Subterranean Berlin
1.10.2010
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image from the NYTimes
Always fascinated by interesting excursions abroad (regardless of whether or not I will actually get to participate in them), I ran across the Berlin Underworld's tours of subterranean bunkers and tunnels, remnants of Nazi Germany. Featured in the NYTimes's "Globespotter's Blog," the organization that runs the tours, Underworlds, uses the funds to preserve the sites.
According to the article:
The association does... offer tours through Cold War-era bomb shelters, abandoned U-Bahn lines and subterranean escape routes from East to West Berlin.
At present, the most popular tour offers visitors an idea of what German life would have been like while living under the perpetual threat of Allied air strikes. Personally, having never really imagined what life for an average German during WWII would have been like, the objective of this organization seems truly interesting.
The tours are offered in multiple languages by a group of volunteers and meet at the U8 subway station. Check it out!
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