To close off the year, I have a review of a pair of Danish Cold War forts, contributed by reader John Olsen, who previously wrote up the frigate Jylland.
In the early years of the Cold War, two coastal fortifications were built to close off Danish waters to Warsaw Pact maritime units. Both of them were closed after the Cold War ended, and both can be visited as museums today. This is a review of both museums, based on visits in 2023.
Stevnsfort Cold War Museum
Type: Coastal fort and air defence museum
Location: Stevns, 74 km drive from Copenhagen, Denmark
Price: Approx. 25 USD adult for full access
Rating: 3.5/5 -
Website
Introduction
Located well south of Copenhagen, the Stevns coastal fortification was one of two forts built in the early Cold War to close off Danish waters to Warsaw Pact maritime units. The primary armament of the fort consisted of two twin 5.9” guns from the WW2 German battleship Gneisenau, supplemented with 20mm and 40mm AAA guns. A HAWK SAM battery was added in the eighties (HAWK being an abbreviation for Homing All the Way Killer). Completed in 1953, the fort was formally closed in 2000, re-opening as a museum in 2008.
Read more...
Recent Comments