Bunker 618
Toorenvliedt is the only intact divisional headquarters in the Netherlands and the most complete one within the Atlantic Wall.
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Toorenvliedt is the only intact divisional headquarters in the Netherlands and the most complete one within the Atlantic Wall.
There is a type 502 barracks bunker and a type 143 observation bunker in the dunes of Zoutelande, part of the ‘Stützpunkt Lohengrin’. The Zoutelande Bunkermuseum is located in both bunkers.
This bunker has considerable damage on the outside. This damage was not caused by grenades or rockets, but by a test explosion when there were plans to demolish the bunker.
This personnel bunker type 622 was partly buried in sand during the heavy fighting on November 1st in 1944. This probably resulted in the beautiful current state of being unlike the other bunkers in these dunes.
On the first of November this Manschappenbunker type 622 in Dishoek have seen a lot of fighting. The results of this impact are still visible.
This bunker was an ammunition store and you can still see lists of types of ammunition that were kept here noted on the walls.
This is the only type M159 hospital bunker in The Netherlands and played a significant role during the war.
On the outside of this bunker in Dishoek you can still see the damage of a ‘Typhoon missile’ and the impact of 20 mm bullets from an aircraft gun.
The bunker complex Widerstandsnest 220 H (de Punt) now consists of 15 bunkers that are open to visit.
This type 612 gun bunker was equipped with a cannon, mounted on a carriage, that was used to fire parallel to the coastline.
The bunker is unique in The Netherlands due to it being the only one of its type to be fully accessible.
This unique bunker complex was the headquarters of the German coastal artillery at Hoek van Holland. It opens specially for the Bunkerdag.
This munitions bunker is part of the German Vineta battery and is currently home to the Nederlands Militair kustverdedigingsmuseum (Dutch Military Coastal Defence Museum).
In Strijensas we find three defensive structures at a single location: a dike, a casemate and an air lookout tower.
Group shelter type P is a Dutch military structure. It was built in 1940, just before the outbreak of the war. The group shelter doesn’t have any firing ports, except for an access defense port. A group shelter accommodated 8 to 10 soldiers.
This type 502 barracks bunker is unique in that its roof is equipped with a Flakbedding – a type of anti-aircraft weapon.
During Bunker Day, the guides of the Museum Bescherming Bevolking explain what each bunker’s function was during WW2 and later during the Cold War.
This tobruk was found in 2017 during the construction of the Rotterdamse Baan and therefore moved to its current location.
Near the boulevard of Kijkduin, under the dunes, is a hidden tunnel system; a part of the Widerstandsnest 67 HL complex.
A tank wall stood along the entire length of Katwijk boulevard as part of the Atlantic Wall during WWII.
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