bunkerkaart

Bunker museums in the Netherlands

Most bunkers are locked. At these 26 places you can go inside, on a guided tour or an open day. Opening times are on their own sites, because they change with the season.

Bunker van de Tigerstelling bij het museum, Bunkermuseum TerschellingBunker van de Tigerstelling bij het museum. Photo fotograaf onbekend, CC0.West-Terschelling

Bunkermuseum Terschelling

In the Tigerstellung, the German radar position in the dunes above West-Terschelling.

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Bunker van de Atlantikwall bij IJmuiden, Bunkermuseum IJmuidenBunker van de Atlantikwall bij IJmuiden. Photo Arwin Meijer, CC BY-SA 3.0.IJmuiden

Bunkermuseum IJmuiden

Bunkers of the German defences around the harbour, open to look inside.

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De geschutsbunker van het museum, Atlantikwall Museum Hoek van HollandDe geschutsbunker van het museum. Photo Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.Hoek van Holland

Atlantikwall Museum Hoek van Holland

A bunker complex in the dunes by the Nieuwe Waterweg, with a gun out front.

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De observatiepost in het museum, Atlantikwall Museum NoordwijkDe observatiepost in het museum. Photo Zandcee, CC BY-SA 4.0.Noordwijk aan Zee

Atlantikwall Museum Noordwijk

Bunkers in the dunes at Noordwijk, furnished and open on set days.

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Kazemat op Kornwerderzand, Kazemattenmuseum KornwerderzandKazemat op Kornwerderzand. Photo Archangel12, CC BY 2.0.Kornwerderzand

Kazemattenmuseum Kornwerderzand

The casemates on the Afsluitdijk, where fighting went on for days in May 1940.

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Bunkermuseum Bunker 1, Vlissingen, Stichting BunkerbehoudBunkermuseum Bunker 1, Vlissingen. Photo Zandcee, CC BY-SA 4.0.Vlissingen en Walcheren

Stichting Bunkerbehoud

Looks after and opens bunkers on Walcheren, including Vlissingen and Zoutelande.

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Het reduit van Fort bij Vechten, Waterliniemuseum Fort bij VechtenHet reduit van Fort bij Vechten. Photo HenkvD, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.Bunnik

Waterliniemuseum Fort bij Vechten

An underground museum in a fort of the New Dutch Water Line.

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Bunker bij Fort Kijkduin, Fort KijkduinBunker bij Fort Kijkduin. Photo truncator, CC BY 3.0.Huisduinen, Den Helder

Fort Kijkduin

A coastal fort from Napoleon's day, with wartime bunkers around it.

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Hellevoetsluis

Biberbunker

A Luftwaffe radar command centre, one of the few still standing.

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Nijmegen

Valkhofbunker

A German bunker in the Valkhof park, open to visitors on set days.

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Bunker bij Clingendael, Wassenaar, Bunkers in WassenaarBunker bij Clingendael, Wassenaar. Photo Tukka, CC BY-SA 4.0.Wassenaar

Bunkers in Wassenaar

Volunteers who open up bunkers in the dunes at Wassenaar.

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Zaanstad

Luchtoorlogmuseum Icarus et Mars

Not a bunker museum, but the same years: the air war over the Zaan region.

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Huisduinen, Den Helder

Atlantikwall Centrum

A Second World War museum at Huisduinen, in the concrete of Festung Den Helder.

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Den Haag

Atlantikwall Museum Scheveningen

Bunkers under the dunes of Scheveningen, part of the fortress that ran straight through The Hague.

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Egmond aan den Hoef

Bunkerdorp

A cluster of bunkers in the dunes between Egmond and Bergen.

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Egmond aan Zee

Bunkermuseum Jansje Schong

A bunker in the dunes at Egmond aan Zee, opened up by volunteers.

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Vlieland

Bunkermuseum Wn 12H

Widerstandsnest 12H in the dunes of Vlieland.

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Schiermonnikoog

Bunkermuseum Schlei

A bunker on Schiermonnikoog, part of the German radar position on the island.

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Hollum, Ameland

Bunkermuseum Ameland

A bunker at Hollum on Ameland, part of the Ameland museums.

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Hoek van Holland

Fort aan den Hoek van Holland

An 1881 coastal fort on the Nieuwe Waterweg, absorbed into the Atlantic Wall during the war.

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Woudenberg

Grebbelinie in het Vizier

Visitor centre for the Grebbe Line, with casemates and trenches in the surroundings.

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Leusden

Museumbunker Grebbelinie

A casemate of the Grebbe Line near Leusden, fitted out as a museum.

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Boskamp, Olst

IJssellinie Olst

The bunkers of the IJssel Line near Olst: command bunker, Bofors bunker and quad-gun bunker.

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Heemskerk

Luchtoorlogmuseum Fort Veldhuis

On the air war over North Holland, in a fort of the Defence Line of Amsterdam.

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De Cocksdorp, Texel

Luchtvaart- en Oorlogsmuseum Texel

On the air war and the occupation of Texel, next to De Vlijt airfield.

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Westkapelle

Polderhuis Westkapelle

On the bombing of the dyke in 1944 and the landing on Walcheren.

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