I have been travelling much lately to see the last places form this year before the winter settles. I was thinking of showing you "A complete weekend with me" as a last bunker thread for this year
Background:
Lista is one of a few areas in Norway with real beaches. The distance to England is only 500Km`s. Just after the invasion, the Germans started the construction of a massive defence system. A huge airport and 4 coastal batteries are all located in the same area! It is all surrounded by several strongpoints. The list of bunkers seems to be endless, but last weekend, I went there for the 4th time this year to add some more
Friday 24/10-03
Left work at 15:30. Got a flat tire after 5 minutes!!!! I couldn`t go all that way on my sparetire so I had to buy a new one!
One hour delayed, I picked up my two friends. We left town at 18:00.....
The distance to this "target" is 200Km`s, which means allmost 3 hours driving (On Norwegian roads!) Arrived just after 21:00 in the house we had borrowed.
Saturday 25/10-03
The action begins!
At 10:00 we met the guard at the airport area. After the war, every bunker got in the hands of the Norwegian army. Most of them were closed down in the late 40`s, but the "big ones" were kept. A few are still owned by the army, but not used anymore.
We started off in the Hq area on a hill above the airfield. First bunker was told to be a "Gefechtsstand". It turned out to be a R-608 in pretty good shape! Most of the ventilation system had been dismantled for Museum purposes. There was once central heating in the whole bunker. The radiators were still in place, but the oven is gone forever......
, nice to see that some bunkers are still in that shape!!!
