Atlantikwall photo contest
If you like photography or if you think bunkers are awesome, then you should participate in the Bunkerzoom Atlantic Wall Europe photo contest. Just go out and look for hidden treasures all over Europe and create your own image of this bunker heritage. Who is not familiar with them? Bunkers in the landscape, hidden under […]
In: Photography · Tagged with: atlantic wall, atlantikwall, bunkers, contest, erfgoed, heritage, photography, wedstrijd
Open Monumentendag the Netherlands
This weekend is heritage weekend in the Netherlands. A lot of usually closed bunkers are open to the public. Here’s a small list of possible visits. September 8 In the province of Zeeland one can visit several bunkers of Stichting Bunkerbehoud between 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. In Vlissingen you can take a view through the huge […]
In: Holland, News, Uncategorized · Tagged with: day, heritage, histoire, holland, open monumentendag, pays-bas
Alarming messages from Denmark
Ok, the story appeared on an engineers website but still it’s an alarming message. Without mentioning any historical value of the bunkers, Poul Erik Faurholm of CMP Demolition A/S makes a cold calculation on how the bunkers could be demolished. The only question is: “Who’s going to pay for this all”. I hope Danish government officials have […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, Denmark, News · Tagged with: atlantikwall, blockhaus, bunkers, demolition, denmark, economy, heritage, history, monumenten, monuments, value
Save the tower of Saint-Marc, send this letter
The city of Saint-Nazaire is known for its ignorance towards World War 2 heritage, destroying many unique bunkers and truncate the U-Boot bunker. But all of this would be peanuts compared to the plans to destroy the Marineflak headquarters at Saint-Marc. The bunker, a huge and very rare Fl 250, consists of a big bunker […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, France, News · Tagged with: 250, aa, anti-aircraft, atlantic, atlantikwall, atlantique, beton, blockhaus, bunker, concrete, dca, demolition, disappearing, Flak, heritage, kriegsmarine, marine, monument, mur, muur, naval, possible, saint-marc, saint-nazaire, st-marc, st-nazaire, tour, tourists, tower, wall
Visual decline
Unfortunately for our field of interest, I often have to write about demolition and decay. The process is unstoppable and we have to live with it. However, raising concerns can never be bad. Last week I made a visit to Stützpunktgruppe Voorne, in Holland. It was like seeing old friends. It was six years ago […]
In: Articles, Demolition/Disappearing, News · Tagged with: 409a, 410, 622, atlantikwall, bunkers, destroyed, frescos, heritage, regelbau, voorne, warning, wassermann