Exploring Hamburg’s many repurposed World War II bunkers


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The St Pauli bunker as evening falls in Hamburg. — Photos: WOLFGANG STELLJES/dpa

You can easily overlook it, the entrance to the Tiefbunker (deep bunker) Steintorwall located right next to Hamburg’s central train station in Germany.

Guests at a Turkish snack shop must shuffle their chairs aside before Michael Richter, using a hydraulic lift, can raise the metal floor plate. Once removed, it reveals 35 steps leading down into the depths.

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