Monday 24 September 2012

A peaceful bunker hideaway in southern Sweden

There are over 1000 bunkers and other types of protection in the Skåne (Scania) Line - a 500 kilometer long line of light fortifications erected during World War II around the coast of southern Sweden. During the cold war the line was further strengthened. Almost all of the fortifications are still standing, although emptied of military equipment. A number of the fortifications are now managed by the Military Preparedness Museum ("Beredskapsmuseet") and have been undergoing an extensive renovation.



This particular bunker, which I found on the shore of the Kulla-Gunnarstorp Nature Reserve, has not been renovated by the Preparedness Museum. Instead some enterprising person has converted a corner of  it into a peaceful hideaway, with a nice little bench and an open grill. 



And the text on the "wall decoration" is something for all of us to remember: 

"Small, small words of love, said every day
will fill your home with sunshine and enjoyment"



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