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Inside Switzerland’s largest nuclear bunker – 40 years on

Thu, 20 Oct 2016 13:22:47 +0200

Opened 40 years ago at the height of the Cold War, the Sonnenberg bunker in Lucerne was one of the largest public fallout shelters in the world and is still operational today. The Local takes a tour.

This old Swiss army bunker is now an incredible new pool

Fri, 06 May 2016 12:26:53 +0200

A former military bunker in the canton of Zurich has given an amazing facelift and now houses a state of the art swimming pool.

Swiss cutting back on nuclear fallout shelters

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:26:00 +0100

Starting in 2012, only residential buildings with more than 38 apartments will be required to have fallout shelters in their basements, the Swiss government said in a statement.