Finnish in a ghost town ... the compass you go crazy

When the compass is spinning restlessly in a circle, people will get scared. So many strange events There.

island writer and guide Antti Holmroos calls in his book the lighthouse on the island (the readme.en) Jussarötä island our only one for a ghost town.

the Reasons for such characterization are many.

the Western new country's outer islands located in the Jussarö has served as a port for at least 700 years. Although the island has been difficult to live, as a port it served a fantastic place hubs. The first permanent residents came to the island in the 1700 in the end.

This area has, however, been shipping in very difficult and dangerous. The compass went there confused. Shipwreck stalking the unwary.

This island area has been found in at least a dozen old ship wreck. Some of them are quite valuable. The wreckage has been found, inter alia, the bygone days of luxury supplies, money and porcelain.

the Compass go in the area messed up the island's abundant ore deposits. Already in the 1800s the island was mined ores a few years. The deepest trench extended up to 50 meters depth. The next time the mine operated from 1961 to 1967.

a ghost-like silos On the night. Jussarö find a lot of memories from the period when it was the military important.

Somewhere in the bottom of the sea is still more than 3.5 km of railways, but the tunnels have filled with water. Some of the current waves of the kingdom, also found in the dining-room, where mine worked enjoy the food. It would have been unnecessary time and energy wasted to rise to the surface of the dining period.

the Night ghost town

When Jussarö coastguard station was established in 1930, the first year of operations focused on smugglers to exploit. Coast guard station was discontinued in November 2011.

Today, the island has a lot of vacant, seriously run-down buildings and old miners ' housing.

Quirky Iron Beach sand not just any sand. On the eastern shore invites you to wander.

the Island is famous for, in a strange dark sand beach. The sand is almost black, kahvipavun dark brown. The reason is the mining of beach that have been crushed in the iron material. The beach is called Iron Beachiksi. Many visitors to the island to take this strange sand or sand smooth-worn beach stones as a souvenir.

Now This island is a tourist attraction, which every year around ten thousand tourists. Next summer the island being improved accommodation for about twenty staying. The purpose is to provide tourists with bed & breakfast-type of service. Accommodation is made for the old coast guard station and office building

Also called a boat taxi activity will be tuned to. More detailed information jussaro.net.

Stairs to the guard tower to attract. Still found on the earth, the 1800s, the mining of the traces. This tiled stove is heated the inhabitants of the chilly conditions. MORE INFORMATION

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the Story was first published in December 2015.