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This ‘Fourier’ bunker is a ‘Bekleidungskammer’ (‘Dressing Room’); a very rare bunker that we rarely come across. This specific type XXL VAR has not yet been found in other defences in the Netherlands. Usually it is being dug open especially for Bunkerdag.
The bunker, a type Küver 431 Notstrom Bunker for 70 KVA, was equipped with an emergency power supply. It is a rare type; only two were ever built in the Netherlands
The first part of this type Küver 467 XL VAR officers’ bunker, was set up and staged in 2018.
The command bunker ‘Bertha’ is unique in The Netherlands due to its impressive size.
In this former mess hall you’ll find a exhibition about De Tijger (The Tiger) radar.
The Germans built a bunker on the highest dune on the island for a radar. A radar system (the ‘Wassermann’) was to be installed on top of the bunker, constructed from a steel cylinder, approximately 40 meters high.
This bunker contained the ammunition for the anti-aircraft weapons. You can still see the original camouflaging on the outside walls.
Between the bunkers in the Goetlijfpark you will find re-enacmtent of the 2nd Kompanie Gebirgsjäger Regiment 100. They show how the originally Austrian Gebirgsjägers lived.
The Valkenburg Airfield History Foundation (SHVV) has converted the telephone exchange at the former Valkenburg Naval Air Base into a visitor center. The above-ground bunker dates from the Cold War (1982).
When soldiers of the Canadian 7th Infantry liberated Groede and the surrounding area on October 25th 1944, they were surprised to find a well-camouflaged German bunker ‘village’, part of the Atlantic Wall, just outside the village itself. It appears to be an ordinary village with streets and houses, but in reality it is the regional headquarters and ‘Stützpunkt’ Groede.
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.
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.
The bunker museum on Ameland can be found in the dunes to the west of the lighthouse in Hollum. In here, artworks, special finds, performances, stories, and images are shown.
A unique visit because there is only one of this type in the Netherlands.
For years, the Administration Office in Huisduinen was a controversial reminder of the wartime in Den Helder. Nowadays new impulses are emerged to keep the memory of the significant period in our history alive.
The Oranjehotel is the nickname for the Scheveningen prison during Second World War. Between 1940-1945, the German occupier held more than 25,000 people here for interrogation and trial: resistance members, but also Jews, communists and Jehovah’s Witnesses. The complex was already called ‘Oranjehotel’ during the war.
In the center of Alkmaar, you will find this Telephone Bunker R616 with partially original equipment and an exhibition about the history of Alkmaar during World War II.
Blijft op de hoogte van de laatste ontwikkelingen van Bunkerdag!
