Forgotten Cold War bunkers back in focus

The former government bunker in Germany’s Ahr region is now a museum, a fate shared by many of the underground shelters built to protect the populace during the Cold War. Photo: dpa

Shiny facade, an underground car park, 1,450sq m of space: the office building for sale in south-western Germany looks just like any other.

Few people would suspect that the office in Mainz is home to one of the last underground shelters left in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.