Euronews: Albania’s communist bunkers put to new use

Bunkers are part of history of Albania’s communism. A considerable number of world prestigious media has written a lot about the bunkers of Albania. Euronews brings in mind the example of Albanians transformed bunkers into museums, bars, exhibition hall etc.

In 2014, a huge bunker on the outskirts of the capital Tirana became the “Bunk’Art museum.

Originally built for Hoxha and his associates, the hidden complex has become a cultural space where exhibitions, performances and concerts take place. Another museum was opened called Bunk’Art 2 in the centre of Tirana in November 2016.  The site of the second museum is a former anti-nuclear bunker belonging to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Bunkers  spread all around Albania are pieces of evidence of Hoxha’s “bunkerization” project.

The “Treffpunkt Bunker project”: https://www.facebook.com/tekbunkeri , led by a group of German students, gathered together several Albanian artists who each painted and re-designed different parts of a bunker on a hill overlooking Tirana.

Read full article: http://www.euronews.com/2017/09/26/albania-s-communist-bunkers-put-to-new-use