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Military Hospital and Nuclear Bunker
City: BudapestAddress: H-1012 Budapest, Lovas út 4/c.
Tel.: +36 30 689 8775
Open:
Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-20:00. Last entry: 19:00. Closed on Monday except if national holiday.
Guided tours depart on the hour. Groups should inquire for dates and times. Photography or filming during group visits is not permitted.
About the exhibition
You are invited to the sensational touristic attraction of Hungary, the former top secret Military Hospital and Nuclear Bunker – under the codename of LOSK 0101/1 – beneath the Buda Castle that is now open to the public.
Much more than a mere museum or bunker, this exhibition illustrates in the original surroundings the ambiance of the tragic final days of World War II, and later, the chill and naïveté of the early days of the Cold War. Few other exhibition brings you so close to the true feeling of that era.
Towards the end of World War II (December ’44 until February ’45), the Soviet troops encircled Budapest and its final defence area, the Castle District. There, within its walls and beneath, the last functioning Military Hospital, treating thousands of soldiers and civilians. Under dire - even eerie - conditions, stretched perhaps 4 times beyond its capacity doctors and nurses struggled heroically with the wounds and infections to save as many lifes as possible. It then again saw active service during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
Later, in the Cold War era, authorities extended the hospital to serve as an atomic bunker, installing facilities that could help those inside to survive a nuclear attack. Classified as “Top Secret”, one can still see the up-to-date machinery of the early ‘60s; all of which have been preserved and can still function today.
To recreate the feeling, the exhibition displays much of the original and contemporary artifiacts in diaoramas with over 70 wax figures, further bringing to life the sights that one might have seen when the Hospital and shelter were operational.
Welcome to the largest waxwork exhibition in Central Europe.
