{"id":48532,"date":"2022-09-09T22:58:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T20:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=48532"},"modified":"2022-09-11T23:45:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T21:45:28","slug":"the-battery-ge3-of-furuvik-an-example-of-a-well-preserved-coastal-artillery-fort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/09\/09\/the-battery-ge3-of-furuvik-an-example-of-a-well-preserved-coastal-artillery-fort\/","title":{"rendered":"The battery GE3 of Furuvik: an example of a well-preserved coastal artillery fort"},"content":{"rendered":"

Throughout the 20th century, many coastal fortifications were built in different European countries. Today many of them are abandoned and in ruins.<\/p>\n

Mj\u00f6sj\u00f6fortet: a strange and huge fortress built in 1910 and today plunged into darkness<\/a><\/rel>
\nStorr\u00e5berget: a secret military base prepared to withstand a nuclear attack<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

The GE3 battery from Furuvik in Sweden is an example of good conservation. This position was part of the defenses of the city of G\u00e4vle, in eastern Sweden, and was built in 1944, during World War II. It was active until 1984<\/strong>, and in 1993 the Swedish Army handed it over to the Furuviksparken park, to form part of its facilities. Today the battery is musealized<\/strong>, showing all its equipment intact, including its 75 mm guns. Swedish urban explorer Micke Samurai<\/a> has released a video showing off his exterior and its interior:<\/strong><\/p>\n