Personal visit Nov 29th 2022
During a business trip, I made a walk during the evening. I noticed a cache here. The cache was called Atombunkeren (Atomic Bunker). I took several pictures of the signs and the bunker (from behind the fence).
About the bunkermuseum:
"Odense Bunker Museum
Kragsbjergvej 99, DK-5230 Odense M
The bunker is located under the hostel, Kragsbjergvej 121
Come and experience the 450sqm nuclear bunker that previously housed Odense Municipality's command center. It was the place where the mayor and key infrastructure figures would sit, in the worst case scenario, during the Cold War.
The bunker is completely intact and with beautiful exhibits about the civil preparedness and the enemy from the east.
Opening hours:
All Saturdays and Sundays 10am-4pm
(However, the museum is closed in December)
Guided tour at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., which is included in the entrance fee
Prices:
Adult: 60 kr
Young 10-16 years: 30 kr
Child from 0 through 9 years is FREE"
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The cache:
"The atomic shelter in Odense was built in 1954, a time when atomic warfare was seen as a realistic possibility. Originally its 300 m2 could accommodate 30 to 35 people in 30 days. It had its own water and electricity supply, food stockpile and communication lines to the surrounding society.
The shelter was a command centre where people who were central for making decisions were to be placed if war broke out. Apart from the mayor it was the leaders of the supply services, police and civil defence. Their tasks were to make society function as well as possible as long as possible.
The shelter was built under a farm which is today a hostel. The population in the area did not know the purpose of it. But today we know that soldiers in the Eastern Bloc were informed about its whereabouts. In times of war the priority was to hit it and put it out of action.
In 1990 the atomic shelter was extended with 150 m2 so that it could house about 70 people. But at the end of the Cold War the shelter was no longer regarded as necessary, so it was closed in 2008.
A group of volunteers worked hard to reopen it as a museum. They succeeded in 2013."
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