Defences built around 1970, Switzerland was prepared for a land invasion from the east,

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=vEOLonBfaD8

I would love to get a tour in those facilities!

Great stuff. Will never look at a Swiss barn in the same way...

Trust me the novelty wears off, after being stuck underground for more than 5 days...

That is why I opt for the tour, which should be short enough so that my brain does not realize that the location it is in actually should be triggering claustrophic thoughts......

There is an old Swiss Army fort opposite Vallorbe (Towards south east of town) which is open on weekends, and every day in July and August. It is run by a preservation society. (We arranged for an English speaking guide).

http://www.vallorbe.ch/fr/vieculture...object_id=4476

There are also some interesting caves nearby.
http://www.grotte.ch/situF.htm

and there is a museum of iron working, http://www.museedufer.ch/en/index.htm

http://www.vallorbe.ch/fr/vieculture...stouristiques/

http://map.search.ch/vallorbe?poi=kultur,gebaeude

And there are several others to visit in Switzerland http://www.schweizer-festungen.ch/links.htm

For visits contact the President of the preservation societies,
Contact for guided visits with the Society President Hansueli Frei
(Telephone 079 336 86 35), every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 to 11 am.
Mail: Stollenfuchs@bluewin.ch. Information in Internet: www.festung-oberland.ch



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Thanks, I'll check definitely check that out one day when I have day or so off.

Years ago I visited this defence at Fürigen near Lucerne, highly recommended!

http://map.search.ch/fuerigen?poi=kultur,gebaeude

http://www.nidwaldner-museum.ch/dyna...iid=18&nwcid=5

http://www.festung-oberland.ch/Anlag.../Fuerigen.html

The most lethal weapon ,they didn't show,me

Interesting!

I heard that the Swiss airforce would have a base somewhere in a mountain in the Valais and that it can be visited. Anyone heard of this?

There are several decommissioned airfields - the last one to go was Turtmann. You can run around the runway all you want but the mountain innards are off limits.

Bad idea.

Putting bunkers in civilian looking buildings make real civilian buildings legitimate targets. They should be scolded for endangering the civilian population, and the cows in the real barns.

As long as you not mark any military installation with one of those signs it is o.k.

For ex:

There's a pattern. I mean, virtually every basement has ha air shelter here...

I thought you were going to tell us about the "secret hebal brine" of Appenzeller cheese!!!!!

Very disappointed

ehmmmm.... herbal that should have been ...no edit on this board?

The Hills have eyes

http://isnblog.ethz.ch/government/dirty-swiss-secrets

Pretty much scary....you can realise how imature the society is.....

Mr. Wishes told me that the mountains here are like the cheese (full of holes) and wow, he was not kidding.