The bunker, in Bristol, was built in 1953 to protect people from the threat of nuclear bombs. before its abandonment in 1981
It’s an eire Cold War bunker left intact for 40 years.
Explorer Becca Morgan, 23, visited the bunker with her partner, and the two were shocked to find everything inside exactly as it was when it was used during the Cold War.
The explorer, from Bath, Somerset, UK, said: “When we walked in I was very surprised to see that everything had remained exactly as it was when it was last used in 1981. All items were left exactly as they should have been. , and some old drinks have even been discontinued.”
The bunker, in Bristol, UK, was built in 1953 to protect people from the threat of the nuclear bomb. According to Becca, the bunker was redeveloped in the 1960s and was actively used until 1981, when it was abandoned.
She said: “I like to document abandoned places on my social media so people who may not be as adventurous as me can see them. Not everyone sees an abandoned building and thinks, “Let’s go in.”
“I think people can be intimidated by them, because you never know what’s around the corner. They’re not necessarily safe places to go in!”
Earlier, we reported what happened in another abandoned Cold War bunker. An abandoned Soviet nuclear bunker that was built to survive World War III but was later abandoned has become popular among urban explorers and may soon be open to the public as well.
The underground Zeljava Air Base, located in the Balkans on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, was once one of the largest military complexes in Europe. It was built to withstand a 20 kiloton nuclear explosion during the Cold War.
After the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, the facility was destroyed using high explosives and was finally abandoned during the Serb-Croatian War in 1992. The remains of its immense gates can still be seen , but the installation remained in poor condition after its destruction. , attracting adventurous tourists who wanted to explore the ruins.
Mirsad Fazlic, a former pilot who worked at the base for almost a decade in the 1980s, said: “All the systems were state-of-the-art at the time. It was the best military and civilian technology of the time. »
The air base was featured in a 2016 film called “Houston, We Have a Problem!” ” and since then, locals estimate that more than 150,000 people have visited it each year. Authorities in the region hope to attract even more tourists and plan to create tourist trails.
Photographer Angelo Virag, who visited the air base while staying in the Croatian capital Zagreb, said the area was “frozen in time” and added that he was impressed by the “absolute ingenuity of engineering.” His cousin Mario Garbin, from Perth, Australiasaid he was amazed by “the raw and authentic nature of the infrastructure that has remained intact over the past 30 years.”
