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The forgotten underground world of Swiss bunkers

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Re: The forgotten underground world of Swiss bunkers

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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 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 Also subway tunnels and underground parking ha…

You guys are even closer to the russians, and have actually fought with them within the last 100 years...

Heck, they were part of the Russian Empire within the last 100 years.

Re: The forgotten underground world of Swiss bunkers

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From the comments, it seems there are bunkers designed for the masses in many European countries, but none in the USA. There has to be at least one, right?

The DC Metro system (the subway) is designed so that it could be used as a bunker.

Really? I'd guess that the part of it on the Piedmont would work as bunkers, but the part downtown is awfully shallow.
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