Vuoritalo was built in Käpylä (Helsinki, Finland) in 1921. Originally it was used as a fire tower. Later it was squatted and there has been punk activity (gigs etc) since late 70’s. Most recently Vuoritalo was active use from 2002 to 2006. It was meaningful place to me those years. There were lots of happenings and underground culture activities. At the moment Vuoritalo in unoccupied, it would need a big renovation to be operational again. There was also fire in the house recently (17/10/10) and it destroyed some parts of the building.

(Literal translation to ‘Vuoritalo’ would be ‘Mountain house’)

The picture is from year 2007, before the fire damage.