Industrial and derelict locations to film in Finland
8 of them, 3 with a photo and 5 with practical details the location publishes itself. Every entry links to the location or to the body that manages it.
Factories, warehouses, power stations, mines, depots and abandoned buildings: raw space, hard surfaces and the kind of decay that is impossible to build.
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Finlayson Area
Industrial & derelict
Former cotton mill founded in 1820 beside the Tammerkoski rapids in Tampere, a complex of red-brick factory buildings including the 1877 Plevna weaving hall, now holding restaurants, a cinema, shops and offices.
About 80,000 sq m of rentable space across the former factory buildings; individual premises range from about 10 sq m to several thousand sq m. The...
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Kehräsaari
Industrial & derelict
Former needle factory and wool mill on a small island in central Tampere, its 1897 red-brick U-shaped building now a shopping and business centre linked by footbridge to the riverside Koskikeskus district.
Former needle factory and spinning mill, now used as a commercial and business centre between Laukontori marketplace and Koskikeskus shopping centre.
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Suvilahti
Industrial & derelict
Former power plant and gasworks complex in Helsinki with red-brick industrial halls and open concrete yards, now a cultural venue mixing galleries, restaurants and a brewery inside the original industrial shells.
Site explicitly offers outdoor and indoor space rental for events, festivals and photo shoots.
Cable Factory (Kaapelitehdas)
Industrial & derelict
Former Nokia cable factory in Helsinki's Ruoholahti district, a long brick industrial building with high factory halls, now a large cultural centre housing museums, studios, galleries and rentable event spaces.
Dedicated space-for-rent pages for event and studio hire within the former factory halls.
Haveri Mine
Industrial & derelict
A former iron and gold mine near Ylojarvi, closed in 1960 and since flooded to form a deep, clear water-filled pit now used as a dive site.
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Hiedanranta Area
Industrial & derelict
A former pulp and paper mill site on Tampere's lakeshore, now repurposed as a mixed venue for arts, culture and research while redevelopment of the wider area continues.
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Melo Power Plant
Industrial & derelict
A hydroelectric power plant in Nokia near Tampere offering both industrial interiors and surrounding nature for productions, listed by Film Tampere as a filming location.
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Viitaniemi Quarry
Industrial & derelict
An open-pit feldspar quarry near Orivesi, worked from 1935 to 1965 for lithium-bearing feldspar, with gemstones still found among its waste rock piles.
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