly boarded up, there is no access. With some effort, one could climb onto the roof to get a nice glimpse of the sea and surrounding buildings.
This side is also the side with all the balconies. I've climbed onto some of the balconies and into some rooms too, but bastards have been smashing windows, stuff and balcony doors here too. All in vain, as the doors that separate the rooms from the rest of the complex, are tighly screwed shut here as well.
You can see the decay even on the sidewalk. Small trees will probably soon sprout between the tiles here and on the roof.
A picturesque view of a tire swing hanging from a nearby tree with a log for the audience right next to it is seen on one side of the building complex. There are a few small apartment buildings in the forest, probably the families come here on warm summer nights.
Someone has smashed the door on one of the side buildings. I peek inside, it's dark as a hole. I don't have my flashlight nor my comfy clothes for lurking, so not going in. Trash and decay is visible inside.
A rusty boat sits between some ofthe buildings close by. Looks like it would still float but that's probably all it could do.
Tour's over boys! Time to get exploring on your own.
Some sources used to get bits and pieces of information (you can just use Google Translate on them):
miks sealt uksest sisse ei l2inud?
Mis uksest, seal kus see auk sees v? Polnud taskulampi kaasas, telo aku peaaegu tühi ja üksi ma kardan pimedat :D seal sees paistis kottpime ja mingit prügi.
mis sind sinna viis?
Väga mõnus marsruut, Laulasmaa päevamärgi (torni) juurest väikese õllega jalutada läbi männimetsa, mingite ajalooliste mahajäetud majade juurest läbi ja randa.
Sõpsidega turniks ja roniks rohkem, naise ja lapsega olen korralikum 😌
tundub norm koht tõesti kus l2bi jalutada
Always take a huge light, there was a way in.. albeit a squeeze! Nice article!
Thanks, and cheers! I often carry a torch with me in my backback, unfortunately not this time, was just supposed to be a walk in the woods... but you probably know, these places are like a magnet :)
Once you're hooked, you can't stop yourself!
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