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This one in Stockholm, Sweden is also sized for 20k people. It also predated the Swiss one by about 20 years. (!) https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarinabergets

This one in Stockholm, Sweden is also sized for 20k people. It also predated the Swiss one by about 20 years. (!) https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarinabergets_skyddsrum https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarinabergets_skyddsrum Google translate link: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fsv.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FKatarinabergets_skyddsrum&edit-text= https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=y&prev... In a typical Swedish utilitarian way it was designed with two uses in mind: a) peace-time: parking cars b) war-time: securing people Here's a sketch: http://hjak.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/kbgt-ritn.jpg http://hjak.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/kbgt-ritn.jpg

Sami_Lehtinen 10y ago
It's totally normal to have peace-time usage for bunkers. Here's one underground bunker being used as swimming hall in Finland. http://mirstran.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bassein.jpg http://mirstran.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bassein.jpg Actually bunkers are plentiful in Finland because building those is mandatory. Not many countries build bunkers as much as Finland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-raid_shelter#Finland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-raid_shelter#Finland Also subway tunnels and underground parking halls, many (underground) sport halls are pre-equipped with massive blast doors. http://www.vastavalo.fi/albums/userpics/10913/normal__MG_4194.jpg http://www.vastavalo.fi/albums/userpics/10913/normal__MG_419...
- johansch 10y ago
  You guys are even closer to the russians, and have actually fought with them within the last 100 years...
  - digi_owl 10y ago
    At the same time they stay out of NATO etc to avoid poking the bear...
  - cafard 10y ago
    Heck, they were part of the Russian Empire within the last 100 years.
eps 10y ago
I see your secure Swedish parking/bunker and raise you the Moscow subway system that has multiple stations built as a emergency shelters, with huge doors embedded into walls that can seal the interior and incospicuous regular-sized doors on each side of these, fronting airlock-like bypasses to allow for scouting the outside when needed. There are several types - swinging, sliding and even draw-bridge like - all still presumably in operational state. [1] http://yablor.ru/blogs/vorota-v-podzemnuyu-citadel/1000940 http://yablor.ru/blogs/vorota-v-podzemnuyu-citadel/1000940 (in Russian, but images are self-explanatory).

Sami_Lehtinen 10y ago

It's totally normal to have peace-time usage for bunkers. Here's one underground bunker being used as swimming hall in Finland. http://mirstran.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bassein.jpg http://mirstran.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bassein.jpg Actually bunkers are plentiful in Finland because building those is mandatory. Not many countries build bunkers as much as Finland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-raid_shelter#Finland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-raid_shelter#Finland Also subway tunnels and underground parking halls, many (underground) sport halls are pre-equipped with massive blast doors. http://www.vastavalo.fi/albums/userpics/10913/normal__MG_4194.jpg http://www.vastavalo.fi/albums/userpics/10913/normal__MG_419...

johansch 10y ago
You guys are even closer to the russians, and have actually fought with them within the last 100 years...
- digi_owl 10y ago
  At the same time they stay out of NATO etc to avoid poking the bear...
- cafard 10y ago
  Heck, they were part of the Russian Empire within the last 100 years.

eps 10y ago

I see your secure Swedish parking/bunker and raise you the Moscow subway system that has multiple stations built as a emergency shelters, with huge doors embedded into walls that can seal the interior and incospicuous regular-sized doors on each side of these, fronting airlock-like bypasses to allow for scouting the outside when needed. There are several types - swinging, sliding and even draw-bridge like - all still presumably in operational state. [1] http://yablor.ru/blogs/vorota-v-podzemnuyu-citadel/1000940 http://yablor.ru/blogs/vorota-v-podzemnuyu-citadel/1000940 (in Russian, but images are self-explanatory).