Historical photographs from 1980’s Eastern Finland (cities and boroughs 10-30 km from the USSR), credits to Aarne Mikonsaari/The South Karelia Museum

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1. I don’t understand why you spam this sub with these depressing pictures every other day. Once or twice as a glimpse into another time, sure, that’s interesting enough. But why the deluge of posts?!

2. I’m depress

3. There’s something about photos of Europe from the 70s and 80s that just looks so peaceful and beautiful I don’t know how to describe it. You can tell its in the past, but you can also tell its recent enough that the people lived well, possibly better than they do now.

4. Photos 18 and 20 prove this is not Finland.

5. Source: https://www.finna.fi/Search/Results?lookfor=%22Mikonsaari%2C+Aarne+A.%2C+valokuvaaja%22&type=Author&

6. I want Levi’s now.

7. Second one would make a good album cover

8. tought this is Hungary in 2023, then I realized how clean the streets are