The Norwegian summer seems to be long gone.. That’s too bad, as the fjords and valleys looks better in sunshine than in rain. This trip was made to one of Norway’s most famous fjords, where an huge old sanatorium was built in 1902, when tuberculosis was ravaging Europe. The building itself was built 500 meters above the sea. The placement was chosen because of the beneficial climate and the importance of hydro-power. This is also the most expensive building in Norway, right after the opera house in Oslo.
As I mentioned earlier, the building was placed 500 meters above the sea. Which means that they built an cable car from the harbor and all the way up to the sanatorium. Because of the placement and the risk of infection, the sanatorium was its own society. They were even self sufficient on power from one of Norway’s first private water turbine. The place consisted of the main building for the patients, consultant housing, nurse housing, two family houses for the stoker and gardener, chapel with mortuary, post office, laundry service, ice-house and stable. In addition, the sanatorium has one of Norway’s first movie projectors in one of Norway’s first cinemas.
Right after World War Two came to an end, they found the cure for tuberculosis, and the sanatorium was turned into an psychiatric hospital. In 1991 the psychiatric hospital was moved, and two years later the building became a center. In the last twenty years, the building has been abandoned and is currently one of Norway’s most known Urban Exploring targets. The placement has prevented major vandalism.
I’m going to split this trip into two posts, as I got a lot of pictures. The last part will be published later this week. I will also edit some of the photos with HDR and publish it when it’s done.
The facade of the main building. This picture was taken by NotSoTropicana.
The facade
The view from ground floor.
An old wheelchair.
One of the backside exits, the sign says “Out”.
An old sewing machine.
Not sure what this panel indicates.
This looks like an old ceramic oven.
The view from the ground floor.
Old plates, stacked on a shelf.
Old bottles found on the property.
Old sewing machines, the brand is “Singer”.
The hallway on the ground floor.
Fire hose
Lunchtime?
A glimmer of hope.
The boiler room with a coal container.
Pressure measure.
Stairway to heaven
Probably a chair used when the place was a psychiatric hospital.
I don’t really know the use of this machine. But it was originally attached to a wire. Perhaps the elevator?
In the dark parts of the cellar.
One of the staffs bathrooms.
Inside the locker room.
The name tag still visible.
Service description of the radio.
An old bottle and bones.
The dentist office.
In the dentist office
The standards have changed.
Receipt-scheme.
One of the staircases.
Roots in the past 
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