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Below you can dive into my little universe filled with metal detecting, militaria and relics, world war two- and military history, miniature modelling and relic art.
Museums & Fortifications
Visits to museums and fortifications.
Inka
Nov 12, 20241 min read
80 years since the Sinking of Tirpitz
Today, the 12th November 2024 it is 80 years since RAF bombers gave the german battleship Tirpitz her final blow where she was laying
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Inka
Aug 8, 20242 min read
MKB 6/511 Skrolsvik
The germans began the work on the fortress in winter 1941. By early summer the first cannons were on place and the fort operative.
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Inka
May 27, 20221 min read
Who are you in a world on fire?
The exhibition focus on six people in northern Norway during the war and their different choices and fates .
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Inka
Sep 18, 20213 min read
Tirpitz Museum Alta
Here you will see everything from small uniform buttons to super-rare relics like an example of a Johnny Walker Diving Mine that were used
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Inka
Aug 5, 20211 min read
Troms Defence Museum
The exhibition is based around the local military history, ww2, the Cold War and modern International Operations.
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Inka
Jun 17, 20211 min read
HKB 32/971 Ystnes - Øksfjord
Placed on the very tip of the peninsula there are very litte remains of the fort to be found today. Once it protected the entrance to the
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Inka
Jun 15, 20201 min read
MKB 3/512 Lyngen
MKB (Marine Küsten Batterie) 3/512 Lyngen is situated at Spåkenes in the Lyngenfjord in Northern Norway. It was operational in February 1942
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Inka
Aug 20, 20191 min read
Sturmbock Stellung Finland
the local municipality had built a small museum , and restored ca 1200 meter of the German defensive line "The Sturmbock Stellung".
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Inka
Aug 6, 20191 min read
MKB 5/511 Batterie Theo
Outside Harstad in NorthernNorway one can visit the famous "Adolf Cannons" on the former German coastal fortification MKB5/511 Batterie Theo
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Inka
Jul 13, 20191 min read
Tromsø Tirpitz Museum
the Tromsø Tirpitz Museum. It is located a short distance from the city center, in a German built ammo bunker that belonged to a nearby
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Inka
Aug 30, 20181 min read
MKB 1/512 Tromsö Süd
Marine Kusten Batterie 1/512 Tromsö Süd was established short after the German occupation of the area in 1940.
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Inka
Aug 21, 20182 min read
HKB 20/972 Ansnes
Not far from where I live is the remnants of an Atlantikwall fortification, the Heeres Küsten Batterie 20/972 Ansnes,
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Inka
Aug 16, 20162 min read
The Armoury Bar
The Armoury bar opened some four and a half months ago and is located in Old Riga. It is a bit off the tourist tracks but quite easy to find
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Inka
Dec 6, 20141 min read
HKB 5/974 Straumöy-Nord
I made a trip here several weeks ago just before the really cold and nasty winter weather set. I went there early so I could spend all day
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Inka
Oct 22, 20146 min read
The Blue Hills , Sinimäed , Estonia
In 1944 Soviet forces broke through the German defences in Narva, Estonia, after six months of fighting. The German forces withdrew
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Inka
Oct 13, 20141 min read
HKB 4/974 Straumöy Süd Hill 1
HKB (HeeresKüstenBatterie) 4/974 is situated just outside one of the worlds largest Maelstroms , The Saltstraumen.
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Inka
Jun 13, 20141 min read
HKB 8/974 Sörfold
In Sörfold in Nordland you find Heeres Küsten Batterie 8/974 in the small village of Rösvik. This fortification was a part of the Atlantikwa
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Inka
May 5, 20141 min read
MKB 5/510 Brömneset
MKB (Marine Küsten Batterie) 5/510 is situated directly outside Bodø in Nordland. It was operational in October 1940 and were armed with
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Inka
Apr 14, 20141 min read
Narvik War Museum
Narvik was the city where Hitler saw his first defeat during WWII. After some fierce
battles at sea and on land, the Allied forces had push
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Inka
Mar 11, 20141 min read
The Armoury, Trondheim
this museum can trace its roots back to 1826, making it one of Norway's oldest museums. It houses exhibitions centred on the development
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