Command Bunker Kemmel

Commandobunker Kemmel

Make your way down into the ultra-secret Command Bunker of the Belgian armed forces, the nerve centre of the supreme command during the Cold War.

The bunker, built in the early fifties, was oriinally designed to be the command post of an international air defence system. However, the bunker would never play this role. In the early sixties, the supreme command of the Belgian armed forces decided to equip the bunker as a command post in case of exercices, crisis or conflict. After the Cold War, the bunker stood empty. The Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History in Brussels was entrusted with the task of preserving this unique piece of military heritage and making it accessible to the public, in collaboration with the Ypres CCMP (Centre for Competence in Support Material and Products).

Discover the Command Bunker Kemmel also on this portal of the Cold War:
http://www.berlinerkolleg.com/en/portal#zoom=7&lat=49.25592&lon=4.30664&layers=BTT

Opening days and hours:

Peak season: from 1st April until 15th November

Open on Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 AM until 17:00 PM (individual and group visits).
A guided visit is only possible by request at toerisme@heuvelland.be
Visitor times: 10:00 AM, 11:45 AM, 13:30 PM and 15:15 PM

By appointment only, visit possible for groups with guide on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM
Reservation for a guided visit, at least one week in advance, by e-mail to toerisme@heuvelland.be

Sunday 7th May 2023 there is Monteberg Rally close to the Command Bunker Kemmel. The bunker is open on Sunday 7th May but only accessible from Kemmel village.

Low season: from 16t November until 31st March

Open on Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 AM until 17:00 PM (individual and group visits).
A guided visit is only possible by request at toerisme@heuvelland.be
Visitor times: 10:00 AM, 11:45 AM, 13:30 PM and 15:15 PM

Duration of the visit

Duration of the visit: max. 1h30, average 1 hour.

Closing days 2023:

Additional information

The number of persons (guide not included) present at the same time in the bunker is, because of security reasons, limited to 49 persons!
Visitors guide (€1) available when purchasing tickets.
The bunker is not wheelchair accessible. There is no elevator. To visit the bunker, you have to take 80 stairs down.
Dogs are not allowed in the Command Bunker Kemmel.
Are you with a larger group? Combine your visit tot he Command Bunker Kemmel with an other activity in the near. For suggestions contact Tourism Heuvelland.

Prices 2023

6,00 €:
18 years and older

4,00 €:

groups from 15 persons
upon presentation of the concerned card:
- Teachers
- Members of Belgian Defence
- Members of foreign armed forces
- Veterans
- Persons with WIGW-status
- Holiday participation for less fortunate
- Members WHI societies

1,50 €

Youths aged 6 to 18 years

0,00 €

Children under 5 years
Upon presentation of the concerned card:
- Press
- Card 365
- International Council of Museums (ICOM)
- Holders of a statute of national acknowledgment
- Persons with disabilities + accompanying person
- War Heritage Institute (WHI)
- Staf WHI + accompanying person
- Members of the WHI Board
- Members of the WHI Scientific Council
- Members of the WHI Heritage Council
- Active staff and volunteers connected to WHI