3 ARTY BUNKERS
Europe’s littered with bunkers, what with all the wars...
They used to stick out as an ugly reminder of darker times, but these days they’re pimped. Check out what some creative locals have turned them into…
They used to stick out as an ugly reminder of darker times, but these days they’re pimped. Check out what some creative locals have turned them into…
Radioactive Bunker
Cologne, Germany
Nazi finishing school?
Right you are. Vogelsang is a former military training area in Eifel National Park, and it’s stuffed with bunkers. Plotbok Ken, a Berlin based urban artist, has taken over the place with Star Warzy, radioactive mask art.
Right you are. Vogelsang is a former military training area in Eifel National Park, and it’s stuffed with bunkers. Plotbok Ken, a Berlin based urban artist, has taken over the place with Star Warzy, radioactive mask art.
Disco Ball Bunker
Dunkirk, France
“I’ll take the biggest roll of tinfoil you have!”
An artist covered this WW2 bunker with shards of broken mirror on the beach in Dunkirk, France. There’s definitely a war metaphor here… You know, war reflecting a broken society and that… deep.
An artist covered this WW2 bunker with shards of broken mirror on the beach in Dunkirk, France. There’s definitely a war metaphor here… You know, war reflecting a broken society and that… deep.
Converted Bunkers
Saranda, Albania
Albania has 1 bunker for every 4 people…
Dictator Hoxha went mad in the 60s thinking the USSR would attack so he built 700,000 bunkers… Ok then. Now they’ve been converted into shops, restaurants and hideouts. You’ll even find a bunker tattoo parlour in Koplik.
Dictator Hoxha went mad in the 60s thinking the USSR would attack so he built 700,000 bunkers… Ok then. Now they’ve been converted into shops, restaurants and hideouts. You’ll even find a bunker tattoo parlour in Koplik.