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Map of the Majvik Roof Cave
I managed to stop at the small roof cave in Majvik when going to the office the other day. And took measurements. So here's a map!
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October 2017, Majvikin pieni lippaluola, Kirkkonummi, Finland; Majvikin pienen lippaluolan sivuluola, Kirkkonummi, Finland
Caving (Rock, Rock-Granite, Basic, Surveying)

Mera Korv!
Mera korv, more sausage? Once again I'm in Kista, but wanted a quick outing in the evening after a long day. The answer was once again Uber to another bunker on the Korvlinjen.
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October 2017, Prästgårdsfortet, Täby, Sweden
Urban-Exploration (Bunkers); Caving (Man-Made)

Vuorenmäen kulkurinluola, or the Mountain Hill's Nomad Cave
It is the usual story, a "Suomen Luolat" book tells that there's a cave at certain coordinates. But when we show up, our GPS and the coordinates don't quite match. And there are caves around, possibly several, although we're not quite sure which ones the book referred to.
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October 2017, Vuorenmäen kulkurin lippaluola, Kirkkonummi, Finland; Vuorenmäen kulkurin lohkareluola, Kirkkonummi, Finland; Vuorenmäen kulkurin kivenalusluola, Kirkkonummi, Finland; Vuorenmäen kulkurin nuotioluola, Kirkkonummi, Finland; Vuorenmäen kulkurin ylälippaluola, Kirkkonummi, Finland
Caving (Rock, Rock-Granite, Basic, Surveying); Caving (Rock, Rock-Granite, Morphology-Boulders, Basic, Surveying)

Tired from a day of caving...
Ralf and I went to Torhola on Sunday to draw a map. We made some progress in that, but oh boy, there are so many problems, question marks, and on top of that, it is a lot of work in cold damp place!
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October 2017, Torholan luola, Lohja, Finland
Caving (Rock, Rock-Limestone, Morphology-Karst, Basic, Surveying)

Russian Bunkers in Masala
Is that a green mushroom, or is somebody trying to exit a forgotten and blown-up bunker? Jarmo and Eino joined today for a walk through Masala, in an effort to again find bunkers left from the Russian occupation of Kirkkonummi. We found three bunkers, one of which was very interesting. Even if dangerous.
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(TGR version)
(Suomenkielinen versio)

October 2017, Masalan bunkkeri 1, Kirkkonummi, Finland; Masalan varastorakennus, Kirkkonummi, Finland; Masalan bunkkeri 2, Kirkkonummi, Finland
Urban-Exploration (Bunkers); Caving (Man-Made); Hiking

Uber Exploration
... or was it urban exploration? Today's evening exercise was to find an abandoned bunker in Sweden. And when I got inside, there was shooting outside. Fortunately, it turned out to be a shooting range.
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(TGR version)
(Suomenkielinen versio)

October 2017, Skogbergafortet, Täby, Sweden
Urban-Exploration (Bunkers); Caving (Man-Made)

Viinakallio. The Booze Cliff cave.
Busy busy... more than half of my weekend goes to editing documents. But I decided I would too today go out, once I complete the doc. I should be able to still go out at 4pm, with sunset at 5.30pm. Except that by the time I'm hopping onto my car, I realise the daylight savings change is making the sunset at 4.30pm. Sigh. But no matter, I have a head lamp. Onwards!
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October 2017, Viinakallion luola, Kirkkonummi, Finland
Caving (Rock, Rock-Granite, Morphology-Crack, Basic, Surveying); Hiking

Sonnimäki and Kalasberget Bunkers
Another weekend, another set of bunkers. Today me, Jarmo, and Velma went to explore further bunkers in the Sonnimäki and Kalasberget area. We found two interesting bunkers.
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October 2017, Bunkkeri 2, Sonnimäki, Kirkkonummi, Finland; Bunkkeri 1, Kalasberget, Kirkkonummi, Finland; Bunkkeri 1, Sonnimäki, Kirkkonummi, Finland
Urban-Exploration (Bunkers); Caving (Man-Made)

Gruvböleberget Roof Cave
Kirkkonummi underground <3 And Retkipaikka told us of yet another cave in Kirkkonummi.
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October 2017, Gruvbölebergetin lippaluola, Kirkkonummi, Finland
Caving (Rock, Rock-Granite, Basic, Surveying)

Bunker on the Tulikukka Alley
I used the "Parenteesi Suunnistuskartalle" database from Lynx and coming home from work, stopped at bunker location in Sarvvik.
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October 2017, Tulikukkakujan bunkkeri, Sarvvik, Kirkkonummi, Finland
Urban-Exploration (Bunkers); Caving (Man-Made)

Kirkkonummi Caves
I said that I only knew four caves in Kirkkonummi. I should have checked the Suomen Luolat book, however. Or even my own archives which said I've been to five...
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October 2017, House Arkko, Kauniainen, Finland
Caving (None)

Kalasberget Small Roof Cave
While searching for possible bunkers, we came across a tiny roof cave. Probably not enough to be classify as a cave, but now that I've seen it, I wanted to record its location.
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October 2017, Pieni lippaluola, Kalasberget, Kirkkonummi, Finland
Caving (Rock, Rock-Granite, Basic, Surveying)

Degerby ZIF-25
Googling for more information about the Kirkkonummi bunkers, I found out more bunkers, obviously. But also a tidbit that there maybe 250-300 bunkers in the Kirkkonummi area.
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October 2017, Degerbyn bunkkeri, Inkoo, Finland
Urban-Exploration (Bunkers); Caving (Man-Made)

Gribbylundsfortet
The darkness falls early, before 4pm. Exit from the office then at 15:10, while having a conference call as you ride an Uber again; fortunately, the call ends by the time I am at the bunker.
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October 2017, Gribbylundsfortet, Täby, Sweden
Urban-Exploration (Bunkers); Caving (Man-Made)

2nd Majvik Bunker
And now, with batteries in my flashlight... I stopped at another bunker in Majvik on the way home from the office.
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October 2017, Majvikin bunkkeri 2, Kirkkonummi, Finland
Urban-Exploration (Bunkers); Caving (Man-Made)

Arningefortet
On the way back to the airport and home, I stopped at the yet another place on the Korvlinjen, this time in Arninge, a village in Täby. There was supposed to be two fortresses or bunkers here. I found one fortress, but could not get in, and did not find the other one.
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October 2017, Västra Arningefortet, Täby, Sweden; Östra Arningefortet, Täby, Sweden
Urban-Exploration (Bunkers); Caving (Man-Made)

This is the 18th set of articles. The previous sets were set 1, set 2, set 3, set 4, set 5, set 6, set 7, set 8, set 9, set 10, set 11, set 12, set 13, set 14, set 15, set 16, and set 17. The next sets are set 19, set 20, set 21, set 22, and set 23.

The Planetcaver articles appeared originally in the Blogspot Planetskier series, at TGR posts, or at the Relaa website. See also the articles about skiing, urban exploration, climbing, cycling, flying, swimming, and saunas.