Visiting Warszawa for my 6th time next week. Wondering if there are any bunkers like its found so common in Baltics and Ukraine under factories?
Would pay handsomely to check these out of they exisit.
Have already checked out the Podborsko, Brzeźnica-Kolonia ones.
https://i.redd.it/dqrfn3ukwzvg1.jpeg
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It’s pretty common for apartment buildings from 50/60s to have it as well
Sincerly yours,
Totally not KGB agent Wsiewołod Władimirowicz Władimirow
I know they are common in Bielany. The communist party included them in the local blocks design because they thought elites will be living here. Now someone is renting one of them and created an escape room. It is called “Osadzeni w Bunkrze”, it is available in English and I highly recommend it.
Those wheel handles scream submarine chic more than bunker tho
We had lockers in school in a bunker in it. It was like 20 years go but im pretty sure they still keep the bunker door. Also high school had a bunker even though the bulding is rather new
A lot of older factories in Poland do have Cold War-era shelters, but most aren’t publicly accessible and many are sealed or repurposed. You’ll have better luck with museums or officially preserved sites.
I have been to one in Czech Republic recently, it’s located in Přáslavice and for many years was a top secret cold war bunker, with nobody knowing of its existence until 2022, from the outside it looked like a mining complex. Here is an image of one of the offices inside but there was a ton of very climactic photo opportunities and vibe was immaculate in general.
https://preview.redd.it/r6l3wi2b50wg1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9f472132870b8577e0cab63c16c94875b4e7b30
I really liked those two-colour walls.
https://eloblog.pl/mapa-tajemnic-prlu-zimnowojenne-fortyfikacje-i-schrony-w-polsce/
Check out map linked in this blog. Most of these shelters are closed to public, but some can be accessed through ventilation. You can also ask property owners for access, which in many cases might possible even for free
Dude, they’re popular under apartament blocks from the pre war era.
It is ridiculous 4 years into open Russian invasion of Ukraine and we don’t have all our shelters restored and new ones constructed.
Honestly if not for Ukrainian braver and constant Russian failures we would be in horrible situation. Polish army is buying gear but what about civilian preparedness? If ever bombs start falling it is going to be too late for that.
Yes there is a nicely preserved one under steel mill in Bielany disctrict but Im not sure if they allow visitors all year round or just few times a year
theres a lot of them in nowa huta, kraków
i have a similar one under my blok, doors look like they belong in a nuclear submarine lol