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
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
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
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
Duration of the visit: max. 1h30, average 1 hour.
Closed from 25th December 2023 untill 3rd January 2024.
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.
6,00 €:
18 years and older
4,00 €:
1,50 €
Youths aged 6 to 18 years
0,00 €
Tourism Heuvelland
Visitor Centre Heuvelland
Sint-Laurentiusplein, 1
8950 Heuvelland – Kemmel.
At the entrance of the site
Command Bunker Kemmel
Lettingstraat, 64
8950 Heuvelland – Dranouter.
Tourism Heuvelland
Visitor Centre Heuvelland
Sint-Laurentiusplein 1,
8950 Heuvelland - Kemmel.
toerisme@heuvelland.be
+32 57 45 04 55
Standard | € 6,00 |
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Extra information | Price of guided tour: € 70 per guide (max. 25 people per guide): only by reservation at toerisme@heuvelland.be |