Guide system K20
The K20 guide system is the government bunker of the Swiss government near Kandersteg in the canton of Bern . It is located at the entrance to the Gastern Valley on the Kander .
The facility was completed in 1999 and is said to provide shelter for a thousand people. The construction costs were CHF 238 million; maintenance costs around CHF 350,000 per year.
The first Federal Council bunker was the A 8760 / K8 Brindlistollen bunker from the Second World War near Zwing-Uri . This was followed by the K10 facility near Brienz, called “Alpenrösli”, in the same function.
Web links
Commons : Bunker Kandersteg - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : First Bundesratsbunker - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Marc Tribelhorn: The Last Hiding Place , in: NZZ, October 2, 2017
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 46 ° 28 '31.9 " N , 7 ° 39' 51.7" E ; CH1903: 617 336 / 147159