Bunker - FORTE CULTURA

Underground fortresses: The secret buildings of the Cold War

Travel recommendations, Culture Trips, Study trips

FORTE CULTURA travel recommendation: Nuclear bunkers Testimonies in the shadow of the nuclear age Unique cultural heritage - bunkers as memorials to history The FORTE CULTURA bunkers of the Cold War have lost their function as military control centres with the potential to destroy entire continents. Hidden beneath cities or deep in the rock, they tell the story of an era in which technology, politics and...

Open Monument Day at the Emilie Museum Bunker, Neuried (DE)

On 14 September 2025, we will open the bunker from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the occasion of the Open Monument Day. Catering will be provided and we look forward to your visit. Admission is free.

Hiking opening on the Hornisgrinde

The Hornisgrinde offers marvellous views of the Rhine Valley, the Vosges mountains and the surrounding Black Forest mountains. Guided tours of the history of the defence system The high moorland area of the Hornisgrinde invites you to hike or walk with gigantic views. The boards on the Grindenpfad trail provide a clear explanation of the flora, fauna and climate of the Grinden. The Bismarck Tower can be climbed. Two guided tours about the history of the defence system on the summit plateau...

Sant'Oreste (IT)

Fortress heritage 20th century., FORTE CULTURA Stations, Italy, Military bunker, Government bunker

World War II and Cold War bunkers: Monte Soratte, the hidden fortress north of Rome

Excursion Strasbourg (FR) - Kehl (DE)

Excursion along the two banks of the Rhine near Strasbourg-Kehl to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Strasbourg. Further information and registration

Excursion Hardtwald battery (DE)

Excursion to the Hardtwald battery south of Karlsruhe, whose three gun emplacements for originally 17 cm naval guns were converted at great expense from September 1944 as part of the rearmament of the western fortifications to accommodate 17 cm long-barrelled guns. After the guided tour, you will have the opportunity to visit Regelbau 10 in Rastatt. Further information and registration

Secret architectures

World of experience

The invisible fortress monuments of the world wars and the atomic age Secrecy, camouflage and distraction characterised the construction of fortress monuments in the 20th century. Whether camouflaged Swiss gun emplacements in the Alps, Nazi Führer headquarters, command bunkers and army listening posts during the Cold War or even civil defence installations, all of them were hidden from public view. Planning, construction and operation took place under the strictest...

West Wall cycle tour

Guided tours, Rhineland-Palatinate

The Westwall was a gigantic, 630 km long military defence line on the western border of the German Reich. Discover anti-tank ditches, hump lines, blasting funnels and bunkers of the Westwall in the section from the Rhine to the Palatinate Forest during our cycle tour.