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Bunker #1

Posted on 2020-03-182022-08-17 by Geoff Dunham

Imagine the impact of arriving at the 1980 Olympics, ready to compete, and being greeted by this. Squat and intimidating in its power, this was the Olympic village. Now part of a spa and hotel complex, it sits at the edge of the Gulf of Finland.

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The scale of the former Olympic village hotel becomes apparent in this oblique shot
Posted in Architecture, Photography, Politics, TravelTagged concrete, lines, pirita, precast, soviet, tallinn

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