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Time for another dose of monthly gnome madness. This time there’s a little sub-story that goes along with this location. It’s a roof of one of the longest buildings in Europe (don’t worry, we’re visiting only one end of it) and basically getting there was kind of difficult. I remember being on that roof about five years ago, and when I started creating 10 Gnomes series this year the idea of placing one episode over there struck me with it’s simplicity. But as I went there it turned out that the access is forbidden, doors are firmly shut with a lock, and they even replaced the old wooden door with a brand new, steel door. Sounds like and episode of Submachine. Closed door? No key? The idea of finding some acid and melting the lock struck me, but then I remembered that it was kind of illegal thing to do in real life, unless you’re in a deserted laboratory with nowhere to go. What would you do. Find the key. Get it from conservation team, or maintenance of the building. And that’s how I get hold of that key, with priceless help of my sister and her husband as they live in that very building, and arranged the key for me. Thanks guys. And it was a foggy day, the day I went there to shoot those pics, need I say more? Perfect combination of a roof, fog and pesky 10 gnomes to find will surely make your day brighter. Right? Anyway – find 10 gnomes within 10 minutes. Have fun. I had a blast creating this episode. :D

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Illegal adventures continue. This shipyard was getting permanent inspiration mention since Submachine 1. No wonder that I wanted to show you part of it in pictures, gnome game seemed to be the best way to do it. You can see only a small part of it, as the whole shipyard is vast, actually workers over there have their own bicycles to get from one location to another, so there. I think I could easily built all 12 gnomes games based on the shipyard alone, but that would be boring probably. Instead I made pics only on two locations, outdoor (this game) and indoor (next month). Besides that I can’t really tell if I was fully allowed to take pictures anywhere over there. Fortunately there are some artists colonies as well in this shipyard and that’s how I got in in the first place. Otherwise they would just stop me at the gate and tell me to get lost. :D But being inside doesn’t mean “yeah, you can take pictures, here’s a free soda, enjoy”, so there was a little thrill in the package as well. Anyway – gnomes are hidden, clock is set to 10 minutes, enjoy. :D p.s. – weather report – total sunshine this time. No fog nor rain. ;)

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As promised, we’re still in the shipyard, inside a giant assembly hall, now deserted because of the fall of the shipyard. As I was getting there I saw that another hall, just like this one was already destroyed, all that was left of it was a giant pile of rubble, so it is possible that these gnomes have historical value, as this hall can be scheduled for destruction as well. Anyway – this time I’m SURE I wasn’t allowed to take any pictures in there ;). This one is the biggest installment of the gnomes yet – somehow I feel it won’t be as hard to finish as previous ones, but it’s for you to decide. By the way – take a good look at this video [video] – you can find 4 gnomes in it :D

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I have a big problem. My city is flooded with tourists and most of the locations that I’d like to show you are occupied with picture snapping hordes of foreigners. That doesn’t sound like a good setup for the gnomes, does it. Then I remembered that there is this one place in the very centre of the old town of my city that hardly no one knows about and no one goes there. For real, it’s 5 metres away from the outside crowd and biggest tourist’s attractions of my old town, not speaking that it gives a nice cool shadow relaxation and is quiet and peaceful. And beautiful as well. Yet it’s always empty. It’s open for the public, but you have to go through two doors to get into that inside yard. That’s the solitude I was looking for in a city overrun by people in shorts. And the gnomes were there.