Reuters photographer Arnd Wiegmann has been visiting and documenting some of the thousands of military bunkers and fortresses installed across Switzerland, most dating back to Word War II. Most of the bunkers have now been decommissioned and sold, as the threat of immediate invasion has disappeared. Many of the former fortresses now house museums, while others have become commercial ventures, becoming cheese aging warehouses, mushroom farms, hotels, and modern data centers.
The restaurant at the Hotel La Claustra in a former Swiss army bunker on the St. Gotthard mountain pass, Switzerland, on August 8, 2014.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
The Urserental valley is seen behind a camouflaged cannon (lower left) at a former Swiss artillery fortress called Fuchsegg near the village of Realp, Switzerland, on August 6, 2015. Fuchsegg fortress, located in the central Swiss Alps, was built in 1943 and remained in military use until 1993.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
Cows stand in a meadow in front of a 10.5cm gun at the former artillery fort of the Swiss Army in the town of Faulensee, Switzerland, on October 19, 2015. Fort Faulensee was in military use from 1943 to 1993 and is now open to the public as a museum.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
The muzzle of a 15cm gun is seen in a bunker at the former artillery fort Furggels of the Swiss Army near the village of St. Magrethenberg, Switzerland, on January 6, 2016. Fort Furggels was in military use from 1946 to 1998 and is now open to the public as a museum.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
Looking through the muzzle of a 10.5cm gun in a bunker at the former Swiss Army artillery fort in the town of Faulensee, Switzerland, on October 19, 2015.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
A machine-gun bunker, part of a former Swiss artillery fortress called Fuchsegg, is camouflaged as a stable beside the Furka mountain-pass road near the village of Realp, Switzerland, on August 6, 2015.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
A former infantry bunker, camouflaged as a medieval house in the town of Duggingen, Switzerland, on August 19, 2015.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
A former infantry bunker, camouflaged as a medieval house in the town of Duggingen, Switzerland, on August 19, 2015.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
A tunnel connects the bunkers at a former Swiss Army artillery fort in Faulensee, Switzerland, on October 19, 2015.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
Alex Lussi of Swiss mushroom producer Gotthard-Pilze picks a shiitake mushroom inside a former ammunition bunker of the Swiss Army near the town of Erstfeld, Switzerland, on August 29, 2015. In eleven former bunkers Gotthard-Pilze produces some 24 tons of shiitake mushrooms per year.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
Raclette cheeses made by Swiss cheesemaker Seiler Kaeserei AG mature in storage racks in a former ammunition bunker of the Swiss Army in the town of Giswil, Switzerland, on October 27, 2015.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
Barbed wire protects a bunker at former Swiss artillery fortress Reuenthal near the village of Reuenthal, Switzerland, on July 18, 2015. Reuenthal fortress, located on the Swiss-German border near the rivers Rhine and Aare was built from 1937 to 1939 and remained in military use until 1988. Since 1989 it has been open to the public as Fortress Museum Reuenthal.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
Camouflaged bunkers of the former artillery fort of the Swiss Army stand (foreground) in the town of Faulensee, Switzerland, on October 19, 2015.Arnd Wiegmann / REUTERS
A camouflaged 10.5cm gun at the former Swiss Army artillery fort Furggels, near the village of St. Magrethenberg, Switzerland, on January 6, 2016.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
A flag flies over an entrance to the former artillery fortress Sasso da Pigna at the St. Gotthard mountain pass, Switzerland, on September 2, 2015. Sasso da Pigna fortress, located at 2,106 m (6,909 ft) above sea level, remained in military use until 1999. Since 2012 it has been open to the public as Sasso San Gottardo museum.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
An artillery control room in a bunker at a former artillery fort, now a museum, in the town of Faulensee, Switzerland, on October 19, 2015.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
A 10.5cm gun stands in a bunker at a former Swiss Army fort in the town of Faulensee, Switzerland, on October 19, 2015.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
Chains camouflage a bunker containing a 15cm gun in the former artillery fort Furggels near the village of St. Magrethenberg, Switzerland, on January 6, 2016.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
A former control room is seen at a decommissioned Swiss military command bunker near Attinghausen, Switzerland, on September 2, 2015. Deltalis data center offers high-security storage of data in server rooms inside the former command bunker, which was built in 1948.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
An operating room inside the former Swiss artillery fortress Reuenthal near the village of Reuenthal, Switzerland, on July 18, 2015.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
Switzerland's national flag on a spare muzzle for a 10.5cm gun at a former artillery fort in the town of Faulensee, Switzerland, on October 19, 2015.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
The muzzle of a 15cm gun sticks out a chain-covered opening in the former Swiss artillery fortress Sasso da Pigna at the St. Gotthard mountain pass, Switzerland, on September 2, 2015.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
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