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Bunker 5001 was East Germany’s ultimate undisclosed location. Had the Cold War turned hot, East German leader Erich Honecker and other high-ranking communist leaders would have comfortably ridden out the end of the world in this 7,500 cubic meter space.

It’s buried in the middle of a forest about 40 kilometers from Berlin.

My guide, Hannes Hensel, who’s part of a group called the Berlin Bunker Network, showed up and poked around the ground for awhile until he uncovers a steel trapdoor. He opens it and beckons me inside. We won’t surface again for well over 4 hours.

“This was the most technologically advanced bunker of its time,” Hensel says while explaining his interest in the site. Bunker 5001 was actually superior in some respects to similar American and West German bunkers of its time.

Inside, he shows me how the East Germans built the bunker as a series of massive containers, built on giant springs and coils so that the facility could ride out the shock wave from nearby nuclear blasts. The bunker contained its own generators, water system and air filtering facilities, so that its 400 inhabitants would have had no need to enter the nuclear wasteland above for two weeks after a war. The postwar plans were a bit hazier, however.

“After two weeks, they would have gone above ground wearing radiation suits and gotten to an airplane and flown eastward to Russia,” says Hensel.

Bunker 5001 is definitely number one on the most endangered list of bunkers in the Berlin area. The site’s entrances meanwhile IS SEALED UP with concrete sometime to prevent thrill-seekers from gaining access.

Further Documentation is available at http://www.bunker5001.com/

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Waldhotel Wandlitz

Wandlitz

Nora

NT$2,897 total

includes taxes & fees

Nov 16 - Nov 17

Private beach, scuba diving, beach volleyball

seezeit resort

Joachimsthal

Cora

Hotel Seeschloss

Wandlitz

"Parkplatz vorhanden. Mobiliar im Haupthaus wie früher. Unterkunft war im Bettenhaus mit hübsch angelegtem Park. Zimmer und Bad groß und sauber. Frühstück top. Abends kann man im Restaurant essen und gemütlich den Abend ausklingen lassen. Nörgler gibt es immer, man wird nie allen gerecht. Jeder hat einen anderen Geschmack. Von uns volle Punktzahl für das Personal und alles was dazu gehört. Für Reisende mit Kinder ist der Spielplatz noch zu erwähnen. Es liegt direkt am See."

Heike

NT$3,577 total

includes taxes & fees

Nov 16 - Nov 17

Daily buffet breakfast (EUR 15.00 per person)

H24 Hotel Apartments Eberswalde

Eberswalde

Kathrin

NT$3,500 total

includes taxes & fees

Dec 15 - Dec 16

Comfort Hotel Bernau

Bernau bei Berlin

Veysel

NT$3,565 total

includes taxes & fees

Dec 15 - Dec 16

Double Room | 1 bedroom, individually decorated, desk, laptop workspace

Seehotel Mühlenhaus

Chorin

Santtu

NT$4,501 total

includes taxes & fees

Dec 15 - Dec 16

budget seezeit-resort am Werbellinsee

Joachimsthal

NT$1,782 total

includes taxes & fees

Dec 15 - Dec 16

Gasthof Bergquelle

Wandlitz

Jürgen

NT$3,187 total

includes taxes & fees

Dec 15 - Dec 16

Seepark Hotel am Wandlitzsee

Wandlitz

"Die Klospülung lief durchgehend, der Henkel des Seifenspenders war abgebrochen und die ältere Dame an der Rezeption hat ihren Job leider verfehlt... das Frühstück war für 15€ wirklich unterirdisch, hier ruht man sich darauf aus, dass man einen See hinter dem Hotel hat aber Service und Ambiente ist für eine Nacht vielleicht ok, für mehrere Nächte würde ich dieses Hotel definitiv nicht empfehlen. "

Ina

NT$3,711 total

includes taxes & fees

Nov 16 - Nov 17