In search of Finnberget’s oil caverns (oljabergrummen)
While walking across the Kvarnholmen bridge in my last post, I saw what appeared to be the entrance to the former oil storage facility inside Finnberget. On this day, I got up at the crack of dawn to go take an investigation.
Flashback from last post on the inspiration:
2:20am walking down Kvarnholmsvägn
The fun begins on a flat landing just off the road to the left side of the bridge
There is a hole in the fence, and you can walk under it
To get to the tunnel entrance at ground level, just walk through the open gate from the landing down the hillside
I actually brought a tripod with me this time, which allowed me to take long exposures at leisure. The next few photos look like daytime because of it. Here is the tunnel entrance:
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Here is the map on the front door. The orange portions are closed, and there is a main and auxiliary entrance.
No I could not get inside, but at least I could take a peak through the window on the left.
Even with this 5 second exposure you can’t see shit from the flashlight I brought. Fortunately I managed to grab a stick and poke that green button on the wall, and it turned on the lights for the whole place!
Sa-weet! That cement truck in the back looks really old, but it’s a huge tunnel considering. The tunnel bends to the right, which is consistent with this being the secondary entrance on the map.
At home I looked up the company’s logo from the map, and learned they’ve spent the past 10 years decomissioning and draining the tanks. Apparently they just finished, and there aren’t plans for what to do with them yet.
I extracted the shitty photos from their pdf:
It’s fucking massive in there
Now wouldn’t that be cool to walk around in. Ok back to real life.
The staircase to the pipeline gangway is on the other side of the bridge at its base.
You can see the moon here and how bright it is already.
I used my flashlight here for supplement lighting, and it worked 😛
