ABANDONED | classified military NATO radar & bunker
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For this urbex adventure I'm in Belgium and explore a recently abandoned NATO radar and bunker. This control and report center was established in 1951 and a 3 story bunker opened in 1955 with the task of guarding the airspace of Belgium and Luxembourg. The complex closed in 2021.
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Hi, Al. This video is about an abandoned military NATO bunker and radar. Please show it to people who will like it. Thank you.
Brilliant vid. The recent bunker finds are pure gold. If they can abandon such a significant facility it makes you wonder where they moved everything too.
Amazing bunker in pristine condition. I just wish you had made a 2nd part video, this bunker is to big for one video!
I agree with that.
I love cold war era stuff. Here in the states, I love collecting civil defense cold war things, like rations and fallout shelter signs. Great video, very well documented sir. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for checking out! I love cold war stuff too. Found some really unique stuff (you can find more stuff on this channel) But the most amazing cold war place they sued me for “possessing state secrets, spying and entering military grounds” 😵💫🙄
@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath i made sure to subscribe, great channel sir. I'm sorry to hear they did that to you thats ridiculous. I hope the charges and suit were dropped. Stay safe out there. Cheers
@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPathDid they sue you for entering this place? Insane ! Was it guarded or difficult to enter the premises ?
Another well done video. Rare stuff.
Loved this one very rare to get in to a clean unabused bunker with so much stuff left
as usual, great explore Bob!! nice to see a facility that hasn't been vandalized or covered with graffiti.
Thanks a lot as always Matt :) Some really amazing & unique explores coming up in may or so.
Give it time some ass-hats will find it and deface it!!
@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath we can't wait!! well, we can.. but!! have fun Bob + friends!!!
That's because the place just got shutdown in 2021
I think the opposite. It unfortunate there’s no graffiti yet, all those blank canvases :/
Visited this place today. The bunker is closed off sadly but the radar still looks as good
What a coincidence! I was here today too
what city is this?
If this is where I think it is, I passed some time there during my military service in 1972 as part of an extra security detachment of the Belgian Airforce
Thank you from Australia. May you be safe in all endeavours 🙏
I served at a CAS site near Ulm back in the mid 70's. I was with Pershing at Wiley in Neu Ulm. Nice video.
I work at a demolition job and last year in the netherlands little village calles wier we had one taking down , was a nice experience looking inside of it
Why do they demolish them ? Do they reuse the land for military purposes or sell it for civilian purposes ? It seems like it would be cheaper just to seal them up and leave them.
@@juandenz2008 danger hazard. people is not very smart to stay out of this installations, and many are in bad structural conditions. So, demolition cames to prevent the worse
Thanks for the videos! Your explorations keep my curiosity at bay. I love checking out abandoned places as well. Keep up the great work.
Thanks Richard, some real amazing places coming up in the next month or so😃
that mural room is incredible
Gosh, coming back to this again months later I think to myself how vandalized and ransacked these places always inevitably become, and it’s such a shame...
In a way it’s nice that you got to this place before much of that happened and were able to record a lot of the old but brilliant technology that was used!
It’s a shame that for instance this place wasn’t offered up to be turned into a museum of sorts (if possible) instead of just left like that with everything in place just waiting to be gutted...
Did it get smashed and tagged up already ?
Nice place to play airsoft 😊
Really nice to see something that isn't a ruin or trashed. Slightly amazed that it isn't more secure given that it's still got viable (although outdated) equipment.
People are more intelligent now. You always learn more never less.
Very cool! I Just found your channel
Sehr toll, Bob!! Magnificent, as always!
What a great video you made. And the fact the facility was abandoned fairly recently makes it even more interesting. Btw, just for the record: Belgium has three official languages, Dutch/Flemish, French and German :)
Thanks! And yes I forgot about the little German part😂
i like the vid. good vid bob
Fun stuff. Great video!
👍👊😎
Very cool place ... should be sealed to preserve it, might need them bunkers again soon.
Yeah, I wonder how many shelters and bunkers are being cleaned now…
Looking at what you explored there.... It was really seriously interesting to understand that it was much more than just a radar... That thing is more like an awac sitting on the ground..... And I've been through a few of those and that's an understatement bank vault doors as I call them.... Yeah that wouldn't have been a good deal for you to get stuck behind one of those doors and have it close and somehow lock..... Because nobody would be coming to save you with the combination....some of those doors are half mechanical half electronic..
I didn't even like going in and getting locked in behind those things knowing that I had an entire military base behind me to get me out..... Even a big room can feel awfully claustrophobic behind one of those doors......
I enjoyed this and found it one of your best explorations. I think it so amazing to find such a large facility completely unvandalised.
Wow wouldnt that make a brilliant workshop and living space, I wonder when it will be sold off and for how much, its very neat
Apart from the postman being long gone when you finally answer the door.
This surrounding area looked well maintained.. the grass looks being cut regularly.. so who's actually the owner of this land ?
