{"id":55664,"date":"2024-04-28T23:25:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T21:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=55664"},"modified":"2026-04-29T04:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T02:01:35","slug":"a-large-collection-of-volkswagen-cars-hidden-in-an-abandoned-mine-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/04\/28\/a-large-collection-of-volkswagen-cars-hidden-in-an-abandoned-mine-in-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"A large collection of Volkswagen cars hidden in an abandoned mine in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring abandoned places sometimes leads you to find fascinating and strange things, often many meters underground.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/05\/19\/an-atypical-graveyard-of-50-classic-cars-and-a-plane-in-the-middle-of-a-forest-in-germany\/\">An atypical graveyard of 50 classic cars and a plane in the middle of a forest in Germany<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/12\/08\/a-gigantic-graveyard-with-more-than-1000-classic-cars-disintegrating-in-sweden\/\">A gigantic graveyard with more than 1,000 classic cars disintegrating in Sweden<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>In this blog we have already seen all types of underground facilities:<\/strong> coastal artillery batteries, military bases, railway workshops, mines, abandoned tunnels... This Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/ www.youtube.com\/@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Exploring the Unbeaten Path<\/a> <strong>has published a video that is very surprising<\/strong>. It was recorded in an unidentified abandoned mine deep in a mountain in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>The explorers knew what they were looking for and they finally found it: <strong>a collection of dozens of Volkswagen cars hidden in the depths of the mine<\/strong>, which has kilometers of tunnels and three floors, according to the explorers. The images show <strong>Volkswagen Beetle, Golf and Passat from different eras:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Found abandoned Volkswagens hidden inside a mine | ABANDONED\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ycp6Elsqkko?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see some screenshots from the video here. <strong>You have to wonder what dozens of classic cars are doing hidden there.<\/strong> In the video they comment on whether they would be part of a museum collection awaiting restoration, or perhaps a repository of spare parts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53684366827_eb1e2bb584_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The cars are hidden in a deep part of the mine.<\/strong> The explorers had to walk quite a bit through this labyrinthine underground place to reach them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53685689510_38e61c8ab8_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>An image that shows why storing cars in a mine is a bad idea.<\/strong> The humidity of the place is taking its toll on them. The interior of the cars has become filled with mold.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53685457888_8ca40d6648_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>In addition to classic Volkswagen Beetle and 2nd generation Golf (1983-1992)<\/strong>, there are two Passat B2 (1980-2013) and some more modern models, such as the 2000 model New Bettle and 4th generation Golf generation (1997-2014).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53685457883_fbf4357281_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring abandoned places sometimes leads you to find fascinating and strange things, often many meters underground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20877,16880],"tags":[17055,18312,694,21781,21783,21782],"class_list":["post-55664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automobiles","category-infrastructures","tag-switzerland","tag-undisclosed-locations","tag-volkswagen-beetle","tag-volkswagen-golf","tag-volkswagen-new-beetle","tag-volkswagen-passat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55664"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}