![]() ![]() This would have been the logistical and technical command unit. Built around the tunnels was a seven-storey building, called ‘the cavern’. The two Sonnenberg motorway tunnels (part of the A2) were built to be dual-purpose: one day they’d see traffic flowing through them, the next they could be shut off and then kitted out as emergency shelter for tens of thousands of people. Bunkers either have to be built underneath homes and blocks of flats, or the building owner has to pay the local authorities for a spot in a public shelter, like Sonnenberg. Every person in the country must have a spot in a bunker in case of some kind of catastrophe. Switzerland has had a unique ‘shelters for all’ policy since 1963, at the height of the Cold War. It was the largest civilian shelter in the world at the time – opened in 1976 it was designed to keep 20,000 people safe in case of an atomic bomb. It’s cold, and a long grey tunnel opens up in front, slowly sloping downwards. Zora Schelbert, my guide inside the bunker, pushes open the heavy door, and it slams behind us. Behind this door stands 40 years of history, and a buried seven-storey building. Tucked in among blocks of flats, an unassuming door set in a wall of concrete peeks out from beneath a grassy mound next to a children’s playground. Français (fr) Les bunkers suisses, un monde souterrain oublié.Italiano (it) Alla scoperta di uno dei più grandi bunker del mondo.Español (es) Los búnkeres suizos: ese mundo subterráneo olvidado.Deutsch (de) Die vergessene Welt der Schweizer Bunker.
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