So wonderful 👍 it's looking still in use ,many things and machines left behind. Nice well arranged bunker
Thanks! It was abandoned not too long ago. Meanwhile it has been vandalized🤨😞
They were ready to hunker down and fight. Solid build, like a tomb
Boosting engagement numbers!
Thanks 🙏 appereciated
Geweldig weer Bob!
Thanks en tot snel Anne!🤩😎
There is a lot of room in that bunker! Put up a few partitions you could start renting out some space. Lot of people need a cheap room in this world.
Leuke video weer Bob zo als altijd! :)
I've seen computers like that. Those panels underneath it are for ventilation. It's not really for sound deprivation at all and also it might have a fire suppression system underneath it
I think these radardomes are a generic design (such as German WW2 Regelbau for bunkers) because it looks like 2 drops of water like the radar dome in the village of Wier next to air base Leeuwarden The Netherlands. The old dome is replaced with a new radar building but in Google Maps you can stil see the old one. GPS 53.25728811100928, 5.620138028495739
12:00 That paint is radium paint, so don't touch it.
The radar in Wier and the one in Nieuw Milligen are identical to the one in Glons; these are the only 3 sites who hosted the Medium Power Radar in NATO.
Amazing place!!! Sadly, empty.
watching from philippines btw... 👌👌😊😊
Lucky you ! Love The Philippines.. which island?
I Really appreciate your chann!!!
I could live in a place like that and i know it sounds strange but that is how i am and as a computer nerd i could se that place full of servers but stil more like a home.....
Another great episode!!! You guys definitely have balls of steel!!!
For this place balls of steel are not needed. It was just too easy☺️ we have some episodes i. Stock where you did need them haha😁
@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath This i call Friendly true Understatement. Absolutly Different to the most German TH-camrs. Most of them are horrible. They spoke 100% Shit, have no Background and do it only for Klicks and Likes.
Respect for You.....!!!!
Greetings from your Neighbour Germany..
@@MrAlby076 Thanks, spread the word :) And you cshould check out our latest episode too !
Excellent content !! The best channel
Looks like that one in the UK they opened to the public. Let's hope something like that happens here so it doesn't get trashed! Cheers...
Too bad it’s already been emptied, so a museum will be hard to turn it into..
Great to see no vandalism....
I wonder what could be down the ladder that goes another 30m or so underground 🤔
I think a water pump.. maybe I go back to check one day😆
Cool! Glow in the dark exit strips. Too bad their not Radium. 🧟
I was there today,to bad the bunker was closed,there must be muliple entrance!
The place is better secured now. 😮
should see what can power on
Really good content!
Homie must be wearing wind pants for this one 😂
Merci.
That comic sans protected room info sheet hahaha
Awesome!
WOW!!!! Amazing!!!
No video going down that huge ladder?
Nothing down there😞
impressive
Well, if anyone nearby is looking for a bad ass air compressor or two, now you know where to get it.
It's so classified, that literally anyone can walk into it and find it on maps.
This video is bonkers! :p
too cool!
Bravo💪
Very entertaining
Hi Bob. I’m Rye and I’m addicted to TH-cam.
Great location! Is it under guard?
At this point... not that much.. crazy.. but it will soon change I guess.
@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath Thanks, than I'll better be quick :). Yes, it's crazy that they do no better guarding. Same in former Jugoslawia, by the way. Lots of old military installations, only guarded by large holes in fences...
@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath Is there currently any construction work?
I would love to buy something like that before the vandalism
Even if you go everywhere, there is a place you cannot enter. cyprus golden sands hotel you can never enter there.
Yeah… It was our goal to go there, but very risky indeed
@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath I hope you enter and achieve a first
3.1 Decisions and consultations
A “NATO decision” is the expression of the collective will of all 30 member countries since all decisions are taken by consensus.
cool
Kijkend vanuit z.o.Brabant, NL
Duits hebben we ook nog he 😀
How many people would of worked here at any one time?
Place is a goldmine.... Would've rented a truck and pulled all of the mechanical and electrical equipment. Overnight millionaire.
You mean the gold in the equipment👀
Bob , were you permitted to visit this place? I'm just curious why all the copper hasnt been taken yet by looters. looks like such a pristine location.. MLNR
Permitted ? I don't think so.
How do,you manage to not get lost in these places ?
How can they enter these places? They have permission from military ogranization?
zou een leuke woning kunnen zijn !
Literally thousands of euro's of copper and other metals there lmao
19:30 Due to the current economic climate. The light at the end of the tunnel, has been switched off until further notice.
wrong and not funny
I worked 16 years in an exact same facility in the NL as a Fighter Controller. For a short while I worked in this Belgian bunker in 1988 and visited later again for operational work. All fighter operations were directed and controlled from the facility. The same radar was teared down in the north of the Netherlands where a new, modern is built. But there is still one intact and operational in the center of NL. The work was in shifts. The sticker you filmed is a class sticker from the NL Military Academy. If I am not wrong there was a fire in this Belgian bunker before 1988 where people died because of getting trapped. After that fire the safety regulations and facilities were changed to prevent it.
