Sperre Arendsduin: Kitchen bunker
The Widerstandsnest 53 formed the northwestern entrance (Sperre) to the Festung Hoek van Holland. The three bunkers that you can visit are: Barracks bunker 501, Artillery bunker 676 and a Kitchen bunker.
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The Widerstandsnest 53 formed the northwestern entrance (Sperre) to the Festung Hoek van Holland. The three bunkers that you can visit are: Barracks bunker 501, Artillery bunker 676 and a Kitchen bunker.
During Bunker Day, the Bunker Museum IJmuiden is closed due to the large number of personnel deployed at the Schnellbootbunker on the grounds of Cebo Holland B.V.
The museum has been able to purchase an aggregate, the same type that stood and was used in the bunker during WWII.
This type 143 observation bunker can be found at the Oranjemolen in Vlissingen. It was built in 1943 as an observation post for an artillery battery.
MG stands for machine gun. Positioned at the bunker, the weapon was able to cover the canal, the Scheldewerf and the bridge to the wharf.
The bunker was camouflaged by decorating it to look like a house, complete with painted-on windows and a fake roof. A few years ago this original camouflage was reapplied.
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 Biberbunker Foundation proudly presents a Luftwaffe anti-aircraft gun.
This bunker is the forerunner of the nearby Biberbunker.
All telephone and radio links for fighter planes and FLAK racks (bunkers with anti-aircraft cannons) ran from this bunker.
The bunker is unique in The Netherlands due to it being the only one of its type to be fully accessible.
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