Search Deals on
Wandlitz Vacation Packages

Build your package with 2 more options

Leaving from

Going to

Departing

Returning

Travelers

Room 1

Adults

ChildrenAges 2 to 17

InfantsYounger than 2

Add specific hotel dates

Bunker 5001 was East Germany’s ultimate undisclosed location. Had the Cold War turned hot, East German leader Erich Honecker and other high-ranking communist leaders would have comfortably ridden out the end of the world in this 7,500 cubic meter space.

It’s buried in the middle of a forest about 40 kilometers from Berlin.

My guide, Hannes Hensel, who’s part of a group called the Berlin Bunker Network, showed up and poked around the ground for awhile until he uncovers a steel trapdoor. He opens it and beckons me inside. We won’t surface again for well over 4 hours.

“This was the most technologically advanced bunker of its time,” Hensel says while explaining his interest in the site. Bunker 5001 was actually superior in some respects to similar American and West German bunkers of its time.

Inside, he shows me how the East Germans built the bunker as a series of massive containers, built on giant springs and coils so that the facility could ride out the shock wave from nearby nuclear blasts. The bunker contained its own generators, water system and air filtering facilities, so that its 400 inhabitants would have had no need to enter the nuclear wasteland above for two weeks after a war. The postwar plans were a bit hazier, however.

“After two weeks, they would have gone above ground wearing radiation suits and gotten to an airplane and flown eastward to Russia,” says Hensel.

Bunker 5001 is definitely number one on the most endangered list of bunkers in the Berlin area. The site’s entrances meanwhile IS SEALED UP with concrete sometime to prevent thrill-seekers from gaining access.

Further Documentation is available at http://www.bunker5001.com/

Photo by Mathias Pohl

Wandlitz
Brandenburg Region
Germany
Europe
Hotwire.com

Wandlitz Flight + Hotel Packages

Price found within the past 48 hours. Click for updated prices.

Dorint Hotel Potsdam

4.5 out of 5

Price was $1,012, price is now $862 per person

$862

per person

Oct 8 - Oct 13

found 1 day ago

Roundtrip non-stop flight included

New York (JFK) to Berlin (BER)

Stay at this 4.5-star luxury hotel in Potsdam. Enjoy free WiFi, a full-service spa, and 2 bars/lounges. Our guests praise the helpful staff and the clean rooms in our reviews. Popular attractions Jan-Bouman-Haus and Potsdam Christmas Market are located nearby.

Rocco Forte Hotel De Rome Berlin

5 out of 5

Price was $1,828, price is now $1,463 per person

$1,463

per person

Oct 8 - Oct 13

found 1 day ago

Roundtrip non-stop flight included

New York (JFK) to Berlin (BER)

Stay at this 5-star luxury hotel in Berlin. Enjoy free WiFi, a full-service spa, and 2 bars/lounges. Our guests praise the helpful staff in our reviews. Popular attractions Brandenburg Gate and Alexanderplatz are located nearby.

Precise Resort Schwielowsee

4.5 out of 5

Price was $1,141, price is now $931 per person

$931

per person

Oct 8 - Oct 13

found 1 day ago

Roundtrip non-stop flight included

New York (JFK) to Berlin (BER)

Stay at this 4.5-star luxury hotel in Werder. Enjoy free breakfast, free WiFi, and an outdoor pool. Our guests praise the helpful staff in our reviews. Popular attractions Schwielowsee and Ziegelei Museum Glindow are located nearby.

SANA Berlin Residence

4.5 out of 5

Price was $1,295, price is now $1,073 per person

$1,073

per person

Oct 8 - Oct 13

found 1 day ago

Roundtrip non-stop flight included

New York (JFK) to Berlin (BER)

Stay at this 4.5-star luxury aparthotel in Berlin. Enjoy free WiFi, a full-service spa, and breakfast (surcharge). Our guests praise the helpful staff in our reviews. Popular attractions Zoo Berlin and Kurfürstendamm are located nearby.

SO/ Berlin Das Stue

5 out of 5

Price was $1,396, price is now $1,158 per person

$1,158

per person

Oct 22 - Oct 26

found 19 hours ago

Roundtrip non-stop flight included

Boston (BOS) to Berlin (BER)

Stay at this 5-star luxury hotel in Berlin. Enjoy free WiFi, a full-service spa, and breakfast (surcharge). Popular attractions Zoo Berlin and Potsdamer Platz are located nearby.

Hotel Chateau Kurfürstendamm

4 out of 5

Price was $1,608, price is now $1,339 per person

$1,339

per person

Oct 8 - Oct 13

found 1 day ago

Roundtrip non-stop flight included

New York (JFK) to Berlin (BER)

Stay at this 4-star hotel in Berlin. Enjoy free WiFi, breakfast (surcharge), and room service. Popular attractions Kurfürstendamm and Zoo Berlin are located nearby.

Hotel Bleibtreu Berlin by Golden Tulip

4 out of 5

Price was $1,026, price is now $863 per person

$863

per person

Oct 8 - Oct 13

found 1 day ago

Roundtrip non-stop flight included

New York (JFK) to Berlin (BER)

Stay at this 4-star hotel in Berlin. Enjoy free WiFi, breakfast (surcharge), and a 24-hour front desk. Our guests praise the property condition in our reviews. Popular attractions Kurfürstendamm and Zoo Berlin are located nearby.

Adina Apartment Hotel Berlin CheckPoint Charlie

4 out of 5

Price was $1,255, price is now $1,070 per person

$1,070

per person

Oct 8 - Oct 13

found 1 day ago

Roundtrip non-stop flight included

New York (JFK) to Berlin (BER)

Stay at this 4-star spa aparthotel in Berlin. Enjoy free WiFi, a full-service spa, and breakfast (surcharge). Our guests praise the helpful staff and the clean rooms in our reviews. Popular attractions Potsdamer Platz and Brandenburg Gate are located nearby.