Bunker in Thyborøn Denmark restored

A bunker for personnel in the Danish coastal town of Thyborøn has been restored to its original outside state. It’s an interesting one because it was camouflaged as warehouse, including fake big wooden doors and windows. There is an exibition inside about “Skildpaddespionen” (The Turtlespy) a Danish employee (engineer) at the town hall who made double […]

Posted on September 11, 2011 at 5:23 pm by Arthur van Beveren · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Bunkers by night, in Silkeborg

To celebrate liberation, the Silkeborg bunker museum organises Bunker by night on the 5th of June. Last year’s night was a big succes with over 3.500 visitors. Between 5 and 11 pm visitors can visit bunkers and enjoy a play by reenactors who portray German and English soldiers from 1945. The entrance fee is 50 […]

Posted on June 1, 2010 at 12:03 pm by Arthur van Beveren · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Bunkersite.com update: Silkeborg

In the November 1942 the health resort of Silkeborg Bad was confiscated by the Germans and in March of the following year the construction of a dozen Ständige bunkers started. The newly installed Wehrmachtsbefehlshaber in Dänemark (Commanding Officer of the army in Denmark) Hermann von Hanneken moved his headquarters from Copenhagen to Silkeborg Bad in […]

Posted on May 9, 2010 at 2:27 am by Arthur van Beveren · Permalink · Leave a comment
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