Hi Michel, nice! Must be much more impressive when it’s in use. Thanks for your additional (and sad) info. About the Dutch places I know… maybe I’ll be able to explore it one day but I doubt it😄
And then long winding up and down noise of sirens began
Think they'll reactivate this one in preparation for WW3?
Crazy how recent this was abandoned! Dope experience as always, sir!
It'll be re-opened and upgraded soon. European safety is back to cold war, not long until that's gonna be visible in daily life (tank transport, more public military training etc..)
Modern multitask radar needed
@@brainthesizeofplanet europe is collapsing. there will be no more public anything.
@@brainthesizeofplanet o ja? Think so?
@@brainthesizeofplanet but until then it's money out of the window soo it's a bulshit what they doo letting all this facility like this .
Can't believe it was abounded in 2021? They got some use out of it. Looks so new. Freshest/newest bunker I've ever seen. I wonder how many NATO bunkers are still active?
That looked so cool! I wonder if the bunker could ever be repurposed. Structurally, it looks in perfect condition.
Yeah why the fuck would they abandon this? Humans are stupidly wasteful lol
@@imonke5303 Well clearly you have no idea how expensive it is to maintain the bunker -_- and, no it will not reopen
@@imonke5303 that's what I'm saying
@@ofkacz5348 clearly you dont realize how much the world governments waste money, time, and resources.
Kleine opmerking, België is niet twee maar wel drietalig, nederlands, frans en duits.
A sight for sore eyes; A facility that hasn't been vandalized, the cables stolen out of it, or with graffitti all over the place. Great video.
I discovered this YT channel just two hours ago, it's Amazing! What incredibile places! Great job guys!
Check out the top 10 most dangerous adventures too!😄😇
It's so great you documented this before it gets completely vandalized by idiots.
Showing the entrance and location like this will ensure it gets vandalized.
@@neonalon Getting 90.000 views in a few weeks time as well.
I think this bunker will soon be in operation again! Don’t worry
@@snowrabbit9558 lmao. no.
@@neonalon didn't even explore all of it either :(
Only abandoned in 2021 it looks like 1960 era equipment.
It opened in the 50's and got partly refurbished in the 90's
"Don't tread on the theodolite bracket." If you are unaware a theodolite is a survey/ alignment tool similar to a transit level, except not only can it locate azimuth degrees, but vertical degrees as well. Visual device with sighting scope and crosshairs. There would have been a known target set at a known azimuth and elevation, and known distance, probably at zero degrees elevation, with either a sighting hole or removable panel in the radome to allow visual siting.
I maintained Ground Controlled Approach RADAR at NAS Miramar in the 70's, and a theodolite was used with GCA to maintain accuracy under FAA, as Miramar also used to recover civilian aircraft, at times.
Is there a telephone ringing at 13:16?
Dont hear anything?
@@willemgijs3803 Use headphones, it's easy to miss. Could also be the doorbell shown earlier.
Great video. Creepy noises in the radar room. What amazes me over and over is the amount of (our) money is used to build such things. And we’re not allowed to know what, where and for what reason those are built. And once they get old, they just leave them with a lot of gear (money). All this whilst people die of hunger across the planet. Shameful what our society has turned in to. Time for a change!
I have a dumb question, are there any efforts being made to preserve this site? It seems like it is in great condition and with a few repairs/updates it could be a great museum.
No, It’s sealed off now but I guess nothing will happen with it.
seems dagerous af to do this alone
At least you're less likely to get caught I guess
Lol “authorised”
Wht type of lighting do you use?
Love the Comic Sans type on the official government memo
If classified, How did you get in.... They have guards to keep you out, you know...
Very good Video. We have been there, too... couple of weeks ago. We came through this endless long corridor.
It was an impressive and technically highly interesting military site.
Happily, at this time there wasn't any graffiti or vandalism. I'm afraid, that won't last long now...
Greetings from Germany... Chris
Yeah. The condition has been going down hill fast recently. Should have seen it earlier.. Was crazy.
Addition, it has been closed for a few months now. Absolutely massive steel girders are stacked tight in the main entrance corridor.
Amazing explore folk :)
This bunker looks perfect to reopen anytime...why would they abandon this.....they could have modified it and fortified it further 🤷
This is right in my wheelhouse and so newly abandoned - excellent explore! 👍
Thanks! Some places don't get the chance to decay and have to be explored immediately 😀
What a great video you made. And the fact the facility was abandoned fairly recently makes it even more interesting. Btw, just for the record: Belgium has three official languages, Dutch/Flemish, French and German :)
Really interesting video, that place is vast and I can't believe you just walked right in!!
It was closed before. Went in with a ladder before. For now it's open, but that will change fast I'm afraid of.
@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath
Glad you returned!! Sounds like it won't remain open for much longer.....
It looks like copper wire heaven in there …
Thank you for your amazing videos! Be safe and God bless you!