Bunkermuseum Wn12H Vlieland
The bunkers of Wn 12H are the only one on Vlieland that has ‘survived’, the others have been demolished or ended up on the beach
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The bunkers of Wn 12H are the only one on Vlieland that has ‘survived’, the others have been demolished or ended up on the beach
At the Bunker Museum IJmuiden you can climb and discover, it’s a big complex with multiple bunkers from WN81.
The museum has been able to purchase an aggregate, the same type that stood and was used in the bunker during WWII.
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 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.
Experience how men and women escaped occupied Holland and continued their resistance against Nazi Germany and Japan from English territory in Museum Engelandvaarders.
This type Küver 451a personnel bunker was part of the W.N. 122
This type V.F. 7a munitions bunker is transformed into a small museum.
A limited force of just 225 Dutch soldiers managed to hold back the 15000 advancing German troops
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 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 visit to this location includes the former airfield, the airfield museum, the former ‘befehlstand’ (command post), WN 7 and the Flak bunker village to the north of the airfield.
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